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The Indigenous Lens?
The historiography of early photography has scarcely examined Islamic countries in the Near and Middle East, although the new technique was adopted very quickly there by the 1840s. Which regional, local, and global aspects can be made evident? What role did autochthonous image and art traditions have, and which specific functions did photography meet since its introduction? This collective volume deals with examples from Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and the Arab lands and with the question of local specifics, or an „indigenous lens." The contributions broach the issues of regional histories of photography, local photographers, specific themes and practices, and historical collections in these countries. They offer, for the first time in book form, a cross-section through a developing field of the history of photography.
Ethnic and national identities
Ethnologia Europaea (Volume 26/1) - Journal of European Ethnology
Anthropology of Dying
Mira Menzfeld explores dying persons’ experiences of their own dying processes. She reveals cultural specificities of pre-exital dying in contemporary Germany, paying special attention to how concepts of dying ‘(un)well’ are perceived and realized by dying persons. Her methodological focus centers on classical ethnographic approaches: Close participant observation as well as informal and semi-structured conversations. For a better understanding of the specificities of dying in contemporary Germany, the author provides a refined definition catalogue of adequate terms to describe dying from an anthropological perspective.
Soul and Self in Vedic India
How did the Vedic Indians think of life, consciousness, and personhood? How did they envisage man’s fate after death? Did some part of the person survive the death of the body and depart for the beyond? Is it possible to speak of a “soul” or “souls” in the context of Vedic tradition? This book sets out to answer these questions in a systematic manner, subjecting the relevant Vedic beliefs to a detailed chronological investigation. Special attention is given to the ways in which the early Indians’ answers to the above problems changed over time, with an early pluralism of soul-like concepts later giving way to the unified “self” of the Upaniṣads.
Hellenika. Jahrbuch für griechische Kultur und deutsch-griechische Beziehungen
Die HELLENIKA 14 setzen einen gewissen Schwerpunkt auf die Insel Kreta (Geographie Kretas im Überblick; Europa auf dem Stier - kretische Mythen in griechischer Dichtung). Weitere Themen sind: Olympia zur Zeit der deutschen Besatzung, die Problematik deutscher Investitionen in Griechenland und regionale Schwerpunkte auf Lesbos, Kea und das Roma-Viertel Alankuyu in Komotini. Der Vorstellung eines deutsch-griechischen Online-Compendiums folgen Reden anlässlich der Verleihung des Ehrenrings der Vereinigung Deutsch-Griechischen Gesellschaften an den ehemaligen griechischen Staatspräsidenten. Der antiken griechischen Welt widmen sich Beiträge zu Nemea und seinen Spielen sowie zu Odysseus als Migrant. Zweisprachige Gedichte, inspiriert auf Syros und in Attika, runden den Band ab.
Paideuma
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