Video Interviews

Interview Ulrich Braukämper
This interview took place on the 30/05/2008 at the institute of Ethnology in Göttingen. Ulrich Braukämper describes how his interest in Ethnology began, his studies in Cologne, and he... [ more ]
Interview Peter Fuchs
This conversation with Professor em. Peter Fuchs took place on May 31, 2008 at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology in Göttingen.
Professor Fuchs talks about his childh... [ more ]
Interview Volker Harms
This conversation with Dr. Volker Harms took place in his appartment in Tuebingen on March 24th 2008. Harms talks about his family background and his student years. He reflects on the developme... [ more ]
Interview Jürgen Jensen
This conversation with Professor em. Jürgen Jensen took place on November 2, 2007 at his home in Hamburg.
Prof. Jensen tells us about his study years in post-war Berlin and about how... [ more ]
Interview Ulla Johansen
This conversation with Professor em. Ulla Johansen took place on January 29, 2008 at her home near Cologne.
In this interview Professor Johansen provides several interesting insights on ... [ more ]
Interview Ute Luig
This conversation was carried out with Prof. Ute Luig om 18.01.2008 and 19.12.2008 at the Berliner Dept. for Ethnology. She talks about her early years and her studies in Cologne... [ more ]
Interview Klaus E. Müller
This conversation with Professor em. Klaus E. Müller took place on March 31, 2009 at his home in Kelsterbach.
Growing up during the war years in Germany, Prof. Müller takes up t... [ more ]
Interview Michael Oppitz
The interview took place in Michael Oppitz's aparment in Berlin on the 5/11/2009. Oppitz talkes about his childhood, his way into ethnological research, and about how Lévi-Strauss an... [ more ]
Interview Georg Pfeffer
This conversation with Professor em. Georg Pfeffer took place on September 19, 2007 at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology in Berlin.
Born in Berlin in 1943, Professor Pfeff... [ more ]
Interview Johannes W. Raum
This conversation with Prof. Dr. Johannes W. Raum took place in Langenbach on July 5th 2008. Raum talks about his childhood and youth and describes his student years in South Africa and Germany... [ more ]
Interview Berthold Riese
This conversation with Professor em. Berthold Riese took place on December 3, 2007 at the Institute for Ancient America Studies and Ethnology at Bonn University.
As the child of An... [ more ]
Interview Erhard Schlesier
This conversation with Professor em. Erhard Schlesier took place on May 30, 2008 at his home in Göttingen.
Born in 1926 in Chemnitz in what later became East Germany, Professor Schle... [ more ]
Interview Bernhard Streck
This conversation with Professor em. Bernhard Streck took place on February 27, 2008 at Leipzig University.
Professor Streck tells us about his upbringing in a small community in Souther... [ more ]
Interview Josef Franz Thiel
This conversation with Professor em. Josef Franz Thiel took place on March 3, 2009 at his home in Frankfurt/Main.
Born in Vojvodina in former Yugoslavia in 1932, Prof. Thiel tells us abo... [ more ]
Interview J. Christoph Winter
This conversation with Prof. Dr. Christoph Winter took place in Bayreuth on May 2nd 2008. Winter talks about his childhood and youth, recapitulates his student years in Cologne and Oxford and d... [ more ]