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Accepted Paper:

Uncertainty in the life and work of Viktor Geramb  
Burkhard Pöttler (University of Graz)

Paper short abstract:

Mainly based on his diaries and selected publications, the uncertainties in the career and in the scientific findings of this first representative of "Volkskunde" at an Austrian university will be analysed.

Paper long abstract:

Viktor (von) Geramb (1884–1958) was the first person in Austria with a “Habilitation” for “Volkskunde” and consequently the first representative of the discipline at an Austrian university. His political attitude between Catholicism and Nationalism was the reason for problems within his career. Theories regarding the development of vernacular architecture as well as of costumes (two of his main research fields) included lots of uncertainties which also led to discussions and disputes with his fellow researchers. On the other hand, from today's perspective, some certain results from Geramb's research must be described as uncertainties.

Panel Hist03
Encountering uncertainties: ethnographic methods and national traditions [SIEF Working Group Historical Approaches in Cultural Analysis HACA and EASA-Network History of Anthropology Network HOAN]
  Session 1 Thursday 8 June, 2023, -
 
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