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Amharic Folkloric Oral Traditions: Collections for Insiders and for Outsiders
No full textThe two books of Amharic proverbs and the book of Amharic riddles under review document Amharic oral traditions far beyond what others have done previously. They all build on previous scholarship. In addition, each one adds new examples to what has been published before. But it is also important to note that each book has added significant new methodological contributions to their field. They will be valued by those who use and enjoy Amharic oral traditions in their lives. They will also be valued by scholars who study these Amharic oral traditions. In addition, these books can serve as inspirations and models for speakers of other languages, in the Horn and beyond
Melaku Geboye Desta, Dereje Feyissa Dori, and Mamo Esmelealem Mihretu, eds, Ethiopia in the Wake of Political Reforms
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Abraham Johannes Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie des périodes pré-axoumite et axoumite, III: Traductions et commentaires, B: Les inscriptions sémitiques
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Derib Ado, Almaz Wasse Gelagay, Janne Bondi Johannessen, eds, Grammatical and Sociolinguistic Aspects of Ethiopian Languages
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Wie Apps erforschen? Zum Zusammentreffen neuer Forschungsgegenstände und alter Methoden
Full text linkMobile Apps sind Alltagsbegleiter, die als digitale Objekte die Kulturanthropologie theoretisch-konzeptionell und empirisch herausfordern. Ob wir neue Methoden für die Erforschung digital gestalteter Alltage benötigen, wird in dem Beitrag an einem Beispiel erörtert.Mobile apps are everyday companions that, as digital objects, challenge cultural anthropology theoretically-conceptually and empirically. Using them as example, the article discusses whether we need new methods for researching digitally permeated everyday life
Im Museum der Metalepsen: Intermedialität und Liminalität in den bandes dessinées von Catherine Meurisse
Full text linkCatherine Meurisse’ Text-Bild-Erzählungen eröffnen intermediale Reflexionsräume, in denen die spezifische Erzählweise des Comics in der Auseinandersetzung mit prominenten Werken der Kunstgeschichte befragt wird. Intermediale Gemäldezitate werden in die bande dessinée integriert, um sie erzählerisch wie auch visuell zu öffnen, zum Sprechen zu bringen und in Bewegung zu versetzen. Dabei greift Meurisse auf das Mittel der intermedialen Metalepse zurück, um aus Bildern Schwellen zu machen, durch die ihre Figuren von einer Realitätsordnung in eine andere schreiten können. Der statische Charakter der referenzierten Gemälde wird in der narrativen Dynamik neuer, häufig ironisch gebrochener Bildfolgen aufgelöst. Durch ihre Transposition in den dynamischen Kontext der Text-Bild-Erzählung erhalten Gemälde ein geradezu fantastisches Eigenleben, das sie von der Begrenzung des Bildrahmens befreit und aus ihnen ‚eigensinnige‘ Bilder macht, die die Autorität des kunsthistorischen Kanons gezielt unterlaufen und zugleich auch das besondere künstlerische Potenzial der Text-Bild-Erzählung im Sinne eines neuvième art herausstellen.Catherine Meurisse’ graphic novels create spaces for intermedial reflection, where the specific narrative possibilities of comic art are juxtaposed with prominent works from art history. Paintings are integrated into the realm of the bande dessinée in order to open them up both narratively and visually, to make them speak and set them in motion. Meurisse employs intermedial metalepsis to transform images into thresholds through which her characters can shift from one reality into another. The static character of the referenced paintings is thus dissolved into the narrative dynamics of new, often humoristic sequences of images. Through their transposition into text-image narratives, paintings acquire a life of their own, freeing them from the constraints of the picture frame and transforming them into ‘undisciplined’ images that challenge the authority of art history’s canon while highlighting the artistic potential of comics as a neuvième art
Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im Digitalen? Einleitung und Problemaufriss
Full text linkDer tiefgreifende Wandel der Digitalisierung und damit zunehmenden Medialität auch im (Wissenschafts-)Alltag ermöglicht veränderte Prinzipien der Wissensproduktion und eine paradigmatische Neuausrichtung der Kulturanalyse. Die Einleitung eröffnet Perspektiven auf diesen Wandel und ordnet Spannungsfelder sowie Herausforderungen ein. Es wird danach gefragt, wie digitale Methoden den Forschungsprozess verändern. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes werden vorgestellt.The deep change of digitization and the interconnected mediality within the (scientific) everyday life enables changing perspectives of knowledge production and an paradigmatic realignment of cultural analysis. The introduction opens perspectives on this change, fields of tension and challenges. How do digital methods change the research process? The contributions of the issue are presented
The Gǝʿǝz Manuscripts Collection from the Monastery of Däbrä Ṣǝyon (Abunä Abrǝham, Tǝgray, Ethiopia)
No full textThe monastery of Däbrä Ṣǝyon (Abunä Abrǝham), situated on a peak of the eastern chains of the Gärʿalta mountains, is one of the well-known medieval Ethiopian monasteries. It is said to have been established in the fourteenth century by St Abrǝham of Tǝgray. According to his own gädl, Abunä Abrǝham was not only the founder of the monastery, but was also known to be an active participant and director of the architectural work of the rock-hewn church. It is known that Gärʿalta is endowed with reflections of Aksumite culture, and the monastery of Däbrä Ṣǝyon also seems to have had its own share in its continuation. Many places and monasteries (in Tǝgray) are linked to this monastery in terms of shared monastic culture and land granting. Däbrä Ṣǝyon is a rock-hewn church in which many Christian historical artefacts have been preserved. Among the non-codex written artefacts, it has preserved, in particular, a ṭawos manuscript. Seventy-two Gǝʿǝz manuscripts, most of which of hagiographical and liturgical genre, are kept in the church. All were digitized, foliated, with quire number and structure sorted out in 2018, via a project carried out by the St Yared Center for Ethiopian Philology and Manuscript Studies (SYCEPMS) of Mekelle University. Material, physical, and chemical analysis of the manuscripts was not applied due to a lack of equipment and skill. The manuscripts are now in the process of being catalogued and examined for dating, and the article provides a synthetic survey of the whole collection. The ṭawos manuscript, that is, a peacock-type manuscript from the fifteenth century, is part of the collection; its format calls for consideration regarding the definition and significance of a special style of Ethiopic manuscript culture. As a result, this article aims at introducing the monastery and its manuscript collection
A Handlist of Illustrated Early Solomonic Manuscripts in German Public Collections
No full textIllustrated manuscripts in the Ethiopic language, as material objects that carry textual and visual information, are among the most valuable sources of data for art historians specializing in this area. This article provides a handlist of illustrated early Solomonic manuscripts housed in German libraries and museums. The contribution was created within the framework of the AHRC-DFG project Demarginalizing medieval Africa: Images, texts, and identity in early Solomonic Ethiopia (1270–1527) so our data reflects the project’s research focus on visual matter. This is the first time that the illuminations of the manuscripts included in the handlist are analysed comprehensively. We believe that the resulting work sheds new light on the history of book illustration in early Solomonic Ethiopia and hope that it will provide researchers with a valuable instrument to foster comparative research and a more integrative approach to the study of Ethiopian art