Cultural Studies

Gerd Spittler

Leben mit wenigen Dingen

Der Umgang der Kel Ewey Tuareg mit ihren Requisiten

[Living with Few Things. How the Kel Ewey Tuareg Deal with Their Requisites.]

2023. VII, 364 pages (with 300 colour photographs).
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DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-161985-4
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A Kel Ewey Tuareg owns about 130 things. The use of these »requisites” is long-lasting and varied; owning them does not indicate poverty or wealth as it is known in Europe. Based on more than 30 years of field research among the Kel Ewey of Timia, Gerd Spittler examines how the Tuareg deal with their objects. Three hundred of the author's photographs complement the presentation.
A Kel Ewey Tuareg owns about 130 things. The use of these »requisites” is long-lasting and varied; owning them does not indicate poverty or wealth as it is known in Europe. Based on more than 30 years of field research among the Kel Ewey of Timia, Gerd Spittler examines how the Tuareg deal with their objects. Three hundred of the author's photographs complement the presentation.
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Gerd Spittler Geboren 1939; 1959–66 Studium der Soziologie, Ethnologie, Geschichte und Volkswirtschaft; 1966 Promotion; 1975 Habilitation; 1980–88 Professor für Soziologie an der Universität Freiburg; 1988–2004 Professor für Ethnologie an der Universität Bayreuth; Gastprofessuren in Bloomington, Basel, Niamey (Niger) und Sousse (Tunesien); 2004 Pensionierung.

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In: Soziopolis — https://www.soziopolis.de/zur-komplexitaet-der-teekanne.html (Hans Peter Hahn)
In: Soziologische Revue — 46 (2023), S. 399–402 (Sarah von Querfurth)
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