Prof. Dr. Josephus PlatenkampWestfälische Wilhelms-University MünsterInstitut of Ethnologie Studtstraße 21 48149 Münster Tel.: 0251 - 83-27311 Fax: 0251 - 83-27313 |
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Consultation hour summer semester 2013 from 09.04.2013 on:
Tuesday 2-4 p.m.
Advance reservation required by telephone or in person at the Secretary's office.
Teaching
Teaching in the Summer Semester 2013
088623 Forschungsseminar
10.04.13 - 10.07.13, Mi 10-12, SCH 100.4
088661 Research Methods in Social Anthropology
16.04.13 - 16.07.13, Di 10-12, STU 105 (2.10)
088657 Ritual, Exchange and Social Reproduction in Southeast Asia
15.04.13 - 15.07.13, Mo 14-16, STU 105 (2.10)
088676 Master- and PhD-Colloquium
18.04.13 - 18.07.13, Do 10-13, STU 102 (2.4)
Teaching in the Summer Semester 2012
088731 Research Seminar
11.04.12, Mi 10-12, SCH 100.4
088750 Research Methods in Social Anthropology
10.04.12, Di 10-12, STU 102 (2.4)
088765 Ritual, Exchange and Social Reproduction in Southeast Asia
16.04.12, Mo 14-16, STU 102 (2.4)
088770 Master- and PhD Colloquium
12.04.12, Do 10-14, STU 102 (2.4)
Teaching in the Winter Semester 2011/12
088619 Lecture Course Theories, Concepts and Methods of Cultural and Social Anthropology
19.10.11, Mi 10-12, SCH 100.3
088623 Vorlesung Theories of Social Anthropology
18.10.11, Di 10-12, STU 105 (2.10)
088638 Seminar Themes in Social Anthropology of Southeast Asia
17.10.11, Mo 14-16, STU 102 (2.4)
088642 PhD Colloquium
20.10.11, Do 10-13, STU 102 (2.4)
Publications
| forthc. | 'On the confrontation between perennial models in 19th Century Halmahera (Indonesia)'. In: A. Hartmann & O. Murawska (eds.), Repräsentationen der Zukunft - Representing the Future. Münster: Waxmann Verlag |
| 2012 | 'Sovereignty in the North Moluccas: Historical transformations', History and Anthropology, DOI:10.1080/02757206.2012.697062. (accessible under http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2012.697062); published in: History and Anthropology, Volume 24, Issue 2, 2013, pp. 206-232 | |
| 2010a | 'Political change and ritual tenacity: The New Year's ritual of Luang Prabang, Laos'. In: A. Iteanu (ed.), La cohérence des sociétés. pp. 193-234. Paris: Editions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme. | |
| 2010b | 'Becoming a Lao Person: Rituals of Birth and Socialisation in Luang Prabang, Laos', in: P. Berger et al. (eds.), The Anthropology of Values. Essays in Honour of Georg Pfeffer. Delhi: Pearson. | |
| 2009 | 'From high up North to Paradise and, by way of the South, back onto the Ice'. In: J. Jansen, S. Luninmg & E. de Maaker (eds.), Traditions on the Move. Essays in honour of Jarich Oosten, pp.11-27. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers. | |
| 2008a | 'The canoe racing ritual of Luang Prabang', Social Analysis 52/3:1-32. | |
| 2008b | with S. Feske and S. Engelkamp (eds.), Transformation and conflict in Southeast Asia. Special issue Asien 109:9-87. | |
| 2008c | 'Introduction'. In: Platenkamp a.o. 2008b: 9-12 (Co-authors S. Feske and S. Engelkamp). | |
| 2007a | 'Spirit representations in Southeast Asia: a comparative view'. In: F. Laugrand & J. G. Oosten (eds.), Nature des esprits et esprits de la nature dans les cosmologies autochtones / Nature of spirits and spirits of nature in aboriginal cosmologies, pp. 99-129. Quebec: Les Presses de l’Université Laval. | |
| 2007b | 'Cultural values, human rights and peacekeeping tasks: Some anthropological considerations', Militaire Spectator 176/3:96-104. | |
| 2006a | 'Visibility and Objectification in Tobelo Ritual'. In: Peter Crawford & Metje Postma (eds.), Reflecting Visual Ethnography - using the camera in anthropological fieldwork, pp. 78-102. Aarhus: Intervention Press & Leiden: CNWS Press. | |
| 2006b | 'Südostasiatische Völker und Kulturen'. In: Brockhaus-Enzyklopaedie. Bd IX, Leipzig (Co-author M. Prager). | |
| 2005/06 | 'Bahnar, Bajau, Bandanesen, Banjar, Buli, Berawan, Bisava, Brao, Bru, Bunak, Ca Tu, Chaobon, Cham, Chor, Dusun, Ema, Ende, Galela, Gie-Trieng, Giay, Giman, Hmong, Hre, Htin, Iban, Jarai, Karen, Kayan, Kedang, Kei, Kenyah, Khmu, Khmer, Kho Mu, Kohor, Kui, Lahu, Lamet, Lao, Lao Isan, Lawa, Lisu, Loven, Ma, Manggarai, Mentawei, Mien, Minangkabau, Muong, Murut, Mnong, Nage, Nung, Oy, Pako, Pak Thai, Paiwan, Penan, Raglai, Rhade, Sahu, San Chay, Sedang, Semai, Semang, Senoi, Sika, So, Stieng, Tanebar-Evav,Tanimbar,Ta Oi, Tengger, Temiar, Ternate, Tidore, Sedang, Tobaru, Tobelo, Xin Munh, Yao, Thailand, Laos'. In: Brockhaus-Enzyklopaedie. Bd. I-XX, Leipzig. | |
| 2005a | 'Preface'. In: Wassef Al-Sekhaneh, The Bedouin of Northern Jordan. Kinship, Cosmology and Ritual Exchange. Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. | |
| 2005b | 'Des personnes incomplètes aux sociétés accomplies'. l'Homme 174:125-160. Special Issue Moitiés d'Homme [extended version of Platenkamp 2004b]. | |
| 2004a | 'Über die gesellschaftliche Relevanz der Ethnologie'. In: U. Bertels u.a. (eds.), Aus der Ferne in die Nähe. Neue Wege der Ethnologie in die Öffentlichkeit, pp. 21-32. Münster/Berlin/New York: Waxmann Verlag. | |
| 2004b | 'From partial persons to completed societies'. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 129: 1-28. | |
| 2003 | 'Strukturalismus in der Ethnologie'. In: B. Beer & H. Fischer (eds), Ethnologie. Einführung und Überblick, pp. 295-308. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag. | |
| 2000a | 'Solidarität und Austausch in Ostindonesien'. In: G. Best & R. Kößler (Hrsg.), Subjekte und Systeme. Soziologische und anthropologische Annäherungen. Festschrift für Christian Sigrist zum 65. Geburtstag, pp.116-127. Münster/Hamburg: Lit-Verlag. | |
| 2000b | 'Temporality and Male-Female Distinctions in the Tobelo Vocabulary of Relationships'. In: C. Alès & C. Barraud (eds), Sexe relatif ou sexe absolue? De la distinction de sexe dans les sociétés, pp. 241-266. Paris: Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme. [reprint of 1998a] | |
| 1999 | 'Die Natur als Gegenbild der Gesellschaft. Ethnologische Betrachtungen zu einer paradoxen Idee'. In: Ruth-Elisabeth Mohrmann (Hrsg.), Argument Natur- Was ist natürlich? Worte - Werke - Utopien. Bd.7. Münster/Hamburg: Lit-Verlag. | |
| 1998a | 'Temporality and Male-Female Distinctions in the Tobelo Vocabulary of Relationships', Social Anthropology 6/3: 291-307. | |
| 1998b | 'Health as a social condition', Folk 40:57-70. | |
| 1997a | 'Half Persons, Complete Societies', Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 5, pp. 7-8. | |
| 1997b | 'Tobelo'. In: Paul Oliver (ed.), Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, Vol. II: 1098-1099. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. | |
| 1996a | J.van Bremen, V. Godina, and J.D.M. Platenkamp (eds), Horizons of Understanding: An Anthology of Theoretical Anthropology in Europe. CNWS Publications 23. Leiden: Research School CNWS. | |
| 1996b | 'The Healing Gift'. In: S. Howell (ed.), For the Sake of our Future. Sacrificing in Eastern Indonesia, pp.318-336, Leiden: Centre of Non-Western Studies. | |
| 1996c | (& V. Godina & J. van Bremen), 'Introduction'. In: J. van Bremen, V. Godina, and J.D.M. Platenkamp (eds), Horizons of Understanding: An Anthology of Theoretical Anthropology in Europe, pp.1-2. CNWS Publications 23. Leiden: Research School CNWS. |
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| 1995a | 'In search of a name. Reflections on the Sejarah Tobaru'. In: C. Baak et al. (eds), Tales from a Concave World. Liber Amicorum Bert Voorhoeve, pp.440-456. Leiden: Leiden University. | |
| 1995b | 'True to the Original'. In: H. Kämpf & R. Schott (eds), Der Mensch als Homo Pictor? Sonderband Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, pp.20-35. Bonn: Bouvier Verlag. | |
| 1994 | (& M. Prager) 'A mirror of paradigms: 19th and early 20th century ethnology reflected in Bijdragen'. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 150/IV: 703-727. | |
| 1993 | 'Tobelo, Moro, Ternate.The cosmological valorisation of historical events'. In: L.Andaya (ed.), Centres and Peripheries. Special Issue Cakalele 4:61-90. | |
| 1992 | 'Transforming Tobelo ritual'. In: D. de Coppet (ed.), Understanding rituals, pp.74-96. London: Routledge. | |
| 1991a | W.F.L. Buschkens & J.D.M. Platenkamp (eds), Studies on China's Contemporary Social Structure by Zhai Shengde. Leiden: Faculty of Social Sciences. | |
| 1991b | (& W.F.L. Buschkens) 'Foreword by the editors'. In: W.F.L. Buschkens & J.D.M. Platenkamp (eds), Studies on China's Contemporary Social Structure by Zhai Shengde, pp.i-ii. Leiden: Faculty of Social Sciences. | |
| 1991c | Review of J. Goody, 'The oriental, the ancient and the primitive. Systems of marriage and the family in the pre-industrial societies of Eurasia', American Anthropologist 93/4: 1016-1017. | |
| 1990a | De Waarde der Dingen. The Hague: Museon, Afdeling Volkenkunde. | |
| 1990b | C. Barraud & J.D.M. Platenkamp (eds.), Rituals and Socio-Cosmic Order in Eastern Indonesian Societies, Part II: Maluku. Special Anthropological Issue Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 146/1. | |
| 1990c | 'The severance of the Origin'. In: C. Barraud & J.D.M. Platenkamp (eds.), Rituals and Socio-Cosmic Order in Eastern Indonesian Societies, Part II: Maluku, Special Anthropological Issue Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 146/1: 74-92. | |
| 1990d | (& C. Barraud), 'Rituals and the Comparison of Societies'. In: C. Barraud & J.D.M. Platenkamp (eds.), Rituals and Socio-Cosmic Order in Eastern Indonesian Societies, Part II: Maluku, Special Anthropological Issue Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 146/1: 103-123. | |
| 1990e | North Halmahera: Non-Austronesian Languages, Austronesian Cultures? Selected Lecture published by Het Oosters Genootschap in Nederland, Leiden: E.J.Brill. (Reprinted in: J. van Bremen, V. Godina & J. Platenkamp (eds.) 1996). | |
| 1989a | C. Barraud & J.D.M. Platenkamp (eds.), Rituals and Socio-Cosmic Order in Eastern Indonesian Societies, Part I: Nusa Tenggara Timur. Special Anthropological Issue Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 145/4. | |
| 1989b | Review of B. Renard-Clamagirand, 'Marobo. Une société ema de Timor', Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 145/4: 594-598. | |
| 1988a | Tobelo. Ideas and Values of a North Moluccan Society. Leiden: Repro Psychologie. | |
| 1988b | 'Myths of Life and Image in Northern Halmahera'. In: D.S. Moyer & H.J.M. Claessen (eds.), Time past, Time Present, Time Future. Perspectives on Indonesian Culture. Essays in honour of P.E. de Josselin de Jong, pp. 148-167. Verhandelingen Koninklijk Instituut, Dordrecht: Foris Publications. | |
| 1984a | 'The Tobelo of north Halmahera in the context of the Field of Anthropological Study of Indonesia'. In: P.E. de Josselin de Jong (ed.), Unity in Diversity, pp.167-189. Verhandelingen Koninklijk Instituut nr. 103. Dordrecht: Foris Publications. | |
| 1984b | 'Structurele Antropologie en de Studie van Indonesische Culturen'. In: J.D. Speckmann (red.), Indonesische Studiën in Nederland, pp. 57-66. Wassenaar: Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences. | |
| 1984c | 'Marriage and Death. Social change in Tobelo'. In: E.K.M. Masinambow (ed.), Maluku and Arian Jaya. Special Issue Bulletin LEKNAS 3/1: 105-118 | |
| 1983 | 'Gia-dutu, a true relationship. Aspects of kinship and social organisation of the Tobelo of north Halmahera'. In: E.K.M. Masinambow (ed.), Halmahera dan Raja Ampat sebagai kesatuan majemuk, pp. [336] 1-31. Jakarta: LIPI. | |
| 1982 | 'The cod and the corn don't mix'. In: P.E. de Josselin de Jong & Erik Schwimmer (eds.), Symbolic Anthropology in the Netherlands, pp.142-155. Verhandelingen Koninklijk Instituut nr. 95, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. | |
| 1980 | 'The structural study of shamanism. Some reflections on a model'. In: E.K.M. Masinambow (ed.), Halmahera dan Raja Ampat. Konsep dan strategi penelitian, pp. 337-346. Jakarta: LEKNAS/LIPI. | |
| 1979a | (& L.E. Visser), Review of J.P. Garlick & R.W. Keay (eds.), 'Human Ecology in the Tropics', Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 135/1: 192-194. | |
| 1979b | 'Out of mind, out of sight. Suppression and taboo in the "Leach Theory"'. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 135(1): 172-180. | |
| 1978 | 'The Jonglei Canal. Its impact on an integrated system in the Southern Sudan.' ICA Publication Series nr. 26, Leiden, Institute of Social and Cultural Studies. | |
| Ethnoprahic Film | ||
| 1985 | (D.N. Nijland & J.D.M.Platenkamp) Tobelo Marriage. Film, 16mm., colour, optic sound, 110 min., English spoken. Leiden: Institute of Social and Cultural Studies. | |
Curriculum Vitae
Degrees:
- BA (kandidaat) in Social Anthropology, Leiden University, The Netherlands, 1975
- MA (doctorandus) in Social Anthropology (major), Ecology and Economics (minors), Leiden University, 1978
- PhD (doctor) in the Social Sciences, Leiden University, 1988
Teaching positions:
- Teaching assistant in Social Anthropology, Leiden University,1978 - 1979; 1983 -1984
- Junior lecturer in Social Anthropology, Leiden University, 1986 - 1987
- Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Anthropology of Indonesia and Religious Anthropology, Leiden University, 1987 - 1993
- Visiting professor at the Seminar für Völkerkunde, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Summer Semester 1992
- Chair of Social Anthropology, Institut für Ethnologie, Westfälische Wilhems-Universität Münster, from 1993 onwards
Field researches:
- research in the fishing community of Portsoy, Scotland, into the system of symbolic classification, 1976 (see Platenkamp 1979, 1982)
- research among the Tobelo of North Halmahera, Eastern Indonesia, into the system of social organisation and cosmology, 1979, 1980, 1982 (see Platenkamp 1982, 1983, 1984a, 1985, 1988a, 1988b, 1990a, 1990b, 1990d, 1992, 1993, 1996a, 1997b, 1998, f.c.c)
- research among the population of Southeast Seram, Moluccas, Indonesia, into the system of social organisation and cosmology, 1989 (see Platenkamp 2000a, f.c.c)
- research among the Lao of Luang Prabang Town, Laos, into the socio-political and cosmological order, regularly from 1997 onwards (see Platenkamp 2004a, 2007a, 2008b, 2010a, 2010b)
Projects/Research
Current research projects
Research projects for habilitation:
Dr. Handan Aksünger
"Die Funktion alevitischer Migrantenorganisationen in der zivilgesellschaftlichen Integration in Deutschland und den Niederlanden"
Scholarship holder from the Research Training Group "Zivilgesellschaftliche Verständigungsprozesse vom 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Deutschland und die Niederlande im Vergleich", more
Dr. Roland Josef Hardenberg
"Children of the Earth Goddess: Society, Marriage and Sacrifice in the Highlands of Orissa (India)" (venia legendi granted 2006)
Dr. Barbara Meier
"Migration als Übergang. Ein Beitrag zu migrations- und religionsethnologischen Überlegungen anhand von Untersuchungen in Uganda und Ghana"
Dr. Michael Prager
"Dana Mbojo: Islam, sozio-politische Ordnung und kulturelles Gedächtnis im Sultanat von Bima (Sumbawa, NTB, Indonesien)" (venia legendi granted 2012)
Postdoc project:
Dr. Salomé Deboos
Co-existence - Buddhist-Muslim interactions/relations in Zanskar Valley (Ladakh District, Northwest India) under the impact of the Indian State, a globalising market and world-religious orthodoxies (end 2012) weiter
Gefördert durch die Europäische Kommission: Marie Curie Fellowship
Research projects for Phd:
Berit Fuhrmann MA
"Gesellschaft, Ritual und Christentum bei den Karow in Nordostindien" (Arbeitstitel)
gefördert durch die WWU Münster
Silke Hollenhorst MA
"Sibalik alogo - Drehende Winde. Toba-Batak Objekte: ihre Bestimmung und ihre Bewertung"
Yulia Sugandi MSc (Indonesien)
"The Notion of Collective Dignity amongst Balim Valley People in Post Year 2000"
financed by the German Academic Exchange Service
Joseba Estévez MA
"Systems of Exchange and Processes of Commoditization in Continental Southeast Asia" more
financed by the German Research Foundation
Anja Rebolj MA (Slovenia)
"Transformations of regional identity in Slovenia"
Nicole Pilz MA
"Ein Vergleich der sozialen Rollen von Autoren während der Zwischenkriegszeit anhand von Autorensolbstorganisationen in den Niederlanden, Flandern und Deutschland aus ethnologischer Perspektive"
Scholarship holder from the Research Training Group "Zivilgesellschaftliche Verständigungsprozesse vom 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Deutschland und die Niederlande im Vergleich"more
Kerstin Strotmann MA
"A case study on Islamic Banking and other modalities of exchange in Egypt"
Annika Hendricks MA
"Betrachtungsweisen ritueller und marktwirtschaftlicher Austauschprozesse und ihre Interrelationen bei den Nuu-chah-nutt auf Vancouver Island"
Kirsten Jäger MA
"Die Rekonstruktion 'traditionellen' politischen Gemeinwesens in Indonesien: der Wiederaufbau des Sultanats Jailolo auf Halmahera"
financed by the German Resarch Foundation (DFG)
Completed PhD Theses (Dissertationen):
Dr. Dr. h.c. Dipl. Ing. Ingo Wallner
"Die sozio-kulturellen Quellen der madagassischen nationalen Identität und
staatliche Identitätsstiftung" (2012) more
Dr. Andrej Rus MA (Slovenia)
"Features of gift exchange in market economy"
(Co-supervision at the University Ljubljana, Slovenia)
(2010)
Dr. John Combey
"The impact of modernity on Koh Mende society in Sierra Leone."
(2010) more
Dr. Laila Prager
"Die Gemeinschaft des Hauses". Religion, Heiratsstrategien, und
transnationale Identität türkischer Alawi/Nusairi-Migranten in Deutschland
financed by the German Research Foundation (2010)
Dr. Abdul Manan (Indonesien)
"Ritual cycles in South Aceh, Indonesia"
financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2010)