Christoph Wulf

Christoph Wulf (* August 4, 1944 in Berlin ) is a German educationalist and Professor of Anthropology and Education at the University of Berlin.

Life

Wulf spent his childhood in a rectory in Berlin- Britz. After leaving school at the Gymnasium Steglitz he first completed a study of history, education, philosophy and literature at the Free University of Berlin, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1968. In 1969 he went with a grant from the Volkswagen Foundation to Marburg to graduate with Wolfgang Klafki. After a tour of the USA as a guest of the U.S. Department of Education, he spent a year doing research for his dissertation at the University of Stanford, Los Angeles, Boulder and New York. In the years 1970 to 1975 he was a research associate at the German Institute for International Educational Research in Frankfurt. 1973 PhD at the University of Marburg Dr. phil. ; In 1975 he habilitated there in the subject of Education. In 1975, he was Professor of Education at the University of Siegen. Since 1980 he is professor of anthropology and education at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Free University of Berlin.

Been visiting professor Wulf, among others at the Université de Paris ( Nanterre, St. Denis, Denis Diderot ), the Fondazione San Carlo in Modena, the European Peace University, the University of Amsterdam, the Stockholms universitet, University of London, the University of Tokyo, and the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, as well as in Kyoto, Beijing and Kazan; Research at Stanford University.

Work

Wulf is working on questions of anthropology, in particular the Pedagogical Anthropology. Work focuses on the field of mimesis and imagination research, performativity, gestures and ritual studies as well as the aesthetic and intercultural education. Here he is concerned with the knowledge of the people in a globalized world characterized by cultural diversity. The goal of his research is to make use of historical and ethnographic methods, and philosophical reflection to contribute to the self- understanding of the people in today's time.

Memberships

  • Society for Historical Anthropology (Deputy Chairman)
  • Commission Pedagogical Anthropology of the German Society for Educational Science (initiator and chairman from 1993 to 1999, is currently on the board )
  • German Commission for UNESCO (member ); Technical Committee Education ( Chairman) and Vice- President
  • Member of the National Committee " Education for Sustainable Development "
  • Board of Trustees of the DAAD.

Writings (selection )

  • Anthropology. A continental perspective. Chicago University Press. Chicago 2013.
  • The mystery of the human. Introduction to Historical Anthropology. ISBN 978-3-7705-4718-0, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich.
  • With Shoko Suzuki and Jörg Zirfas: The Luck of the Familie.Ethnographische studies in Germany and Japan. VS Verlag für Social Sciences, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-531-18152-3.
  • Learning cultures in transition. Ritual practices in school, the media, family and youth, VS Verlag Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-531-15175-5.
  • Educational theories of learning ( with Michael Göhlich and Jörg Zirfas ), Beltz Verlag 2007
  • Pedagogy of the performative. Theories, methods, perspectives ( with Jörg Zirfas ), Beltz Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-407-32074-2
  • Dance as anthropology ( with Gabriele Brandstetter ), Wilhelm Fink Verlag 2007
  • Myths of the blood ( with Christina von Braun ), Campus Verlag 2007
  • Anthropology cultural diversity. Intercultural Education in the age of globalization, Bielefeld 2006
  • On the genesis of the social. Mimesis, performativity, ritual, Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-89942-415-8.
  • Anthropology. Philosophy, history, culture. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004 ISBN 3-499-55664-2 and Anaconda Verlag, Cologne 2009 ISBN 978-3-86647-403-1
  • Mimetic world accesses ( with Gunter Gebauer ), Stuttgart 2003; Brazilian Edition 2004
  • Introduction to the Anthropology of Education, Weinheim 2001; English edition of 2002; Spanish Edition 2004
  • Game ritual gesture ( with Gunter Gebauer ), Rowohlts encyclopedia. Reinbek, 1998; Danish edition: Copenhagen 2001; French edition in 2004
  • Logic and passion ( with Dietmar Kamper ), income Historical Anthropology, Berlin 2002
  • Man Made - Manual Historical Anthropology, Weinheim, 1997,
  • Theories and concepts of educational science, München: Juventa 1977, 6th edition 1992.
  • Review of Education
  • Series Historical Anthropology (1988 ff )
  • Series European Studies in Education (1995 ff )
  • Series Pedagogical Anthropology (1996 ff )
  • Number of Berlin work on educational and cultural science (2000 ff )
  • Managing Editor of Para Grana - International Journal of Historical Anthropology (1992 ff )
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