Encountering - Retracing - Mapping: The Ethnographic Legacy of Heinrich Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter

The Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich has held culturally significant collections of Heinrich Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter since the 1970s, reflecting their experiences in Tibet, Nepal, Asia, South America, and Oceania. This publication explores the collections, revealing craft skills, social organizational structures, and world views from the local communities, as well as the viewpoints of the travelers themselves. Accompanies an exhibition at the museum from July 2018-September 2019.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 30 January 2019
Publisher: Arnoldsche

Since the 1970s, the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich has been home to culturally significant collections of Heinrich Harrer (1912-2006) and Peter Aufschnaiter (1899-1973). Both lived in Tibet between 1945 and 1951, with Aufschnaiter working in Nepal and Harrer undertaking numerous expeditions. In the 1960s, he traveled to Asia, South America, and Oceania. The artifacts brought back represent craft skills, social organizational structures, and world views from the local communities, as well as the viewpoints of the travelers themselves. For this publication, all Zurich collections have been researched for the first time.

Starting with the object, moments of encountering and social change, as well as historical and cultural developments, can be retraced, and the seemingly obvious is thus pieced together into an extended map or knowledgescape. Accompanies an exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich (CH), from 1 July 2018 to 8 September 2019.

Weight: 1220g
Dimension: 227 x 287 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783897905351