Digitization, development, publication and evaluation of the unpublished life recollections of Günther Tessmann from the supplies of the ethnological collection of the Hanseatic town Lübeck

汉萨同盟城市吕贝克的民族志博物馆档案馆保存着德国旅行家君特·泰斯曼（Günther Tessmann，1884-1969）的图书馆遗产。虽然他不是一个训练有素的人类学家，但他仍然可以被认为是民族志领域研究的先驱之一。这些档案笔记被整理成12卷，记录了泰斯曼的童年和青年时期，以及他多年来前往非洲和南美洲的旅程。此外，还包括一些民族植物学和动物学的著作，以及他对文化变迁现象的开创性讨论。手稿集，包括大量照片、素描、小水彩画、票剪、纪念品和其他文件，被君特·特斯曼自己称为“我的生活-十二卷日记”。这些笔记揭示了他的科学历史假设，他的动机和希望，以及他的研究探险的成功和失败。此外，这些文献还包含了有关特斯曼的研究策略、研究精神、对非洲和秘鲁土著居民的态度以及他所收集的民族志物品的文化历史重要性等背景信息。特斯曼的研究工作的核心是获取、评论和出版他迄今为止尚未向公众开放的生活记忆。为了保证文件易于查阅和长期保存，将对文件进行扫描，并以数字形式提供。特别是泰斯曼文献中的自反性田野笔记，可以被看作是讨论认识论、方法论以及政治问题的重要基础。因此，该研究项目旨在对民族学和人类学的历史，以及对殖民历史和对世纪初陌生人的科学认识做出重要贡献。此外，该项目还打算将Tessmann研究过的地区，即喀麦隆的Baja、Bafia和Bubi的etnic群体包括在内。Tessmann的民族志笔记是这些群体历史和文化的重要历史文献。

The archives of the ethnographic museum of the Hanseatic town of Lübeck hold the library estate of the German traveller Günther Tessmann (1884-1969). Although he was not a trained anthropologist, he nevertheless may be considered as one of the pioneers of ethnographic field research. The archival notes are ordered into twelve volumes documenting Tessmann's childhood and youth as well as his journeys taking him for many years to Africa and South America. A number of ethno-botanic and zoological writings are equally enclosed, as well as his pioneering discussion of cultural change phenomenon.The collection of manuscripts, containing also numerous photographs, drawings, small water colors, ticket cuts, souvenirs and other documents was labelled by Günther Tessmann himself as "My life - diary in twelve volumes". The notes shed light on his scientific-historical presuppositions, his motives and hopes as well as about the successes and failures of his research expeditions. Besides, they contain background information on Tessmann's research strategies, his research ethos, his attitude towards the indigenous population in Africa and Peru as well as to the cultural-historical importance of the ethnographic objects he collected.At the center of the research work stands the access, comment and publishing of Tessmann's life memories which up till now aren't available to the general public. In order to guarantee easy access to as well as a long term preservation of the documents they will be scanned and made available in digital form. Particularly the self-reflexive field notes among Tessmann's documents can be seen as important basis for the discussion of epistemological, methodological as well as political questions. The research project therefore aims at an essential contribution to the history of ethnology and anthropology as well as to the colonial history and to the scientific perception of the stranger in the early 20th century. Moreover, the project intends to include the etnic groups in the areas where Tessmann has done research, namely the Baja, Bafia and Bubi in Cameroon. Tessmann's ethnographic notes are important historical documents for the history and culture of these groups.