Digitization, development, publication and evaluation of the unpublished life recollections of Günther Tessmann from the supplies of the ethnological collection of the Hanseatic town Lübeck

汉萨克镇L的民族志博物馆的档案保存着德国旅行家冈瑟·特斯曼(1884年至1969年)的图书馆财产。虽然他不是一个受过训练的人类学家，但他可以被认为是人种学田野研究的先驱之一。这些档案笔记被订购为12卷，记录了特斯曼的童年和青年时期，以及他多年带着他去非洲和南美的旅程。许多民族植物学和动物学著作以及他对文化变化现象的开创性讨论都被同等地包括在内。手稿集还包括大量的照片、素描、小水彩画、门票剪纸、纪念品和其他文件，被Günther Tessmann本人称为“我的生活日记，共12卷”。这些笔记阐明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，它们还包含关于特斯曼的研究战略、他的研究精神、他对非洲和秘鲁土著人口的态度以及他收集的民族志物品的文化历史重要性的背景信息。研究工作的中心摆放着特斯曼生活记忆的获取、评论和出版，这些记忆到目前为止还不向普通公众开放。为了保证文件易于查阅和长期保存，将对这些文件进行扫描，并以数字形式提供。尤其是泰斯曼文献中的自反性田野笔记，可以看作是讨论认识论、方法论和政治学问题的重要基础。因此，该研究项目旨在对民族学和人类学的历史以及对20世纪初殖民史和对陌生人的科学认识做出重要贡献。此外，该项目打算将特斯曼进行研究的地区的技术团体包括在内，即喀麦隆的巴哈、巴菲亚和布比。泰斯曼的民族志笔记是研究这些群体的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.