Documents from the Berlin Mission as important media of communication to disseminate transcultural knowledge on South Africa. - Investigation and Edition of the manuscripts of Albert Kropf and Johannes Winter

在知识全球化的背景下，欧洲传教士对世界其他地区及其文化知识产生的贡献一直是研究的主题。特别是德国传教士，其中柏林传教士对民族社区和文化的学术研究的重要性得到了突出。目前的项目将基督教传教士作为文化掮客的贡献研究与他们原创学术作品的编辑和出版联系起来。在之前的资助期间，项目的第一部分已经完成：Albert Kropf的书的批判版，“Das Volk der Xosa Kaffern”。经作者手迹编辑的作品定稿已印刷成书出版；一个重要的版本允许重建克罗夫的工作的书是可作为一个网络资源。该项目的第二部分，即柏林传教士约翰内斯·温特（1847 - 1921）著作的版本，由于与我们的申请相比，它已经减少了，因此无法在迄今为止获得批准的项目延长期间完成。有关详细信息，请参阅此应用程序的第2部分。约翰内斯·温特留下了大量关于他生活过的种族社区的手稿，以及他积极参与的非洲基督教自治运动的原因和特点。这些文件分别位于德国、南非和津巴布韦的不同地点。Johannes Winter的手稿论文是独一无二的，因为它们对南非民族学基础的原始贡献，以及他积极参与建立一个独立于传教机构的最古老的教堂之一。因此，它们使我们能够了解南非历史上这一重要时期的人格是如何将学术工作与机构联系起来的。

The contribution of European missionaries to the generation of knowledge on other regions of the world and on their cultures has been subject to research in the context of globalization of knowledge. Especially the importance of German missionaries and among them Berlin missionaries for academic research on ethnic communities and on cultures has been highlighted. The current project connects research on the contribution of Christian missionaries as cultural brokers with the edition and publication of their original academic work. During the previous period of funding the first part of the project has been completed: the critical edition of the book by Albert Kropf, “Das Volk der Xosa Kaffern”. The final version of the work as edited by the author in handwriting has been published as a printed book; a critical edition allowing the reconstruction of Kropf’s work on the book is available as a web resource. The second part of the project, the edition of the writings by Berlin missionary Johannes Winter (1847– 1921) cannot be completed during the prolongation of the project that has been granted so far, as it has been reduced in comparison to our application. For details see part 2 of this application. Johannes Winter has left a voluminous oeuvre of manuscript papers on the ethnic communities among which he has lived, and on the causes and characteristics of the movement of African Christian autonomy, in which he was actively involved. There papers are situated at different location in Germany, South Africa and Simbabwe. The manuscript papers by Johannes Winter are unique for their original contribution to the foundation of ethnology in South Africa in combination with his active participation in the establishment of one of the oldest churches independent from mission agencies. Therefore, they enable us to understand how a personality of this important period in South African history related academic work to agency.