Zurich University of Arts Master of Arts in Art Education depression publish & teach HS-09-10
Bergtod
overview
Bergtod
overview
My master's thesis deals with the cultural history of death in mountaineering. The goal of this work is a book aimed at a target audience that is interested in history and local history questions. It consists of six chapters and an extensive complementary Illustrations. This master thesis contains the first chapter of which the investigation of a real avalanche at three levels: my own memory as a savior, working up the press reports and court decisions of that time, and an interview with affected 26 years later.
The book will appear in a publishing house that has historical and literary publications with a substantial part of the picture experience. I imagine the Berne AS before publishing.
The relevance of the topic is given in view of the many mountain accidents with a correspondingly extensive media coverage. In the course of this work, I have found that the risk awareness in the mountain but is very present. But this awareness does not lead to a decision to abandon ever increasing difficulty. The flow reached often experience when climbing for climbers outweighs the risk of dying. My personal approach results from a decade-long mountaineering activity as SAC tour leader and personal experience in the recovery of accident victims, as well as extensive material I have found in the archives of alpine clubs and libraries. Accidents are mostly as expected, inevitable and self-inflicted noted. Mountaineering as Feizeitbeschäftigung or as a profession (mountain guide, mountaineer) is not by accident called into question. The design of the grave is at times very die Thematik des Bergtodes ein. Neben dem Schmerz und dem Hinweis auf den Verlust drücken die Formulierungen auf Todesanzeigen und Grabsteinen oft ein Verständnis für das Schicksal der Verunfallten aus. Das Bergsteigen als Solches wird kaum in Frage gestellt.
Der Fokus der Arbeit liegt auf dem Tod von Alpinisten in den Bergen. Mit der Vermeidung und dem Suchen nach dem Tod, verbunden mit einer hohen Risikobereitschaft. Und damit, was geschieht, wenn er eintritt. Ich zeige, was Menschen, die von alpinen Todesfällen betroffen waren, darüber zu sagen haben, wie sie ihrer Toten gedenken und wie diese Todesfälle ihr Leben verändert haben. Damit werden die Prinzipien des Lebens und Sterbens in den Bergen einander gegenüber gestellt. I let this hobby and mountaineer, mountain guide, mountain hut attendants, emergency workers, survivors and survivors to speak.
in Europe's mountain regions, who live for two hundred years into a significant source of tourism, has at this time a special way of dealing with the death of climbers, locals and visitors developed. I have on my research, tombs and shrines (stealing or small altars are erected in memory of accident victims) are found, the evidence of a distinct iconography of alpine death. In addition to these manifestations of the conflict with the Alpine's death, my research deals with court decisions, traditional stories, pictorial representations and literary reflection.
question
• Why do people in their leisure time at the mountain sports such a high risk in buying?
• How has the perception and representation of death developed in the story?
• What is the self-awareness in dealing with the risk? • How
process climbers and their families deaths?
• What rituals dealing with death in the alpine environment known?
• What are the usual rituals of death rituals? • How
commented mountain accidents in the media?
• How does the question of guilt in court?
method
• Interviews with average and extreme mountaineers, accident survivors, survivors, Alpine Club leaders, pastors, rescue people. Survey concerning external and self-reflection, discuss the consequences as a result of accidents.
• Documentation of court judgments in mountain accidents.
• Analysis of a case study on all levels, stakeholders, media and court. (Chapter 1 of the book)
• Photographic documentation of accident sites and graves of climbers in Switzerland, Austria and France. Pictures of many mountain tours and hikes in recent decades.
• Symbol analysis of the iconography of climbers grave stones.
The master thesis is divided into three parts:
• An accompanying theoretical work that illuminates under the title "Passion between Eros and Thanatos," the discursive background of my research and my writing. I oriented myself to both social science approaches to the topic, as well as literary and psychological confrontation with death.
• A list of literature that has been the focus of my research. They are given texts from sociology, psychology, historical research and literature that provide insight into the backgrounds of mountain climbing, but also consider the context in which the death is alpine.
• The fragment of the targeted book "Bergtod" in six chapters. (See Table of Contents) The book contains text and images that I've written in the context of field research and photographs. In it are legends, documentaries, interviews, case studies, a meditation and a pictorial record of accidents and memorial sites.
concept of the book
It is divided into 6 chapters, each illustrated with color photos are.
Chapter 1 shows the reality of death mountain in its scope for the families and those involved in the rescue and recovery. It will stir up and end on the final reconciliation.
The first chapter is the master's thesis before.
Chapter 2, the pensive story of a walk, a meditation and search for clues.
Chapter 3 shows the visual setting apart with the reality of death mountain. The inscriptions on grave stones will surprise the reader.
Chapter 4 shows that the Bergtod is in some cases by the victims not so much avoided. In two stories I'll look into the question whether it not rather the death was being sought as the joy of the mountains.
Chapter 5 shows the daily work of the rescuers and to highlight the problem of view that people in hundreds of professional mountain rescue in their lives from serious injuries and deaths have. I show how the suffering these people meet and how they think about themselves in mountaineering.
Chapter 6 sense and sarcasm. The mountaineer and medical Oswald Oelz has promised an interview, I will then focus on where to meet in mountaineering Sigmund Freud's basic principles of Eros and Thanatos. I reflect that the accompanying theoretical work in a conversation with a witty, sharp-tongued and very sensitive people.
The book is aimed at a historical, local history and alpinistically interested audience, who willingly deals with philosophical questions about the background of mountain climbing.
The book will appear as medium-sized four-color printing in landscape mode. As a publisher
AS is the ideal publisher because he brings out books related to culture and mountaineering.
self-reflection
the beginning of the search topics I thought of a philosophical and social analysis essays in art discourse. I imagined at that time a text entitled "The Temptation of the Beautiful" before. In contemporary art understanding of the concept of beauty in the discourse of experts has become irrelevant, on the other hand, the lay discourse asks in relation to art is still on the beauty of the work. I wanted to show the balancing act between the two Kunstverständnisse.
Later, but still circled in a relatively early stage of decision about my ideas, mein persönliches Lebensthema vom Tod in den Bergen zum Thema der Masterthesis zu machen. Ich wurde als Alpinist mehrmals direkt damit konfrontiert und habe einige Situationen selber nur knapp überlebt. Die persönliche Relevanz war also gegeben. Da ich der Meinung bin, dass eine gesellschaftliche Relevanz durch die grosse Medienpräsenz des Themas „Tod in den Bergen“ gegeben ist, fing ich schon im Frühjahr 09 mit der Recherche an.
In einer ersten Phase meiner Arbeit begab ich mich in das Feld des Alpinismus, von dem ich mich vor Jahren zurückgezogen hatte. Das heisst, ich stieg auf Berge, besuchte Unfallorte, Grabstätten und sprach mit Leuten, die mich im Thema weiterbringen konnten. Ich erneuerte alte Kontakte zu Bergsteigerfreunden and read me in the field-related literature.
so quickly was a large collection of topic-related material, from obituaries to sermons to personal statements in interviews. Hundreds of photos of graves and memorials climbers complete the collection. The writing down of thoughts and transcribing interviews, I find it relatively easy thanks to an ample experience. The focus on issues that are in the background of the field research, to cross-cutting themes of the discourse that is more difficult because I did not always easy to find answers that are interested but any climber, but do not take on this underlying issue relating to omit or demand a raise.
the value and position of the Accompanying theory work I've long underestimated, as the effort it took to write it. I have never written a similar work and was procuring materials and the mapping and compression required very occasionally. Colloquium clearly helpful if it would be more work, and ways of working would develop - As in the preparation of the master's thesis would be. Ultimately, it is a very good experience because I purchased new techniques and skills.
My thanks go to:
my family that I actively during the entire study support has
the teachers ZHdK
my mentor Ruedi Widmer
my student colleagues
Erika and Raimund Stein
Corinna Steinhoff
Oswald Oelz
and many unnamed climber friends
Some of the iconography and an article on the tomb design for climbers will issue 12 / 09 in the journal "eternity, the VDT magazine published.
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