Frank Wittmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1591552 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank Wittmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank |
| FAMILY NAME | Wittmann |
| SIGNATURE | WITTMANN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9180-356X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition
Past human influences on Amazonian forest The marks of prehistoric human societies on tropical forests can still be detected today. Levis et al. performed a basin-wide comparison of plant distributions, archaeological sites, and environmental data. Plants domesticated by pre-Columbian peoples are much more likely to be dominant in Amazonian forests than other species. Furthermore, forests close to archaeological sites often have a higher abundanc…
Organismos aquáticos e de áreas úmidas em uma Amazônia em transição
Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora
Introduction Recent decades have seen a major international effort to inventory tree communities in the Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield (Amazonia), but the vast extent and record diversity of these forests have hampered an understanding of basinwide patterns. To overcome this obstacle, we compiled and standardized species-level data on more than half a million trees in 1170 plots sampling all major lowland forest types to explore patterns of commo…
The global–local nexus
Although the importance of African music has always been recognised, the number of ethnographically oriented popular music studies has remained quite modest on this continent. For this reason, the contribution applies ethnographic directives by Frith (2003) and Marcus (1998) in conducting a case study on the adoption of Rastafari and reggae in the local context of Burkina Faso. Stimulus interviews and group discussions are used to focus on topics…
Politics, religion and the media
Senegal is said to be a democratic model for Africa. This reputation was promoted by the presidents and leaders of the Socialist Party (SP), Léopold Sédar Senghor (1960–80) and Abdou Diouf (1981–2000), and confirmed throughthe democratic change to a government led by the Senegalese Democratic Party (SDP) under its leader Abdoulaye Wade in 2000. Ostensibly, the successful democratization is reflected in the mass media sector. This sector has gone …
Medienkultur und Ethnographie
Seit einigen Jahren gibt es einen regelrechten Boom in der Beschäftigung mit medienkulturellen Fragestellungen. Aber wie lassen sich Medienkulturen in nicht-westlichen Gesellschaften erforschen? Das Buch unternimmt den spannenden Versuch, den transdisziplinären Ansatz der Medienkulturwissenschaft mit Elementen der Ethnographie anzureichern, um ein handlungstheoretisches Instrumentarium zur Analyse von fremden Medienkulturen zu entwickeln. Dieses …
La monotonie du scandaleux
Deficient Democracies, Media Pluralism, and Political Advertising in West Africa
La presse écrite sénégalaise et ses dérives
Le Sénégal est connu pour le pluralisme et le rôle critique de ses médias. On connaît moins la crise que traverse la presse écrite sénégalaise, du fait de trois facteurs principaux - sa fragilité économique, sa professionnalisation inaboutie et les atteintes à sa liberté d'expression. Une informalisation partielle en résulte. Stratégie de survie à court terme pour la presse, celle-ci est surtout une menace, d'autant qu'elle facilite d'autres déri…
La presse écrite sénégalaise et ses dérives
Le Sénégal est connu pour le pluralisme et le rôle critique de ses médias. On connaît moins la crise que traverse la presse écrite sénégalaise, du fait de trois facteurs principaux - sa fragilité économique, sa professionnalisation inaboutie et les atteintes à sa liberté d'expression. Une informalisation partielle en résulte. Stratégie de survie à court terme pour la presse, celle-ci est surtout une menace, d'autant qu'elle facilite d'autres déri…
Politics, religion and the media
Senegal is said to be a democratic model for Africa. This reputation was promoted by the presidents and leaders of the Socialist Party (SP), Léopold Sédar Senghor (1960–80) and Abdou Diouf (1981–2000), and confirmed throughthe democratic change to a government led by the Senegalese Democratic Party (SDP) under its leader Abdoulaye Wade in 2000. Ostensibly, the successful democratization is reflected in the mass media sector. This sector has gone …
The global–local nexus
Although the importance of African music has always been recognised, the number of ethnographically oriented popular music studies has remained quite modest on this continent. For this reason, the contribution applies ethnographic directives by Frith (2003) and Marcus (1998) in conducting a case study on the adoption of Rastafari and reggae in the local context of Burkina Faso. Stimulus interviews and group discussions are used to focus on topics…
Deficient Democracies, Media Pluralism, and Political Advertising in West Africa
La presse écrite sénégalaise et ses dérives
Le Sénégal est connu pour le pluralisme et le rôle critique de ses médias. On connaît moins la crise que traverse la presse écrite sénégalaise, du fait de trois facteurs principaux - sa fragilité économique, sa professionnalisation inaboutie et les atteintes à sa liberté d'expression. Une informalisation partielle en résulte. Stratégie de survie à court terme pour la presse, celle-ci est surtout une menace, d'autant qu'elle facilite d'autres déri…
Medienkultur und Ethnographie
Seit einigen Jahren gibt es einen regelrechten Boom in der Beschäftigung mit medienkulturellen Fragestellungen. Aber wie lassen sich Medienkulturen in nicht-westlichen Gesellschaften erforschen? Das Buch unternimmt den spannenden Versuch, den transdisziplinären Ansatz der Medienkulturwissenschaft mit Elementen der Ethnographie anzureichern, um ein handlungstheoretisches Instrumentarium zur Analyse von fremden Medienkulturen zu entwickeln. Dieses …
La monotonie du scandaleux
Politics, religion and the media
Senegal is said to be a democratic model for Africa. This reputation was promoted by the presidents and leaders of the Socialist Party (SP), Léopold Sédar Senghor (1960–80) and Abdou Diouf (1981–2000), and confirmed throughthe democratic change to a government led by the Senegalese Democratic Party (SDP) under its leader Abdoulaye Wade in 2000. Ostensibly, the successful democratization is reflected in the mass media sector. This sector has gone …
The global–local nexus
Although the importance of African music has always been recognised, the number of ethnographically oriented popular music studies has remained quite modest on this continent. For this reason, the contribution applies ethnographic directives by Frith (2003) and Marcus (1998) in conducting a case study on the adoption of Rastafari and reggae in the local context of Burkina Faso. Stimulus interviews and group discussions are used to focus on topics…
Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora
Introduction Recent decades have seen a major international effort to inventory tree communities in the Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield (Amazonia), but the vast extent and record diversity of these forests have hampered an understanding of basinwide patterns. To overcome this obstacle, we compiled and standardized species-level data on more than half a million trees in 1170 plots sampling all major lowland forest types to explore patterns of commo…
Organismos aquáticos e de áreas úmidas em uma Amazônia em transição
Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition
Past human influences on Amazonian forest The marks of prehistoric human societies on tropical forests can still be detected today. Levis et al. performed a basin-wide comparison of plant distributions, archaeological sites, and environmental data. Plants domesticated by pre-Columbian peoples are much more likely to be dominant in Amazonian forests than other species. Furthermore, forests close to archaeological sites often have a higher abundanc…
Political science (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (2 works) · Amazon rainforest (2 works) · Amazonian (2 works) · Ecology (2 works)