Tilman Musch
Biographic Data
| ID | 895119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tilman Musch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tilman |
| FAMILY NAME | Musch |
| SIGNATURE | MUSCH T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bayreuth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4851-7151 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Au-delà du désordre
This article examines how laws (kalaka), the institution of the mediator, and a moral and social code (kundude) contribute, through a common ethics, to maintaining social cohesion in Tubu Teda society. It shows that the analytical concept of "disorder," which has been used to characterize Teda society from colonial times to the present day, is not suitable for grasping the complex reality of this group living dispersed over a wide area. This arti…
Exploring Environments through Water
An ethno-hydrography, studying the organization of space through water, can provide a key to understanding how people conceive their environments in a holistic way. Based on mapping as a dynamic process, different representations of river systems among the Tubu Teda, who live in the Tibesti mountains (Central Sahara), are described in this paper. I first discuss a large-scale subdivision of the mountains into drainage basins, and then representat…
Der Nashornspur folgen, wo es kein Nashorn mehr gibt
Manifold spoors of human presence can be found in the Central Sahara - from prehistoric remains to contemporary tracks of men or animals. These objects constitute timescapes where locals - the Teda - are "tracking in time." The article describes how such timescapes are constituted and how tracking takes places here. Following the Liebenberg-Carruthers-debate, the author asks whether or not "tracking in time" can be considered as science and links…
Footprints in the Mud of Agadem
Petrified footprints of now extinct rhinos and those of humans in the mud of the former lake Agadem may symbolise the beginning of an epoch dominated by humans. How could such a "local" Anthropocene be defined? In eastern Niger, two aspects seem particularly important for answering this question. The first is the disappearance of the addax in the context of the megafauna extinction. The second is the question how the "natural" environment may be …
Six days towards the polar star
In social and behavioural science, there is an ongoing debate discussing whether mental mapping or practical mastery is preferentially used for orientation. In particular in anthropology, dead reckoning, as a third principle of orientation, is often neglected by scholars, whereas it seems to be the most important one in scarcely-or not-inhabited large-scale environments, as for example deserts. Based on observations, and also on oral and drawn ev…
Outline of an Anthropological Contribution to the Study of Snake Venom Variability
An understanding of the variability of snake venom composition is of high relevance for adequate treatment of snakebites. Clinical observations of bite victims are considered as a first step in the study of venom variability. The present paper suggests the study of local clinical observations made by healers as an anthropological contribution to the interdisci-plinary research of venom variability on a species and subspecies level. Such an anthro…
Territoriality through Migration
The present article discusses whether migration can be a means in order to realize territoriality. It is based on pre-colonial, colonial and recent cases found among the Tubu Teda who live in eastern Niger and western Chad. It will be argued here that migration, in these cases, does not mean the uprooting of persons and the loss of a territory, but can lead to the amelioration of the territorial situation for the migrating group, including the en…
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Territoriality through Migration
The present article discusses whether migration can be a means in order to realize territoriality. It is based on pre-colonial, colonial and recent cases found among the Tubu Teda who live in eastern Niger and western Chad. It will be argued here that migration, in these cases, does not mean the uprooting of persons and the loss of a territory, but can lead to the amelioration of the territorial situation for the migrating group, including the en…
Outline of an Anthropological Contribution to the Study of Snake Venom Variability
An understanding of the variability of snake venom composition is of high relevance for adequate treatment of snakebites. Clinical observations of bite victims are considered as a first step in the study of venom variability. The present paper suggests the study of local clinical observations made by healers as an anthropological contribution to the interdisci-plinary research of venom variability on a species and subspecies level. Such an anthro…
Six days towards the polar star
In social and behavioural science, there is an ongoing debate discussing whether mental mapping or practical mastery is preferentially used for orientation. In particular in anthropology, dead reckoning, as a third principle of orientation, is often neglected by scholars, whereas it seems to be the most important one in scarcely-or not-inhabited large-scale environments, as for example deserts. Based on observations, and also on oral and drawn ev…
Footprints in the Mud of Agadem
Petrified footprints of now extinct rhinos and those of humans in the mud of the former lake Agadem may symbolise the beginning of an epoch dominated by humans. How could such a "local" Anthropocene be defined? In eastern Niger, two aspects seem particularly important for answering this question. The first is the disappearance of the addax in the context of the megafauna extinction. The second is the question how the "natural" environment may be …
Der Nashornspur folgen, wo es kein Nashorn mehr gibt
Manifold spoors of human presence can be found in the Central Sahara - from prehistoric remains to contemporary tracks of men or animals. These objects constitute timescapes where locals - the Teda - are "tracking in time." The article describes how such timescapes are constituted and how tracking takes places here. Following the Liebenberg-Carruthers-debate, the author asks whether or not "tracking in time" can be considered as science and links…
Exploring Environments through Water
An ethno-hydrography, studying the organization of space through water, can provide a key to understanding how people conceive their environments in a holistic way. Based on mapping as a dynamic process, different representations of river systems among the Tubu Teda, who live in the Tibesti mountains (Central Sahara), are described in this paper. I first discuss a large-scale subdivision of the mountains into drainage basins, and then representat…
Au-delà du désordre
This article examines how laws (kalaka), the institution of the mediator, and a moral and social code (kundude) contribute, through a common ethics, to maintaining social cohesion in Tubu Teda society. It shows that the analytical concept of "disorder," which has been used to characterize Teda society from colonial times to the present day, is not suitable for grasping the complex reality of this group living dispersed over a wide area. This arti…
Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Ethnology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)