Arguing for an interdisciplinary approach to anthropology that incorporates science, philosophy, history, and many other disciplines, Wulf examines all the ways that anthropology has been understood and practiced around the globe and throughout the years.   Seeking a central way to understand anthropology in the midst of many different approaches to the discipline, Wulf concentrates on the human body. An emblem of society, culture, and time, the body is also the result of many mimetic processes—active acquisition of cultural knowledge. By examining the role of the body in the performance of rituals, gestures, language, and other forms of imagination, he offers a bold new look at how culture is produced, handed down, and transformed. Drawing such examinations into a comprehensive and sophisticated assessment of the discipline as a whole, Anthropology looks squarely at the mystery of humankind and the ways we have attempted to understand it.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Wulf

Christoph Wulf is professor of anthropology and philosophy of education and director and cofounder of the Interdisciplinary Center for Historical Anthropology at the Free University of Berlin. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of over one hundred books and has been translated extensively in numerous languages.

The lecture will be held in German with simultaneous interpretation for Portuguese available. Confirmation of attendance until 4th of September via e-mail to: saopaulo@fu-berlin.de (subject: registration)