Publications
Publications
Monographic publications
School murals from the Kafemann publishing house in Gdansk. The four "East German" seasons. Norderstedt 2017.
Fashion magazine and tailoring work. The pattern journal Frohne Modelle in Schötmar (Lippe). Norderstedt 2017.
Torelli watercolours. Serial hand-painted postcards after 1900. Norderstedt 2017.
Couple photography in the 20th century. On the handling of family pictures. Norderstedt 2017.
The Constance youth books and Luise Pichler. On Christian youth literature in the transition to National Socialism. Norderstedt 2017.
Chronos - Friendship with animals. On youth literature in the transition from the Nazi era to the post-war period. Norderstedt 2017.
Small dolphin art books. On the popularisation of art during and after the First World War. Norderstect 2017.
The Lux reading sheets and Karlheinz Dobsky. On the production of knowledge for post-war youth. Norderstedt 2017.
St Hedwig as an overburdened cult woman? On the iconography of church and expulsion. Norderstedt 2017.
Hand weaving in the 20th century in Oldenburg. Workshop pictures. Norderstedt 2017.
The rural bed. The history of bedroom furniture in Westphalia. Detmold 1999.
The school and winter. Images and messages - wishes and realities. Zetel 1997.
The farm in children's pictures. Münster 1990.
Country life on school murals. Münster 1988.
Painted chipboard boxes. History - Production - Meaning (together with Lothar Pretzell). Munich 1986.
Sayings for Confirmation - Pictures for First Communion. Detmold 1985.
The school from Thöningsen. Detmold 1984.
Small devotional pictures from Bevergern (together with Thomas Ostendorf). Bevergern 1982.
Museums in Westphalia (handbook, editor). Münster 1981.
Painted chip boxes in Westphalia. Detmold 1979.
Chip boxes. Inventory catalogue. Detmold 1979.
The technical language of book printing in the 19th century. Lemgo 1978.
Editorship
Museum revisited. Transdisciplinary perspectives on an institution in transition. Bielefeld 2010 (together with Detlef Hoffmann).
The Pomeranian Weizacker costume in Germany and Poland. Critique of the historical East German traditional costume. Oldenburg 2004.
Online publication BKGE Weizackertracht
Chip boxes. Collectors and collections. Cloppenburg 2003.
Confirmation. A celebration and its clothing. Oldenburg 2003.
Everyday cultures in border areas. Frankfurt/M. 2002.
The villages of Lippe. Issues 1-8. Lemgo 2001-2006.
Everyday cultures between memory and history. Contributions to the Folklore of Germans in and from Eastern Europe. Munich 1995.
Festival culture in Lippe. Contributions to public festivities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Münster 1993 (together with Imke Tappe).
Series: Beiträge zur Volkskunde und Hausforschung 1-5. Detmold 1988-1992 (together with Stefan Baumeier).
Series: Westphalian Folklore in Pictures 1-5. Münster 1988-1990 (together with Stefan Baumeier).
Essays
August Ludwig Most and the image of the Weizacker costume. In: Ewa Gwiazdowska and Rafal Makala (eds.): August Ludwig Most (1807-1883). Pomorski artysta epoki Biedermeieru. A Pomeranian artist of the Biedermeier period. Szczecin/Stettin 2007, pp. 70-99.
An ethnographic visit to a European neighbour. In: Martin Rosswog. Heritage. Interior - Portrait - Landscape. Bonn 2005, pp. 15-21.
The former inhabitants of Dadow after 1945: living and memory spaces (contribution to anthology; together with Ariane Karbe)
Transfiguration and reduction: on the image of agricultural engineering in children's media (contribution to conference proceedings, in print)
Village identities. On cultural small-scale spatiality using Pomeranian examples. In: Dzieje wsi pomorskiej III [The history of the Pomeranian village]. Dygowo-Szczecin [Degow-Stettin] 2004, pp. 91-110.
Going - Staying - Coming. Life and factual stories from Dadow/Dziadowo. Contribution to conference proceedings. Szczecin/Stettin 2005.
The Pomeranian village. Ethnographic approaches. In: Dzieje wsi pomorskiej II [The history of the Pomeranian village]. Dygowo-Szczecin [Degow-Stettin] 2003, pp. 103-110.
Historical material culture in Pomerania between appropriation and alienation. In: Mieczyslaw Trojan (ed.): Our Homelands. Wroclaw/Breslau 2003, pp. 79-95.
The shooting festival. Guardians of parades and marches. In: Karl-Heinz Ziessow and Uwe Meiners (eds.): Zur Schau gestellt. Cloppenburg 2003, pp. 296-308.
Chip boxes. Collectors and collections. In: Dröge (ed.): Spanschachteln, 2003, pp. 9-33.
Confirmation clothing - a project report as an epilogue. In: Dröge (ed.): Konfirmation, 2003, pp. 128-133.
Images of an overtaxed cult woman: St Hedwig of Silesia (together with Daniela Stemmer). In: Elisabeth Fendl (ed.): On the iconography of homesickness. Freiburg/B. 2002, S. 123-157.
The "Atlas of Pomeranian Folklore" and its possibilities of utilisation in the present. In: József Liszka (ed.): Border as a problem of folklore. Bratislava 2002, pp. 95-108l.
Folklore and the Kashubians in Pomerania. The history of a relationship. In: Jozef Borzyszkowski (ed.): Everyday life in Kashubia and Pomerania in the 19th and 20th centuries. Gdansk/Danzig 2002, pp. 31-51.
On the transnational museological appropriation of regional everyday culture in Pomerania. In: Uwe Meiners (ed.): Material Culture. Collection and exhibition strategies in cultural history museums. Cloppenburg 2002, pp. 97-113.
Rural living culture in transition. New furniture and forms of living. In: Gisela Weiß (ed.): Zerbrochen sind die Fesseln des Schlendrians. Westphalia's emergence into modernity. Münster 2002, pp. 178-192.
August Meier-Böke and folklore in Lippe. A biographical sketch. In: Rheinisch-westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde 46 (2001), pp. 371-403.
The documentation of domestic culture in Pomerania. A scientific-historical-museological report. In: Thomas Schürmann (ed.): Historische Wohnkultur in Norddeutschland. Stade 2001, pp. 19-35.
Material culture research under difficult conditions. Flax breaking in Pomerania. In: Jan Carstensen and Joachim Kleinmanns (eds.): Freilichtmuseum und Sachkultur (Festschrift). Münster 2000, pp. 135-151.
The "East German" Museum and East Central Europe. In: Yearbook for German and Eastern European Folklore 43 (2000), pp. 1-27.
Rural and small-town children's culture in Pomerania. An outline of folkloristic demands and possibilities. In: Werner Buchholz (ed.): Kindheit und Jugend in der Neuzeit 1500 - 1900. Stuttgart 2000, pp. 97-111.
Cultural studies in Polish Pomerania: a change of perspective? In: Matthias Weber (ed.): Germany's East - Poland's West. Frankfurt/M. 2000, pp. 237-252.
On the periodisation of regional folklore using the Pomeranian example. In: Kieler Blätter zur Volkskunde 31 (1999), pp. 107-130.
The development of folklore research in Pomerania. In: Roderich Schmidt (ed.): Tausend Jahre pommersche Geschichte. Cologne 1999, pp. 343-367.
Wilke's colourful world of pictures. Westoverledingen 1999 (text for exhibition booklet).
The teaching of drawing at Pomeranian grammar schools in the 19th century (together with Ewa Gwiazdowska). In: Berichte und Forschungen 7 (1999), pp. 7-58 (also published in Polish in 2002).
Dadow/Dziadowo - Continuities and ruptures in a village culture in Pomerania. An ethnographic project outline. In Berichte und Forschungen 6 (1998), pp. 75-85.
The technical language of the book printers. In: Fachsprachen/Languages for Special Purposes. An international handbook on specialised language research and terminology science. 1st half volume. Berlin/New York 1998, pp. 1098-1105.
Museum ethnology in the making. The example of Stettin (1863-1932). In: Ruth-E. Mohrmann (ed.): Volkskunde im Spannungsfeld zwischen Universität und Museum. Festschrift for Hinrich Siuts. Münster 1997, pp. 67-82.
From emergency accommodation to home ownership. On housing as a factor of cultural integration. In: Lioba Meyer (ed.): Zuhause war anderswo. Refugees and displaced persons in Oldenburg. Oldenburg 1997, pp. 75-104.
The ethnological field research of the National Museum Szczecin / Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie in Central Pomerania 1965 to 1980. A research report on the historical material culture of Pomerania. In: Berichte und Forschungen 5. Munich 1997, pp. 17-46.
Hedwig. On the construction of expellee symbolism. In: Rolf Wilhelm Brednich/Heinz Schmitt (eds.): Symbole. On the meaning of signs in culture. Münster 1997, pp. 450-458.
Catholic refugee organisations - the Hedwigskreise in the Lingen area. In: Andreas Eiynck (ed.): Alte Heimat - neue Heimat. Refugees and displaced persons in the Lingen area after 1945. Lingen 1997, pp. 113-124.
Rural sleeping culture in Pomerania. In: Nina Hennig and Heinrich Mehl (eds.): Bettgeschichte(n). On the cultural history of the bed and sleeping. Schleswig 1997, pp. 235-252.
A plea for a history of the development of the bed over the last 200 years. In: ibid., pp. 43-58.
On the development of the image of St Hedwig in Hedwig circles from 1947 to 1993. In: Eckhard Grunewald/Nikolaus Gussone (eds.): Das Bild der Hl. Hedwig in Mittelalter und Neuzeit. Munich 1996, pp. 225-245.
Bibliography on traditional costume research in Pomerania. In: Berichte und Forschungen 3. Munich 1996, pp. 49-68.
On the development of the confirmation certificate. In: Typisch evangelisch - Konfirmationsscheine im Wandel 1829-1996. Diepholz 1996, pp. 2-11.
The confirmation certificate and its artist. Rudolf Schäfer as an example. In: ibid., pp. 34-40.
Between innovation and relic: Wilke's Anschauungsbilder. On the early history of the school mural. In: Stefan Baumeier/Jan Carstensen (eds.): Beiträge zur Volkskunde und Hausforschung 7. Detmold 1995, pp. 51-93.
The "Middle Pomeranian wedge". Genesis of a cultural-scientific stereotype. In: Werner Buchholz/Günter Mangelsdorf (eds.): Land am Meer. Festschrift for Roderich Schmidt. Cologne/Weimar/Vienna 1995, pp. 759-785.
Everyday school life and winter. On the social history of the rural school in Pomerania. In: Andreas Kuntz (ed.): Local and biographical experiences. Münster 1995, pp. 111-125.
Between family and church, club and society. The niche culture of the Hedwig circles in Hamburg. In: Jahrbuch für deutsche und osteuropäische Volkskunde 38 (1995), pp. 200-221.
On the folklore of school murals. In: Völkerschau im Unterricht. School murals and colonialism. Zetel 1994, pp. 17-22.
School murals and agriculture. In: Farm labour and the world of children. Depiction of agriculture in educational literature. Cloppenburg 1994, pp. 255-282.
Hedwigskreise. Religious associations of the post-war period in north-west Germany. In: Rheinisch-westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde 39 (1994), pp. 67-86.
Flax breaking in Westphalia. An instrumental study. In: Stefan Baumeier/Jan Carstensen (eds.): Beiträge zur Volkskunde und Hausforschung 6. Detmold 1994, pp. 7-132.
Bibliography Karl Kaiser. In: Jahrbuch für deutsche und osteuropäische Volkskunde 37 (1994), pp. 284-293.
Bibliography on folklore museums in Pomerania until 1945. In: Berichte und Forschungen 2. Munich 1994, pp. 87-99.
The "Blätter für Pommersche Volkskunde" (1893-1902). In: Baltic Studies 79 (1993), pp. 81-88.
Between folk festival and soldiers' regulars' table. On the festivities of the warriors' associations from 1871 to 1939. In: Dröge/Tappe (eds.): Festwesen in Lippe. Münster 1993, pp. 185-252.
Rifle festivals in Lippe. An overview. In: ibid., pp. 143-184.
"...because the uncertainty can no longer be borne". A biographical sketch of Karl Kaiser and folklore in Pomerania. In: Yearbook for East German Folklore 36 (1993), pp. 27-60.
Museum work and agriculture. On the incompatibility of natural opposites. In: Man and the environment. A topic of folklore research and presentation? Cologne 1993, pp. 39-48.
The Schnatgang in Lippe. In: Heimatland Lippe 1 (1993), pp. 10-14.
Confirmation customs in Lippe. In: Heimatland Lippe 3 (1993), pp. 84-85.
Ready for the museum: the war clubs. In: Stefan Baumeier/Kurt Dröge (eds.): Beiträge zur Volkskunde und Hausforschung 5. Detmold 1992, pp. 171-176.
A chain plane. In: ibid., pp. 147-152.
Picture albums formally and emotionally. In: Dorle Weyers and Christoph Köck: Die Eroberung der Welt. Collectible pictures convey images of time. Detmold 1992, pp. 144-151.
Festivals and customs in Lippe. A research report (together with Annegret Tegtmeier-Breit). In: Rheinisch-westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde 36 (1991), pp. 281-286.
Folklore in Lippe - a new beginning. In: Heimatland Lippe 2 (1991), pp. 34-35.
About warrior festivals and warrior associations. In: ibid., pp. 58-61.
On the life of the "little people" in Detmold. In: Erhard Wiersing (ed.): Lippe in the Vormärz. Von bothmäßigen Unterthanen und unbothmäßigen Demokraten. Detmold 1990, pp. 253-277.
Folklore in Lippe. Suggestions for a new foundation. In: Heimatland Lippe 2 (1989), pp. 34-43.
Open-air museum and post-war culture (together with Stefan Baumeier). In: Ernst H. Segschneider: Signs of Grade. Detmold 1989, pp. 7-13.
Box making in the 19th century. On the problem of branding stamps on chip boxes. In: Changes in folk culture in Europe. Festschrift for Günter Wiegelmann. Vol. 2. Münster 1988, pp. 771-790.
The bell of the "Interessenten der Gehöfte v.d. Drift". In: Stefan Baumeier/Kurt Dröge (eds.): Beiträge zur Volkskunde und Hausforschung 2. Detmold 1987, pp. 155-164.
On the social history of the rural school in Westphalia (together with Thomas Ostendorf). In: Stefan Baumeier/Kurt Dröge (eds.): Beiträge zur Volkskunde und Hausforschung 1. Detmold 1986, pp. 45-80.
Confirmation certificates: a follow-up report. In: ibid., pp. 151-156.
The postcard album of Else Ebbecke from the Ringelstein forester's lodge near Büren. In: ibid., pp. 181-188.
Nature and culture. On the problems of plant settlement and animal husbandry in open-air museums. In: Conference report of the Association of European Open-Air Museums. Hagen/Detmold 1986, pp. 176-189.
"The 517 is in the clock": the pigeon language. In: Dietmar Sauermann (ed.): Living with carrier pigeons. Münster 1984, pp. 279-290.
Glossary: The technical terms of the racing pigeon sport. In: ibid., pp. 371-376.
Problems of the "centralised care" of local history museums. In: Martin Scharfe (ed.): Museums in the Province. Tübingen 1982, pp. 61-70.
Folklore collections in Westphalian local history museums. In: Rheinisch-westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde 26/27 (1981/182), pp. 268-277.
On the history of the company letterhead as business stationery in the 19th century. In: Factory in ornament. Münster 1980, pp. 65-73.
Miscellanies, conference reports and smaller contributions
From the double sleeper to the double bed. The transformation of bedroom furniture in the 19th century. In: World Art 14 (1999), pp. 2432-2434.
Culture and region (conference report). In: Rheinisch-westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde 44 (1999), pp. 107-109.
A very old confirmation certificate from Schlangen. In: Schlangen. Kohlstädt. Oesterholz. Haustenbeck. Contributions to the history. Schlangen 1991, pp. 78-79.
Survey on customs and festivities in Lippe. In: Heimatland Lippe 5 (1990), pp. 138-140.
"Colourful boxes". In: Bielefeld-Senne. Vol. 1. Bielefeld 1989, pp. 142-143.
Ilsabein. In: Yearbook Westphalia 1990. Münster 1989, pp. 115-118.
End of song and prayer. In: Westfalenspiegel 3 (1985), pp. 53-58.