Publications
Monographs/ Monographie
| 2004 |
The power of performance: Linking past and present in Hananwa and Lobedu oral literature. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin. (442 pp + DVD). Review of book: |
Books
| 2015 | Joubert, A., grobler, G., Kosch I. & Kriel, L. (Eds.). Ethnography from the Mission Field: The Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge. Leiden: Brill. 1145 pp. with DVD A journey into the life of a mission-ethnographer (85 min) and elctronic database. |
| 1997 |
Keuris, M., Grobler, G.M.M., Joubert, A.P. & Serudu, S.M. Tiragatšo: Pukukgakollo ya Baithuti. Pretoria: Van Schaik. 98 pp. (Handbook on Drama Theory in Northern Sotho written in Northern Sotho). |
Articles/ Aufsätze
| 2015 | Cultural Heritage and new technologies: The role of tchnology in the preserving, restoring and dissemination of cultural knowledge. South African Journal for Folklore Studies 25(1), p. 21-33. |
| 2014 | Hermann Hiery für die Gesellschaft zur Überseegeschichte (Hg.) Lexikon zur Überseegeschichte, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 2014, XIII, 992 S. Thirty-five entries: Afrikaans p. 16, Afrikaners p. 16, Basutoland (Lesotho) p. 88, Bechuanalang (Botswana) p. 91, Botha, Louis p. 118, British South African Company pp. 132-133, Griqualand p. 309, Harare p. 327, Khoikhoi p. 425.426, Jamenson Raid (Ndebele) p. 383, Kap der guten Hoffnung p. 408, Kapkolonie p. 408, Kapstadt p. 408, Krüger, Paul p. 462, Krüger-Depesche p. 462, Milner Sir Alfred p. 542-543, Moshoeshoe I. p. 559, Natal p. 575, Ndebele p. 578, Oranje-Freistaat p. 607, Plaatje, Solomon p. 647-648, Pretoria p. 661, Shaka Zulu p. 735-736, Smuts Jan p. 752, südafrikanische Union p. 767, Transkei p. 810, Transvaal p. 813, Van der Kemp Johannes p. 834, Van der stel Willem p. 834, Van Riebeeck Abraham p. 834, Van Riebeeck Johan p. 834-834, Verwoerd Hendrik p. 834, Xhosa p. 875-876, Zulu p. 888. |
| 2013 | History Lexicon. Herman Hiery publishers, Bayreuth. (Forty entries on South African history - in print). |
| 2013 | Religious imaginations in embroidered craft art. South African Journal of African Languages 33(1), pp. 11-18. http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EyJXwcVWuIditYRkBsfG/full |
| 2013 | The making of a Missionary (Documentary: Berlin Missionary, Carl Adolf Gustav Hoffmann, 57 min.), South African Embassy, Berlin: Germany, (2013.04.11-22). |
| 2012 | “A friend in need is a friend indeed”: A Northern Sotho Fable. In Heineke, J., Heister, H., Klein, T., and Prüschenk, V. (eds), Kuvuka Ukama – Building Bridges. A Tribute to Flora Veit-Wild. Erlangen: Digital Print Group. (pp.73-85). |
| 2011 | Hoffmann biography. Yearbook “Nadwarcianski Rocznik Historyczno-Archiwalny”, Gorzów WLKP (in print). http://www.gorzow.ap.gov.pl/ |
| 2011 | Rain songs and the observance of the rain cult amongst the Lobedu people of Queen Modjadji. South African Journal of African Languages 31(1) 6-16. |
| 2010 | Story-telling strategies employed in three Northern Sotho detective short stories. South African Journal of African Languages 30(2) 209-221. |
| 2010 | History by word of mouth: Linking past and present through oral memory. In Mamadou, D., Lategan, B., & Rüsen, J. (Eds.): Historical Memory in Africa: Dealing with the Past, Reaching for the Future in an Intercultural Context. Berghahn Books, New York, P. 27-52. |
| 2009 | Memory Embroidered: Craft Art as Intermedial Space of Expression. In Gehrmann, S. & Prüschenk, V. (Eds.): Klang, Bild, Text. Intermedialität in afrikanischen Literaturen (17) 97-126. http://stichproben.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_stichproben/Artikel/Nummer17/17_10_Joubert.pdf |
| 2008 | “I am a Morula tree on the border line”: From ancestors to Christian prophets in Southern Africa. In (Eds.) Tomáš Machalík, Katerina Mildnerová, & Jan Záhorík. Proceedings of the III rd International Conference on African Studies. Plzen: ADELA Publishing, P.112-125. |
| 2005 | Kgašane: Christian Martyr or Lobedu Traitor? In Ulrich van der Heyden/Holger Stoecker (Hg.): Mission und Macht im Wandel politischer Orientierungen. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbanden/Stuttgart, S. 323-344. |
| 2004 | The song of a woman: An enactment of social life, and the expressive enterprise of human society. South African Journal of African Languages 24(1) 36-45. |
| 1999 | with Serudu S.M. Mmagampone ga o lewe. South African Journal of African Languages Supplement, 8-17. |
| 1999 | with Grobler, G.M.M. Joo! ke Morwaka! South African Journal of African Languages Supplement, 18-31. |
| 1999 | with Van Schalkwyk, J.A. War and Remembrance: The power of performance and the politics of identity. Journal of Southern African Studies, University of York 25(1) 29-47. |
| 1995 | Didascalies as sign-system in the interpretation of Serudu’s text “Naga ga di etelane”. South African Journal of African Languages 15(3) 140-148. |
| 1991 | Drama and Theatre Semiotics: Its application to African Drama. South African Journal of African Language Supplement , 1:110-115. |
Visual Productions
| 2015 | A Journey into the life of a mission-ethnographer (Biographical 75 min), Leiden: Brill. |
| 2013 | Visual Exhibition: Creating a Visual Archive. South African Embassy, Berlin: Germany, (2013.04.11-22). |
| 2013 | with Jörg Schulze & Kati Biernacka, The Making of a Missionary (Documentary: Berlin Missionary, Carl Adolf Gustav Hoffmann, 57 min), South African Embassy, Berlin: Germany, (2013.04.11). |
| 2008 | Das ist Südafrika. Botschaft der Republik Südafrika (Ausgabe 2), Berlin. |
| 2008 | Photo Exhibition: Images of Urban and Rural South Africa. South African Embassy, Berlin: Germany, (2008.02.01-08). |
| 2008 | with Harenberg, M. & Haaß, M. The Diary. (Documentary: South Africa, 50 min), South African Embassy, Berlin: Germany, (2008.02.04). |
| 1998 | with Marais, P. Impala: Safety in the work place. (Industrial training: Safety and HIV/Aids, 40 min), Rustenburg: South Africa. |
| 1997 | Bolobedu: Land of offerings. (Documentary: Bolobedu, the land of Modjadji the Rain Queen, 45 min). SABC, Channel 2, Gauteng: South Africa. |
| 1996 | Blouberg: The untold story. (Documentary: Memory on the Hananwa-Boer War of 1894, 45 min). SABC, Channel 2, Gauteng: South Africa. |
| 1995 |
with Zimmermann, F.W. König der blauen Berge. (Documentary: The Hananwa people of South Africa, 25 min). Transtel, Afrika Heute, Köln: Germany. |
Short Notes and Reports
| www.germansouthafrican-scienceyear.co.za/fileadmin/dsa12/user_upload/downloads/publication.pdf | |
| Past encounters visualised and digitised - On returning and archiving indigenous knowledge. In German-South African Cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development 2012/2013 (pp. 52-55). | |
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BMBF-Projekt: Deutsch-Südafrikanisches Wissenschaftsjahr 2012/2013: http://www.deutsch-suedafrikanisches-wissenschaftsjahr.de/ |
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| 2013 | Report: Mediale Aufbereitung und vermittlung des nationalen Kulturschatzes aus der "Hoffmann-Kollektion des Nord-Sotho-Kulturerbes" für die Öffentlichkeit und Fachwissenschaft in Deutschland und Südafrika. |
| 2007 | Report: Group excursion to South Africa, 2-13 September 2007, p. 1-6. (Abschlussbericht zur Gruppenreise nach Südafrika, 2-13 September 2007, p. 1-6). |
Papers, Presentations and Interviews
| 2013 | “The use of visual data as an integral part of research, and the making of archived information more accessible”. Department of Visual Arts, Pretoria University, South Africa. (2013.09.03). |
| 2013 | In and from the field: An ethnographic excursion into the life of an ethnographer. Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. (2013.07.26). |
| 2013 | The Making of a Missionary. Post-Colonial Theories as a Challenge of Theology. Faculty of Theology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. (2013.05.31). |
| 2013 | A visual journey through the life of a Missionary/Ethnographer. Presentation: Year of Science Event, South African Embassy, Berlin, Germany. (2013.04.11). |
| 2013 |
Helping save a language as well as souls. Interview with Tamar Kahn, “Business Day”, South Africa (26.04.2013). |
| 2012 |
Past[ssed?] encounters, visual(lised) and digita(lised): On archiving colonial knowledge. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. (2012.10.01-02). |
| 2012 |
Orality, New Media, and the Postcolonial Experience. 9th International ISOLA Conferene. Venda University, South Africa. (2012.06.28-07.01). |
| 2011 | Schätze seigen, Berliner Missionarschive und ihr forschungspotential: The Hoffmann collection of Northern Sotho cultural heritage. Verein für Berlin-Brandenburgische Kirchengeschichte, Evangelisches Landeskirchliches Archiv Berlin, Germany. (2011.10.27). |
| 2011 | Giving the women of Limpopo a voice. Interview with Yolande Nel, published in “Polokwane Observer”, Polokwane: South Africa (2011.08.11-12). |
| 2011 | An epic journey to the Hananwa. Interview with Yolande Nel, published in “Polokwane Observer”, Polokwane: South Africa (2011.08.04-05), p. 37. |
| 2011 | Living Limpopo in the heart of Berlin. Interview with Yolande Nel, published in “Polokwane Observer”, Polokwane: South Africa (2011.07.28-29), p. 12. |
| 2010 | Pictorial art and their use of visual language in the communication, inference and transmission of culture. Kulturpsychologisches Kolloquium: Structural Analysis of Cultural Systems. Technical University, Berlin, Germany. (2010.01.25). |
| 2010 | Knowledge production in intermedial spaces: The Hoffmann Collection. Workshop: Department of Historical and Heritage Studies. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. (2010.10.29). |
| 2011 |
Religious imaginations in embroidered craft art. Faculty of Theology. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. (2011.06.28). |
| 2010 | Craft Art as Intermedial Space of Expression. African Research Colloqium, University of Bayreuth, Germany. (2010.01.12). |
| 2009 |
Multimedia Research and Documentation of Oral Genres in Africa: Orality Embroidered. International Conference, University of Leiden, The Nederlands. (2009.12.17-18). |
| 2009 | Dealing with the Past, Reaching for the Future. Panel 2: “How to tell – Vision, Fiktion, Manipulation? Die Rolle der medialen Vermittlung”. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany. (2009.10.30). |
| 2009 | Modes of Message: Performing History: Bringing the past back into the arena of the present. 3rd European Conference on African Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany. (2009.06.4-7). |
| 2008 | “I am a Morula tree on the border line”: From ancestors to Christian prophets in Southern Africa. Viva Africa 2008. 3rd International Conference on African Studies, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen: Czech Republic, (2008.04.25-26). |
| 2008 | “Blouberg to Berlin and Back”: The role of oral transmission in history writing, and the contact between Berlin missionaries and Northern Sotho communities in South Africa. Interview on “Radio Sonder Grense” with Freek Robinson, Pretoria: South Africa, (2008.03.13). http://www.rsg.co.za/luister.asp |
| 2008 | South Africa Alive: Experiences and Reflections on a Journey. DAAD Presentation, South African Embassy, Berlin: Germany, (2008.02.04). |
| 2008 | A ghost, a witch and the benevolent murderer: The investigative figure in Northern Sotho detective stories. Beyond “Murder by Magic’’: Investigating African Crime Fiction. 9th International, Janheinz Jahn Symposium, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz: Germany, (2008.01.09-12). |
| 2007 |
Mankala va ile magowene: Interaction between extra-textual and intra-textual information in a performance event. Mogalakwena Craft Art Development Foundation, Limpopo Province: South Africa, (2007.09.09). |
| 2006 |
Performance und Theatralität: The performance approach and its application. Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-University, Berlin: Germany, (2006.01.19). |
| 2005 | Between oral and written transmission: The problems of textualising performance events. 16th International conference of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, Martin-Luther-University, Halle: Germany, (2005.08.03). |
| 2004 | Code-switching in religion: An example from South Africa. Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Seoul: Korea, (2004.05.19). |
| 2003 | The song of a woman: An enactment of social life, and the expressive Enterprise of human society. 12th International, ALASA conference, University of Stellenbosch: South Africa, (2003-07-09). |
| 2003 |
Kgašane: Christian martyr or Lobedu traitor? International conference of the Berlin Society for mission history, König-Wusterhausen: Germany, (2003.03.06). |
| 2002 | Visual images in a discipline of words and writing. International conference of the South African Folklore Society (SAFOS) Polokwane: South Africa, (2002.09.11). |
| 1998 | War and Remembrance: The power of performance and the politics of identity in Hananwa oral literature. 3rd International Conference on Oral Literature in Africa, University of Cape Town: Cape Town, (1998.10.03). |
| 1998 | Fieldwork and the re-presentation of oral history. Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-University, Berlin: Germany, (1998.05.28). |
| 1998 | Modjadji: Queen of the clouds. Partnerschaftskreis Zehlendorf B Mphome, Berlin: Germany, (1998.01.25). |
| 1997 | Brokers, agents and the social and economic transformation of African communities in the 19th century Transvaal and Bechuana land: The Hananwa's perspective. 16th Biennial Conference, South African Historical Society, S.A.H.S., University of Pretoria: Pretoria, (1997.07.09). |
| 1996 | Ratšhatšha’s war praise poem: An interdisciplinary interpretation of a Multimedia reconstructed text. (Joint presentation with Prof G.M.M. Grobler), Annual Meeting of American Folklore Society (AFS) Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania, (1996.10.18). |
| 1996 | From performance to textmaking: Converting the oral experience into print. (Joint presentation with Prof G.M.M. Grobler). South African Folklore Society (SAFOS) Regional Conference (Central Region), Hebron College of Education, Mabopane: Pretoria, (1996.05.10). |
| 1991 | Some characteristics of the reader-oriented drama text in Northern Sotho with reference to Serudu. Sixth Biennial International, ALASA conference, University of Port Elizabeth: Port Elizabeth, (1991-07-05). |
| 1991 | From text to performance. University of South Africa: Pretoria, (August 1991). |
| 1989 | The role of the didascalies in some Northern Sotho plays. Fifth Biennial International, ALASA conference, University of Pretoria: Pretoria, (1989-07-07). |
| 1986 | Communication devices in poetry with specific reference to Palamonwana by H.M.O.L. Lentsoane. University of South Africa: Pretoria, (May 1986). |