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Research paper thumbnail of Trance, Ekstase und Besessenheit im koreanischen Schamanismus. Rituale der Hwanghaedo-Tradition in Seoul.

Verlagshaus Monsenstein und Vannerdat OHG. Edition MV-Wissenschaft: Münster, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Tana Toraja - Totenkult und Jenseits (in Zusammenarbeit mit Vincent Prevost)

Selbstverlag: Blurb Inc. San Francisco, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Koreanischer Schamanismus im neuen Millennium.

Europäische Hochschulschriften. Volkskunde/Ethnologie. Peter Lang Verlag: Frankfurt, Bern, 2007

Papers by Dirk Schlottmann

Research paper thumbnail of The Hwanghaedo Jinjinogigut in South Korea: Culturally specific Challenges in the Study of a Korean Death Ritual

Shaman – Journal of the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism. Vol. 28. no 1 & 2, p. 63-95, 2020

This ethnographic study, based on extensive fieldwork conducted in Seoul and its suburbs between ... more This ethnographic study, based on extensive fieldwork conducted in Seoul
and its suburbs between 2008 and 2017, examines the shamanic death ritual
jinjinogigut of the Hwanghaedo tradition imported from North Korea. The
jinjinogigut is a shaman ritual for recently deceased people. The exploration of
this ritual presents the researcher with various culture-specific challenges, issues
of spirituality and science, and seeming contradictions. This article categorizes
and explains terms, examines various spiritual aspects of the ritual and unravels
ambiguities. In most cases, previous studies have concentrated on the form of the
ritual, all but ignoring the nuanced role of the shaman who conducts the transcendent
ritual. This paper references the form while investigating the content of
the jinjinogigut, using the shaman’s point of view as a focal point for analysis of
the ceremony from both scientific and religious perspectives.

Research paper thumbnail of Photographing the invisible - Visual anthropology and spirit possession

photum - photography and humanism, 2020

The photo project "Korean-shamanism-betwixt and between", which has been shown several times in K... more The photo project "Korean-shamanism-betwixt and between", which has been shown several times in Korea and Germany, is the result of several years of field research in close collaboration with Korean shamans of the Hwanghaedo-Tradition (North-Korea) in the area of Seoul. Contact with the spiritual world and mediation between this world and the hereafter belongs to the central tasks of each shaman. Accordingly, the photo exhibition focuses on the topic of spiritual contact and shows shamans in liminal moments of trance, ecstasy and spirit possession. The paper discusses a more experimental approach to ethnographic representation. The power of visualization seems to help where words fail and emphasizes the blurred zone between anthropology, visual arts, and the new possibilities for conducting and communicating research whilst moving across-and defying-academic borders. Furthermore, it describes the changing relation between the ethnographer and his research participants and the influence of this relationship in flux on the photographic portfolio. keywords visual anthropology, Korean shamanism, photography, research, altered states of consciousness, exhibition, spirit possession

Research paper thumbnail of Dealing with Uncertainty “Hell Joseon” and the Korean Shaman rituals for happiness and against misfortune.

Shaman – Journal of the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism. Vol. 27. no 1 & 2, p. 65-95, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Dirk Schlottmann » Korean shamanic rituals«

brennpunkt - Magazin für Fotografie, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Götterdämmerung - Interview mit der koreanischen Hwanghaedo-Schamanin Han Gong-Ju

Research paper thumbnail of Spirit Possession in Korean Shaman rituals of the Hwanghaedo-Tradition

Issue 4 ©2018 Journal for the Study of Religious Experience, 2018

The Cartesian view of the world influenced anthropological studies of ritual and spirituality. Sp... more The Cartesian view of the world influenced anthropological studies of ritual and spirituality. Spirit possession studies in particular suffer from this Western idiosyncrasy, because many anthropologists who write about possession argue that possession cults and rituals are " just " traditional performances for treating psychosomatic illness brought about by disharmonies in the social order. A spiritual reality, as perceived by the participants of religious rituals and shamans is in principle excluded. This reduction of the psycho-social aspects of spirit possession ignores a "transcendent reality," where physical and spiritual experiences can be an expression of individual and culturally specific reality. In this article, I analyse the various anthropological perspectives on spirit possession and compare the epistemological approaches on " ritual reality " with the indigenous terminology for states of possession of Korean Hwanghaedo-shamans from Seoul. The Hwanghaedo tradition of Korean shaman is particularly ecstatic and moments of spirit possession exist in many variations. For this reason, the analysis is focused on this tradition.

Research paper thumbnail of Interview: spirit contact - 접신

Korea Photo Review, Vol 2, November 2017, S. 4-11

Research paper thumbnail of Review of "Trance, Ekstase und Besessenheit im koreanischen Schamanismus. Rituale der Hwanghaedo-Tradition in Seoul." by Roman Lach: Götter, Geister und Ahnen – Dirk Schlottmanns Beschreibung veränderter Bewusstseinszustände im koreanischen Schamanismus.

Research paper thumbnail of Seeing off a spirit – Photographs of the most personal of rituals in the shaman tradition.

Research paper thumbnail of Misticidad coreana: el chamanismo. (Illustration only)

Research paper thumbnail of Shamanism. The Hwanghaedo-Tradition in Korea.

Inspired Eye 29 (Photography Magazin), Dec 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Besessenheit und Inkorporation im koreanischen Hwanghaedo-Schamanismus

Journal of International Studies (국제학논총) / Keimyung University, Apr 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Ethnografische Literatur oder literarischer Journalismus? Moritz von Uslar: Deutschboden. Eine teilnehmende Beobachtung.

DAF-Szene Korea, Jun 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Zeitgeist an der Wand – Graffiti in Seoul

Hyundai Magazin - das Kundenmagazin von Hyundai Motor Deutschland. Ausgabe 1/14.

Research paper thumbnail of Koreas Indie-Musikszene in Hongdae.

Kultur Korea – Ausgabe 2014/1, S. 13-16 Quartalsmagazin des Koreanischen Kulturzentrums (Kulturabteilung der Botschaft der Republik Korea), Mar 3, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Cyber Shamanism in South Korea.

Institute of Global Cyber Society Kyung Hee Cyber University (경희사이버대학교), Jan 10, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Mauerschau – Graffiti in Seoul

K-Colors of Korea Deutschsprachiges Onlinemagazin für koreanische Kultur und Popkultur, Oct 15, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Trance, Ekstase und Besessenheit im koreanischen Schamanismus. Rituale der Hwanghaedo-Tradition in Seoul.

Verlagshaus Monsenstein und Vannerdat OHG. Edition MV-Wissenschaft: Münster, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Tana Toraja - Totenkult und Jenseits (in Zusammenarbeit mit Vincent Prevost)

Selbstverlag: Blurb Inc. San Francisco, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Koreanischer Schamanismus im neuen Millennium.

Europäische Hochschulschriften. Volkskunde/Ethnologie. Peter Lang Verlag: Frankfurt, Bern, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of The Hwanghaedo Jinjinogigut in South Korea: Culturally specific Challenges in the Study of a Korean Death Ritual

Shaman – Journal of the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism. Vol. 28. no 1 & 2, p. 63-95, 2020

This ethnographic study, based on extensive fieldwork conducted in Seoul and its suburbs between ... more This ethnographic study, based on extensive fieldwork conducted in Seoul
and its suburbs between 2008 and 2017, examines the shamanic death ritual
jinjinogigut of the Hwanghaedo tradition imported from North Korea. The
jinjinogigut is a shaman ritual for recently deceased people. The exploration of
this ritual presents the researcher with various culture-specific challenges, issues
of spirituality and science, and seeming contradictions. This article categorizes
and explains terms, examines various spiritual aspects of the ritual and unravels
ambiguities. In most cases, previous studies have concentrated on the form of the
ritual, all but ignoring the nuanced role of the shaman who conducts the transcendent
ritual. This paper references the form while investigating the content of
the jinjinogigut, using the shaman’s point of view as a focal point for analysis of
the ceremony from both scientific and religious perspectives.

Research paper thumbnail of Photographing the invisible - Visual anthropology and spirit possession

photum - photography and humanism, 2020

The photo project "Korean-shamanism-betwixt and between", which has been shown several times in K... more The photo project "Korean-shamanism-betwixt and between", which has been shown several times in Korea and Germany, is the result of several years of field research in close collaboration with Korean shamans of the Hwanghaedo-Tradition (North-Korea) in the area of Seoul. Contact with the spiritual world and mediation between this world and the hereafter belongs to the central tasks of each shaman. Accordingly, the photo exhibition focuses on the topic of spiritual contact and shows shamans in liminal moments of trance, ecstasy and spirit possession. The paper discusses a more experimental approach to ethnographic representation. The power of visualization seems to help where words fail and emphasizes the blurred zone between anthropology, visual arts, and the new possibilities for conducting and communicating research whilst moving across-and defying-academic borders. Furthermore, it describes the changing relation between the ethnographer and his research participants and the influence of this relationship in flux on the photographic portfolio. keywords visual anthropology, Korean shamanism, photography, research, altered states of consciousness, exhibition, spirit possession

Research paper thumbnail of Dealing with Uncertainty “Hell Joseon” and the Korean Shaman rituals for happiness and against misfortune.

Shaman – Journal of the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism. Vol. 27. no 1 & 2, p. 65-95, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Dirk Schlottmann » Korean shamanic rituals«

brennpunkt - Magazin für Fotografie, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Götterdämmerung - Interview mit der koreanischen Hwanghaedo-Schamanin Han Gong-Ju

Research paper thumbnail of Spirit Possession in Korean Shaman rituals of the Hwanghaedo-Tradition

Issue 4 ©2018 Journal for the Study of Religious Experience, 2018

The Cartesian view of the world influenced anthropological studies of ritual and spirituality. Sp... more The Cartesian view of the world influenced anthropological studies of ritual and spirituality. Spirit possession studies in particular suffer from this Western idiosyncrasy, because many anthropologists who write about possession argue that possession cults and rituals are " just " traditional performances for treating psychosomatic illness brought about by disharmonies in the social order. A spiritual reality, as perceived by the participants of religious rituals and shamans is in principle excluded. This reduction of the psycho-social aspects of spirit possession ignores a "transcendent reality," where physical and spiritual experiences can be an expression of individual and culturally specific reality. In this article, I analyse the various anthropological perspectives on spirit possession and compare the epistemological approaches on " ritual reality " with the indigenous terminology for states of possession of Korean Hwanghaedo-shamans from Seoul. The Hwanghaedo tradition of Korean shaman is particularly ecstatic and moments of spirit possession exist in many variations. For this reason, the analysis is focused on this tradition.

Research paper thumbnail of Interview: spirit contact - 접신

Korea Photo Review, Vol 2, November 2017, S. 4-11

Research paper thumbnail of Review of "Trance, Ekstase und Besessenheit im koreanischen Schamanismus. Rituale der Hwanghaedo-Tradition in Seoul." by Roman Lach: Götter, Geister und Ahnen – Dirk Schlottmanns Beschreibung veränderter Bewusstseinszustände im koreanischen Schamanismus.

Research paper thumbnail of Seeing off a spirit – Photographs of the most personal of rituals in the shaman tradition.

Research paper thumbnail of Misticidad coreana: el chamanismo. (Illustration only)

Research paper thumbnail of Shamanism. The Hwanghaedo-Tradition in Korea.

Inspired Eye 29 (Photography Magazin), Dec 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Besessenheit und Inkorporation im koreanischen Hwanghaedo-Schamanismus

Journal of International Studies (국제학논총) / Keimyung University, Apr 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Ethnografische Literatur oder literarischer Journalismus? Moritz von Uslar: Deutschboden. Eine teilnehmende Beobachtung.

DAF-Szene Korea, Jun 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Zeitgeist an der Wand – Graffiti in Seoul

Hyundai Magazin - das Kundenmagazin von Hyundai Motor Deutschland. Ausgabe 1/14.

Research paper thumbnail of Koreas Indie-Musikszene in Hongdae.

Kultur Korea – Ausgabe 2014/1, S. 13-16 Quartalsmagazin des Koreanischen Kulturzentrums (Kulturabteilung der Botschaft der Republik Korea), Mar 3, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Cyber Shamanism in South Korea.

Institute of Global Cyber Society Kyung Hee Cyber University (경희사이버대학교), Jan 10, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Mauerschau – Graffiti in Seoul

K-Colors of Korea Deutschsprachiges Onlinemagazin für koreanische Kultur und Popkultur, Oct 15, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of "Psycho Psycho" - Interview mit der koreanischen Indie-Band 적적해서 그런지 (JuckJuck Grunzie)

K-Colors of Korea Deutschsprachiges Onlinemagazin für koreanische Kultur und Popkultur, Oct 15, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Nonverbale virtuelle Kommunikation - textbasierte Emoticons in Südkorea und Deutschland

Dogileoneomunhak (독일언어문학) – Zeitschrift für deutsche Sprache und Literatur , 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Kulturspezifische Differenzen netzbasierter Lehr- und Lernprozesse. E-Learning mit Facebook im DaF-Unterricht in Südkorea.

Dogilmunhak (한 국 독 어 독 문 학 회) – Koreanische Zeitschrift für Germanistik, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Interview by Hon Hoang: Captured Spirit

Spirits and transcendence, these things are metaphysical concepts and exists within spiritual rit... more Spirits and transcendence, these things are metaphysical concepts and exists within spiritual rituals, but how can one seek to capture them within an image? From the emotions to the energy that transpire between shaman and the spirits they are contacting, Dr. Dirk Schlottmann photographs succeed in containing these elements within frames.

Research paper thumbnail of Rezension: Chanho Park „Return – 歸“

Korea Forum, 2020

review of the photo book "Return" by Park Chanho

Research paper thumbnail of Rezension: Eine fotografische Liebeserklärung. Yunmi's Album - From the cradle to the wedding.

DAF-Szene Korea , Jun 14, 2013