Mapping a space of biography: Karl Triebold and the Waldschule of Senne I-Bielefeld ( c .1923–1939) (original) (raw)

Starting from a 'life geography' of Karl Triebold, a leading figure in open-air education, this article provides an understanding of the seemingly ordinary but still idiosyncratic development of a German open-air school. Triebold's life's work, the fight against tuberculosis, conceived as character education through healthy occupation, was inspired by his experience both as a tuberculosis patient and a teacher in a field hospital. Rest cures and saltwater baths were precursors of 'his' open-air school that was to be sustained by a social-insurance company.