Christa Sütterlin

Guest Scientist

+49 8152 92790-20

Seefeld

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Main research interests:

Communicative and visual aspects of art from an evolutionary biology perspective
Behaviour and well-being in public spaces (placemaking)
Research on symbols and universals in cultural comparison
Interfaces of ethological and culturally specific coding of artistic communication

Publications, lectures and public relations work by Christa Sütterlin can be found here.

Born in Zurich
Studied art history, German, Romance languages and literature and philosophy at the University of Zurich. PhD 1977
1979-1981 Scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation for Experimental Aesthetics
1979-1983 Institute for Medical Optics (I. Rentschler) and Medical Psychology (E. Pöppel) at the LMU Munich
1980-1983 Lectureship at the Institute of Medical Psychology on Experimental Aesthetics (Medical Faculty of the LMU Munich)
1980-1983 Member of the study group "Biological Foundations of Aesthetics" of the Reimers Foundation, Bad Homburg
1984 Study visit to the Maîson des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris
since 1983 Scientific collaboration at the Research Centre for Human Ethology of the Max Planck Society, Andechs (I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt), since 1996: Human Ethology Film Archive of the Max Planck Society, Andechs
1996-1998 Lectures, seminars and teaching assignments in human ethology at the Zoological Institute of the LMU Munich
2001 Guest lecturer at the Russian State University: Moscow Summer School on Evolution, Behaviour and Society (Human Ethology) in Zvenigorod (Moscow)
Research stays in Africa, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Exhibitions:

"Winterreise". Picture cycle by Janet Brooks Gerloff to the music of Franz Schubert. Exhibition at Palais Harrach, Vienna 2001. Organisation
"In the mirror of others. Research into the common heritage of mankind" Exhibition at the Ingolstadt City Museum 20 May to 30 September 2012
"In the mirror of others". Research into the common heritage of mankind." Exhibition in the rooms of Halbturn Castle (Burgenland), 11 April to 26 October 2014. Curatorship and scientific advice. Together with Wulf Schiefenhövel and Johanna Forster

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