Gisela Jaacks (born August 19, 1944, in
Güstrow) is a German
folklorist
Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...
. She was director of the
Museum for Hamburg History from 2002 to 2008. Since 1986, she has been a professor of
cultural history at the
University of the Arts Bremen.
References
1944 births
Living people
German folklorists
German women folklorists
Academic staff of the University of the Arts Bremen
People from Güstrow
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