Publications of Christoph Brumann

Brumann, Christoph and David Berliner (eds.). 2016. World heritage on the ground: ethnographic perspectives. EASA Series 28. New York; Oxford: Berghahn.

Brumann, Christoph and Evelyn Schulz (eds.). 2012. Urban spaces in Japan: cultural and social perspectives. The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series. London: Routledge.

Brumann, Christoph and Rupert A. Cox (eds.). 2010. Making Japanese heritage. Japan Anthropology Workshop Series 13. London: Routledge.

Brumann, Christoph. 2021. The best we share: nation, culture and world-making in the UNESCO World Heritage arena. New York: Berghahn.

Brumann, Christoph. 2012. Tradition, democracy and the townscape of Kyoto: claiming a right to the past. Japan Anthropology Workshop Series. London: Routledge.

Brumann, Christoph. 1998. Die Kunst des Teilens: eine vergleichende Untersuchung zu den Überlebensbedingungen kommunitärer Gruppen. Kölner ethnologische Studien 26. Hamburg: LIT.

Brumann, Christoph. 2022. The best we share: nation, culture and world-making in the UNESCO World Heritage Arena. Read On.

Brumann, Christoph. 2017. How is the UNESCO World Heritage title being awarded and what are its consequences? 13:39 min.

Cherkaev, Xenia. 2025. Gleaning for communism: the Soviet socialist household in theory and practice. Interview by Christoph Brumann. Talk On. Halle/Saale: Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology. https://www.eth.mpg.de/en/podcasts/talk-on/xenia-cherkaev/gleaning-for-communism.

Vorhölter, Julia. 2025. Sleeping with strangers. Interview by Christoph Brumann. Talk On. Halle/Saale: Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology. https://www.eth.mpg.de/en/podcasts/talk-on/julia-vorhoelter/sleeping-with-strangers.

Demgenski, Philipp. 2024. Seeking a future for the past: space, power, and heritage in a Chinese city. Interview by Christoph Brumann. Talk On. Halle/Saale: Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology. https://www.eth.mpg.de/en/podcasts/talk-on/philipp-demgenski/seeking-a-future-for-the-past-space-power-and-heritage-in-a-chinese-city.

Schmidt, Mario. 2024. Migrants and masculinity in high-rise Nairobi: the pressure of being a man in an African city. Interview by Christoph Brumann. Talk On. Halle/Saale: Max-Planck-Institut for Social Anthropology. https://www.eth.mpg.de/en/podcasts/talk-on/mario-schmidt/migrants-and-masculinity-in-high-rise-nairobi.

Schulz, Mascha. 2024. An anthropology of nonreligion? Interview by Christoph Brumann. Talk On. Halle/Saale: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. https://www.eth.mpg.de/en/podcasts/talk-on/mascha-schulz/an-anthropology-of-nonrelegion.

Xiang, Biao. 2024. Self as method: thinking through China and the world. Interview by Christoph Brumann. Talk On. Halle/Saale: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. https://www.eth.mpg.de/en/podcasts/talk-on/biao-xiang/self-as-method.

Widlok, Thomas. 2022. Anfänge: eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit. Interview by Christoph Brumann. Book Chat. Halle/Saale: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. https://www.eth.mpg.de/de/book-chat/anfaenge-eine-neue-geschichte-der-menschheit.

Brumann, Christoph, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko, and Beata Switek. 2022. Monks money and morality: the balancing act of contemporary buddhism. Interview by Jovan Maud. Book Chat. Halle/Saale: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. https://www.eth.mpg.de/en/book-chat/monks-money-and-morality.

Brumann, Christoph. 2021. UNESCO World Heritage. Interview by Stefan Schwendtner and Carlo Diesterbeck-Roll. Spot On. Halle/Saale: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. https://www.eth.mpg.de/en/spot-on/christoph-brumann-unesco-world-heritage.