Birgit Zotz
Encyclopedia
Birgit Zotz is an Austrian
writer
, cultural anthropologist and an expert on the subject of hospitality management studies
.
, Lower Austria
Zotz grew up in the Waldviertel
and in Vienna
. From 1993-1997 she attended the Franz Schubert Konservatorium in Vienna where she studied saxophone. She got her master’s degree in tourism studies from Johannes Kepler University of Linz
in 2008 and later obtained a master's degree in ethnology
from Vienna University. She is married to Volker Zotz
, an eminent Austrian philosopher, and a prolific author in German language.
and image-building in tourism. She is a lecturer at the International College of Tourism and Management in Bad Vöslau
. Since 2005 she has been President of Komyoji, an internationally recognized center for study and dialogue with Buddhism in Austria. She is a researcher on the philosophy and life of Lama Anagarika Govinda
, whose biography she wrote.
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, cultural anthropologist and an expert on the subject of hospitality management studies
Hospitality management studies
Hospitality management is the academic study of the hospitality industry. A degree in Hospitality management is often conferred from either a university college dedicated to the studies of hospitality management or a business school with a department in hospitality management studies...
.
Life
Born in Waidhofen an der ThayaWaidhofen an der Thaya
Waidhofen an der Thaya is an Austrian town, with a population of 5,750 as of the 2001 census. Located on the German Thaya river in the district of the same name in Lower Austria and is the northernmost of the capitals of the Districts of Austria....
, Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
Zotz grew up in the Waldviertel
Waldviertel
The Waldviertel is the northwestern region of the Austrian state Lower Austria. It is bounded to the south by the Danube, to the southwest by Upper Austria, to the northwest and the north by the Czech Republic and to the east by the Manhartsberg , which is the survey point dividing Waldviertel...
and in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. From 1993-1997 she attended the Franz Schubert Konservatorium in Vienna where she studied saxophone. She got her master’s degree in tourism studies from Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Johannes Kepler University of Linz
The Johannes Kepler University of Linz is a public institution of higher education in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria...
in 2008 and later obtained a master's degree in ethnology
Ethnology
Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity.-Scientific discipline:Compared to ethnography, the study of single groups through direct...
from Vienna University. She is married to Volker Zotz
Volker Zotz
Volker Zotz is an eminent Austrian philosopher, and a prolific author in German language....
, an eminent Austrian philosopher, and a prolific author in German language.
Career
Birgit Zotz published books, essays and articles about Buddhist culture, mysticismMysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
and image-building in tourism. She is a lecturer at the International College of Tourism and Management in Bad Vöslau
Bad Vöslau
Bad Vöslau is a spa town the Lower Austria federal state of Austria. It is also known as the cradle of the Austrian red wine cultivation. Population : 11,190.- History :...
. Since 2005 she has been President of Komyoji, an internationally recognized center for study and dialogue with Buddhism in Austria. She is a researcher on the philosophy and life of Lama Anagarika Govinda
Lama Anagarika Govinda
Lama Anagarika Govinda , born Ernst Lothar Hoffman was the founder of the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala and an expositor of Tibetan Buddhism, Abhidharma, Buddhist Meditation as well as other aspects of Buddhism...
, whose biography she wrote.
Books
- Das Image des Waldviertels als Urlaubsregion. Vienna University of Economics and BusinessVienna University of Economics and BusinessWirtschaftsuniversität Wien or Vienna University of Economics and Business is the largest University focusing on business and economics in Europe and, in terms of student body, one of the largest universities in Austria...
2006 http://permalink.obvsg.at/wuw/AC05844120 - Das Image Tibets als Reiseziel im Spiegel deutschsprachiger Medien. Linz: Kepler University 2008 http://tourismus.jku.at/masterthesis/thesis_9.html
- Das Waldviertel - Zwischen Mystik und Klarheit. Das Image einer Region als Reiseziel. Berlin: Köster 2010, ISBN 978-3-89574-734-2
- Destination Tibet. Touristisches Image zwischen Politik und Klischee. Hamburg: Kovac 2010, ISBN 978-3-8300-4948-7
- Zur europäischen Wahrnehmung von Besessenheitsphänomenen und Orakelwesen in Tibet Vienna University 2010 http://othes.univie.ac.at/11978/.
Sources
- Lexikon des Waldviertels, Birgit Zotz http://www.wvwiki.at/index.php/Birgit_Zotz
- International College of Tourism and Management, Faculty http://www.itm-college.eu/html/de/about/4.php#
- Lebenslauf von Birgit Zotz http://www.lovelybooks.de/autor/Birgit-Zotz/
- Birgit Zotz, Tibetische Mystik, - nach Lama Anagarika Govinda http://www.komyoji.at/content/lamagovinda.htm