Curriculum Vitae
I am a social and cultural anthropologist with a focus on crises and transformation processes. In my current research, I investigate the changing human-ocean-interrelations and transformation of coastal regions in climate change hotspots in Spain and Italy. Therein, I am particularly interested in threat perception and the emotions involved in transformation processes, as well as in the integration of a post-humanist (more-than-human) perspective. Methodologically, I expand the traditional ethnographic repertoire with sensory approaches, artistic methods and participatory approaches. I strive to not only publish academic papers, but also create more accessible output in the form of visuals, performances, experience pathways, soundscapes and more.
In line with this aim, I am a member of the project “¡vamos, simbiosis!“, in which scientists, artists and locals of Águilas (Spain) are jointly approaching the question of how the traditional fishing town can develop sustainable socio-economic perspectives in the face of climate and structural change. Furthermore, I am a member of the EU COST Action „Rethinking the Blue Economy: Socio-Ecological Impacts and Opportunities (RethinkBlue)“.
Earlier research foci were ethnographic research on the consequences of humanitarian interventions and processes of social re-ordering in Haiti, on conflict escalation mechanisms in Yemen and on the Zâr possession cult and its medialization in Egypt.
I am currently a Senior Researcher at the Chair of Forest and Environmental Policy at the University of Freiburg.
I studied Social and Cultural Anthropology, Modern History and Political Science at the University of Tuebingen and the American University in Cairo. In 2018, I received my doctoral degree in Political Science/Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Tuebingen.
- »Alte Männer und das Meer«, in: Klimageschichten: Ethnographie und Kunst in Korrespondenz. Eine Anthologie, Editor Kathrin Eitel, 2024.
- »Chronik einer angekündigten Katastrophe – Hurrikan Irma in Haiti«, in: Krisen anders denken. Wie Menschen mit Bedrohungen umgegangen sind und was wir daraus lernen können, Editors Ewald Frie and Mischa Meier, Tübingen, 2023, Pages 133-149.
- »Die Brüche zwischen Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft heilen: Hoffnung und Aspirationen als sine qua non der Ordnungsherstellung«, in: Bedroht sein. Gesellschaften unter Stress im Vergleich, Editors Ewald Frie, Mischa Meier and Dennis Schmidt, Tübingen, 2023, Pages 215-245.
- »Between Threat and Infantilisation: How Frames Impede the Meaningful Participation of the Disaster Affected in Haiti«, in: Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 5–6: Special Issue: Affectedness in International Institutions, Guest Editors Jan Sändig, Jochen von Bernstorff and Andreas Hasenclever, 2018, Pages 725–744. doi.org/10.1080/23802014.2018.1575768
- »’We are gambling with our survival.’ Bedrohungskommunikation als Indikator für bedrohte Ordnungen«, in: Aufruhr – Katastrophe – Konkurrenz – Zerfall. Bedrohte Ordnungen als Thema der Kulturwissenschaften, Vol.1 of CRC 923-Series ‘Bedrohte Ordnungen’, Editors Ewald Frie and Mischa Meier, Tübingen 2014, Pages 141–173. (with Fabian Fechner, Jacek Klimek, Roman Krawielicki, Beatrice von Lüpke, Rebekka Nöcker) doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-153002-9
