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Professor of Sociology
- 2006-2010 Junior Professor of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, Institute for Cultural Anthropology and
European Ethnology, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- 2004-2006 Lecturer in Cultural Analysis, Institute for Cultural Analysis, School of Arts, Communication and Culture,
Nottingham Trent University, UK
- 2003-2004 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Southampton, UK. Researcher for EU Fifth Framework Project, „Changing City Spaces: New Challenges to Cultural Policy in Europe”
- 2002-2003 Scientific Assistant (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) in World Heritage Studies (International Postgraduate Programme) at the Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany
- 2001 Marie Curie Research Fellow (European Commission), Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex at Brighton, UK
- Ph.D. awarded 31/1/2003, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, NY
- Ph.D. program in Anthropology (1994-1997), Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, NY
- Ph.D. program in Anthropology (1992-1994), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- M.A. 'with honors' in Sociology (1991), Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, NY
http://www.migrant-socialities.eu
The project investigates new forms of sociality that young people with migrant background are producing in the context of urban club cultures in three European cities. It comparatively studies the phenomenon of ethnic club scenes with Turkish, South Asian and Maghrebi orientations in Berlin, London and Paris, corresponding to the major immigrant groups in each city and country. The project aims to explore how young post-migrants participate in forms of social engagement and cultural experimentation that are specific to metropolitan city life, but have so far been not been addressed as relevant to the lives of ethnic minorities. Research seeks to shift attention from the predominant research focus on (post-)migrant identity to a focus on practices of sociality, countering the heavy bias towards the study of attitudes and cultural identifications that tends to dominate across different disciplines. Its novel approach combines a focus on socio-cultural practices with an interest in urban scenes as fluid social formations that are semi-public and lack defined membership or criteria of belonging. Through ethnographic case studies carried out with a team of researchers in and across the three cities, the project explores the potential of urban club scenes for producing and experiencing different kinds of solidarity and encounter among disadvantaged groups.
Contact: Mitra Moghadassian, M.A. moghadassian (at) em.uni-frankfurt.de
The project studies patterns of transnational mobility between Germany and Turkey as an aspect of gendered care networks that support elderly migrants. While there is growing recognition that the first generation of labour migrants from Turkey and their families are facing a care crisis, little attention has been given to the transnational dimensions of care networks that precede or supplement the utilization of external care providers in Germany. It is estimated that between one third and half of elderly migrants from Turkey commute regularly between the two countries, yet little is known about how transnational mobility relates to care arrangements and their gendered dynamics. The project is designed as a preliminary survey, drawing upon interviews with professional care providers in the urban region of Frankfurt am Main in order to gain first insights into how transnational mobility affects provisions of care.
Contact: Ingrid Hoensch, M.A. i.hoensch (at) em.uni-frankfurt.de
Books:
Articles and Book Chapters:
- (forthcoming 2010) „Migrant Publics: Mass Media and Stranger-Relationality in Urban Space&rdquo, in: Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales
- (2009) „Comment on Ulrika Sjöberg's and Ingegerd Rydin's working paper Discourses on media portrayals of immigrants and the homeland”, http://www.media-anthropology.net/kosnick_comment.pdf.
- (2009) „Cosmopolitan Capital or Multicultural Community? Reflections on the Production and Management of Differential Mobilities in Germany's Capital City” in Magdalena Nowicka und Maria Rovisco (eds.): Cosmopolitanism in Practice. Farnham und Burlington: Ashgate, S. 161-180.
- (2009) „Kulturalisierte Migration: Migrantische Identitäten im Fokus politischer Debatten und interdisziplinärer Forschungsansätze”, in Ricarda Strobel und Andreas Jahn-Sudmann (Hrsg.): Film transnational und transkulturell. Europäische und amerikanische Perspektiven. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, S. 45-53.
- (2008) „Out on the Scene: Queer Migrant Clubbing and Urban Diversity”, in Ethnologia Europaea, Vol.38, Nr.2.
- (2008) „Exit and Voice Revisited: the Challenge of Migrant Media“, Working Papers Forschungsgruppe Transnationalisierung, Institut für Kulturanthropologie und Europäische Ethnologie, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, https://bscw.server.uni-frankfurt.de/pub/bscw.cgi/d203098-1/*/wp/index.html
- (2008) „Conflicting Mobilities: Cultural Diversity and City Branding in Berlin,” in Stephanie Donald, Catherine Kevin, Eleonore Kofman (eds.): Branding Cities: Cosmopolitanism, Parochialism and Social Change. New York: Routledge, S.28-41.
- (2008) „Mit eigener Stimme? Migrantische Medien und Alevitische Strategien der Repräsentation”, in Martin Sökefeld (Hg.): Aleviten in Deutschland, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, S.109-132. (German reworked Version of „‘Speaking in One's Own Voice’: Representational Strategies of Alevi Turkish Migrants on Open-Access Television in Berlin,” in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol.30, Nr.5, September 2004, pp. 979-994.)
- (2007) „Ethnic Media, Transnational Politics: Turkish Migrant Media in Germany,” in Olga G. Bailey, Myria Georgiou und Ramaswami Harindranath (eds.): Transnational Lives and the Media. Palgrave McMillan, S.149-172.
- (2005) „Selecta at the Door: Queer ‘Oriental’ Space and the Problem of Getting the Mix Right at Gayhane HomOriental Clubnights.” in Berliner Blätter, Nr. 37, pp. 126-131.
- (2004) „‘Extreme by Definition’: Turkish Migrant Broadcasting on Berlin's Open Channel.” in New German Critique, 92, Spring/Summer, pp.21-38.
- (2004) „The Gap between Culture and Cultures: Cultural Policy in Berlin and its Implications for Immigrant Cultural Production,” European University Institute, Working Paper Series RSCAS No. 41.
- (2004) „‘Speaking in One’s Own Voice’: Representational Strategies of Alevi Turkish Migrants on Open-Access Television in Berlin,” in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol.30, Nr.5, September, pp. 979-994.
- (2003) „Ethnicizing the Media: Multicultural Imperatives, Homebound Politics, and Turkish Media Production in Germany,” in New Perspectives on Turkey, Nr. 28/29, Spring-Fall, pp. 107-132.
- 1822-Universitäts-Preis for Excellence in Teaching, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2009.
- Stanley Diamond Memorial Award 2003 for outstanding dissertation in the social sciences, New School for Social Research.
- New School Dissertation Fellowship 2001-2002.
- Marie Curie Research Fellowship awarded by the European Commission, Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex at Brighton, UK, January - April 2001.
- Goldmark Black Dissertation Fellowship for Advanced Studies in the Dynamics of Social Change. Awarded by the Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, „in recognition of outstanding scholarly achievement” 1997.
| 2009 |
Research project „Transnational life contexts and gender-specific care arrangements of elderly Turkish migrants in Frankfurt”, funded by the Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, „Fokus Geschlechterdifferenzen: Theoretische Neuorientierungen, soziokulturelle Differenzierungsprozesse und internationale Entwicklungen” |
| 2008 |
Research project “New Migrant Socialities: Ethnic Club Cultures in Urban Europe”, ERC Starting Grant, European Research Council, EU |
| 2005 |
Research project "Beyond the Community: Migrant Club Cultures and Queer Diasporic Identifications", Diasporas, Migration and Identities Small Grants Scheme, Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK |
| 2003/4 |
Co-Author of successful application to the Capital City Culture Fund Berlin, for the interdisciplinary Workshop and film festival "Europe in Motion – Moving Images, Shifting Perspectives in Transcultural Cinema". (together with the Changing City Spaces Consortium and Kultursprünge Berlin e.V.) |
| 2003 |
Co-Author of successful application to the Asia-Link Program of the European Commission, "Management Strategies for Conflicts between Conservation and Use at Heritage Sites", for the World Heritage Studies M.A. Programm at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus |
| 1998 |
Dissertation Grant, Sawyer Seminar for the Study of Media and the Public Sphere, New School for Social Research, New York |
| 1997 |
Research grant "Reaching Beyond the Local: Turkish Migrant Broadcasting in Berlin", Predoctoral Dissertation Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, New York |
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