JunProf. Dr. Anna Meiser
Curriculum Vitae
05/2018 – 03/2020
Parental leave
10/2017
Extension of the assistant professorship after positive external evaluation
03/2015 – 02/2016
Field research in Ecuador and Mexico; Scholarship holder of the Humboldt- foundation (Feodor-Lynen-Research Scholarship) [in cooperation with: FLACSO Ecuador, Pluriversidad Amawtay Wasi Ecuador, DIE–CINVESTAV de México, Universidad Veracruzana / Intercultural]
Since 10/2012
Assistant professor (“Juniorprofessorin”) (without Tenure Track) in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Freiburg, Germany
03/2012 – 04/2012
Visiting lecturer at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
12/2011 – 09/2012
Teaching and research assistant (temporarily filling the assistant position) in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Freiburg, Germany
10/2008 – 02/2012
Lecturer in the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
07/2011
Conferral of Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) (Grade: "summa cum laude") at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
10/2007 – 02/2011
Doctoral studies of Social and Cultural Anthropology (major) and Catholic Theology (minor) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
02/2007
Master's degree (“Magister Artium”) (Grade: 1.11)
2001 – 2007
Studies of Social and Cultural Anthropology (major), Catholic Theology and Political Science (minors) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Awards and scholarships
12/2017
Co-operator of the teaching project S-A-L-A-M, awarded with the State Teaching Award (“Landeslehrpreis”), Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden-Württemberg
03/2015 – 02/2016
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship, Humboldt Foundation (“Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung”)
08/2011
Dissertation Award, Faculty for the Study of Culture at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
09/2009
Language Course Grant in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dr. Jürgen & Irmgard Ulderup Stiftung
2008 – 2009
Scholarship, Cusanuswerk (ideational promotion
2007 – 2010
Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.”)
2007 – 2011
Mentee of the Mentoring Programme at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Research interests
Intercultural and transcultural phenomena, transformation processes (glocalization, postcolonialism, indigenization, post-socialism), Religious dynamics (especially: Anthropology of Christianity), Indigenous movements, Indigenous knowledge systems, intercultural education & universities, collaborative methodologies
Regional specialisation
- Latin America (Amazonia, Andes, Mexico)
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Eastern Europe (Poland)
Field research / stays abroad
2014 & 2016
Field research in Mexico (7 months)
2006 & 2008
Field research in Peru (3,5 months)
2005 – 2019
Field research in Ecuador (17 months) and several research trips (12 weeks)
2008 & 2014
Research travels to Poland and field research in Eastern Poland (6 weeks)
2008 & 2015 & 2019
Research travels to Bolivia (4 weeks)
2007
Research travel to Armenia (2 weeks)
2005
Semester abroad at the Humboldt State University Arcata, California, U.S.A.
2004
Semester abroad at the Jagiellonian University and at the Pontifical Academy of Theology Krakow, Poland
Scientific review activities
Journals:
- Perfiles Educativos (Mexico)
- Revista de la Educación Superior (Mexico)
- Revista Mexicana de Historia de la Educación (Mexico)
- Sociologus (Germany)
Editorial Board:
- Laboratorium kultury (Katowice, Poland)
- Revista Amawtay (Quito, Ecuador)
Institutions
- BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany)
- DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
- Fritz Thyssen Foundation (Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Germany)
- German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.)
Scientific consulting
- megaherz gmbh film und fernsehen (Munich), ZDFinfo (Mainz)
Memberships in professional societies
- AIBR (Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red)
- DGSKA (German Anthropological Association)
- SALSA (Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America)
Publication List
Monographs:
2015
“Bebo de dos ríos.” La lógica de procesos transculturales entre los cristianos Achuar y Shuar en la Amazonía Alta. Quito: Abya Yala.
2013
„Ich trinke aus zwei Flüssen.” Zur Logik transkultureller Prozesse bei christlichen Achuar und Shuar im oberen Amazonien. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Editorships:
[in prep.]
[with Philipp Dankel und Mario Soto Rodríguez] ¿La Misma Historia de Siempre? Volver a e los Contar y (Re)Inventar Nuevas Tradiciones en América del Sur Anthology related to the eponymous in 2013 (University of Freiburg). Preliminary contract with: Abya Yala, Quito.
2017
Alternative Models of Knowledge as a Critique of Epistemic Power Structures [Sonderband]. In: Sociologus 67 (1) [peer reviewed].
Essays:
[2018]
Christian-Indigenous Identities and Alter-Native Modernities in the Upper Amazon. In: Halbmayer, Ernst (ed.): South American Indigenous Modernities. Herefordshire: Sean Kingston, 22 S. [peer reviewed].
2017d
[with Daniela Aguirre, Anita Krainer und Martha Guerra]
Educación Superior Intercultural y Diálogo de Saberes. El Caso de la Amawtay Wasi en Ecuador. In: Revista de la Educación Superior 46 (184), S. 55- 76 [peer reviewed].
2017c
Roszczenie uniwersalne i kontekst kulturowy. Misja i misjologia z perspektywy etnologicznej [Universal ambition and cultural context. An ethnological perspective on Christian mission and mission science]. In: Roczniki Kulturoznawcze KUL 8 (4). [Poland, Lublin], S. 45 - 67 [peer reviewed].
2017b
Alternative Models of Knowledge as Critique of Epistemological Power Structures. Introduction. In: Sociologus 67 (1) [Sonderband], S. 1-21 [peer reviewed].
2017a
„Zusammen sind wir Heimat“. Heimat als Aufgabe und Grundlage menschlicher Existenz ["Together we are home." Home as task and basis of human existence]. In: Migration & Integration Info 1 [New Caritas], S. 2-4.
2016
[with Luis Fernando Sarango] Akademische Kulturen im interkulturellen Kontext. Ein Erfahrungsaustausch mit der indigenen Hochschule Pluriversidad Amawtay Wasi an der Universität Freiburg [Academic cultures in an intercultural context. An exchange of experiences with the indigenous university Pluriversidad Amawtay Wasi at the University of Freiburg]. In: Freiburger Ethnologische Arbeitspapiere, 35 P.
2015
Polens Neounierte Katholiken. Zum Selbstverständnis einer religiösen Minderheit [Poland's Neounierte Catholics. On the self-image of a religious minority]. In: Jahrbuch für Europäische Ethnologie 2015 - Polen (On behalf of the Görres-Gesellschaft; published by Heidrun Alzheimer, Sabine Doering-Manteuffel, Daniel Drascek and Angela Treiber), P. 95-112.
2014c
[with students of the main seminar: "Das Potenzial einer interkulturellen Wissenschaft”] ["The Potential of Intercultural Science"] Culturas Académicas desde una Perspectiva Intercultural. Un Intercambio entre la Pluriversidad Amawtay Wasi y la Universidad de Freiburg. In: Revista , Amawtay 3, S. 18-30
2014b
[with Stefan Pfänder] Epílogo. In: Bulnes, Marta; Feichtner, Maximilian: La
Pachamama y el Petróleo. Tradiciones y sus Transformaciones en la Comunidad de San Isidro (Ecuador). (NIHIN Stories). Freiburg: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, S. 157-160.
2014a
[with Eveline Dürr] Negotiating New Roles and Relationships in the Jungle. Rain
Forest Imaginations and Community-based Ecotourism in Ecuador. In: Tipití 12/2 (Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America), S. 151-168 [peer reviewed].
2013
Das Haus der Weisheit am Scheideweg. In: ila 371, S. 45-46
2011
“Jesus Is the Same Arutam.” – Logics of Appropriation among Missionized Indians and Indigenized Missionaries. In: Anthropos 106/2, S. 493-510 [peer reviewed].
2009
Der Gott des Himmels und des Waldes [The God of Heaven and Forest]. In: Lateinamerika Anders 2/2009, S. 24-25.
2008
„Baranek Boży“ w Amazonii Indiańskiej [The "Lamb of God" in indigenous Amazonia]. In: Studia Misjologiczne 1, S. 117-127.
Other:
2008
Medienlandschaft im Umbruch. Das Beispiel Polen [Media landscape in upheaval. The example of Poland]. In: Renovabis (ed.): Gesellschaft gestalten – Glauben entfalten. Christen in Mittel- und Osteuropa [Shaping society - developing faith. Christians in Central and Eastern Europe]. 11. Internationaler Kongress Renovabis 2007 [11th International Conference Renovabis 2007]. Aachen: MVG. P. 194-198 [Conference Report].
2008
Abenteuer am Amazonas [Adventure at Amazonas]. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung – Uni&Job, 18. Oktober 2008, P. 4-5.
Interviews:
2017
Rieger, Naomi: Zwei Fremde, ein Team [Two Strangers, one Team]. In: Badische Zeitung, 26. Oktober 2017.
2013
Faber, Johannes: Multikulti im Regenwald [Multicultural in the Rainforest]. In: Badische Zeitung, 22. Juni 2013.
2012
[in cooperaton] Weihnachten mit Kolibris, Wichteln und Väterchen Frost. Wissenschaftler der Albert- Ludwigs-Universität erforschen Weihnachtsbräuche in aller Welt [Christmas with hummingbirds, gnomes and Father Frost. Scientists at the Albert Ludwig University are researching Christmas customs around the world]. In: Public Relations, University of Freiburg, 18th December 2012.
2008
Desde Adentro. In: Kanatari - CETA 1239 [in Iquitos/Peru erscheinende Zeitschrift], S. 4125.
Co-Publisher of the Series (with Stefan Seitz): Edition Centaurus - Sozioökonomische Prozesse in Asien, Afrika und Lateinamerika
Research Projects
- Knowledge production in indigenous intercultural universities - An ethnological study in Latin America [Funding: FRIAS & Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]
- Poland's Neounate Catholics - On the Self-Conception of a Religious Minority
Organised conferences and workshops
09/2015
Workshop: Alternative knowledge systems as critique of epistemological power structures, DGV Conference, Marburg.
05/2013
[together with G. Herzog-Schröder, Institute of Ethnology, LMU Munich] Workshop: Dynamics of Foreign and Self Representation in the Indigenous Americas, 6. Americanist meeting, Bonn.
04/2013
[together with Ph. Dankel and M. Soto Rodríguez, Romanesque Seminar, University o Freiburg] International Interdisciplinary Conference: The Same Old Story? Retelling and + Reinventing New Traditions in South America, Freiburg. [funded by: IGA Freiburg]
Lectures
WiSe 17/18
Introduction to Ethnology [Lecture],
Intercultural exchange and mentoring of children in a migration context - A project seminar in cooperation with the Pestalozzi Primary School and the City of Freiburg [Project Seminar]
Museum Excursion to Vienna, Budapest and Munich [Excursion]
SoSe 17
Research Design and Methods [Master's Seminar]
Mentorate [Seminar in preparation for the study project in the 5th semester]
WiSe 16/17
History of Science I [Lecture]
Intercultural exchange and mentoring of children in a migration context - A project seminar in cooperation with the Pestalozzi Primary School and the City of Freiburg [Project Seminar]
SoSe 2016
Alternative Worlds? Utopias from Latin America [Hauptseminar]
Practice-oriented Methodology [Proseminar]
WiSe 14/15
History of Science I [Lecture]
Social Movements in Latin America [Seminar]
SoSe 14
The Potential of Intercultural Science - Indigenous Universities in Latin America [Project Seminar in cooperation with Prof. Dr. L. F. Sarango Macas, Ecuador]
WiSe 13/14
History of Science I [Lecture]
Decolonization of Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems [Hauptseminar]
SoSe 13
Latin America in discussion - Ethnological approaches to and from the "New World [Seminar]
Religion in Tradition and Modernity - An Ethnological Perspective [Proseminar]
WiSe 12/13
Language, identity and world view - Ethnological perspectives on communication and Culture [Hauptseminar/Proseminar]
Intercultural Exchange and Mentoring of Children in a Migration Context - Project seminar in cooperation with primary schools and the city of Freiburg [Project Seminar]
SoSe 12
Tupi Or Not Tupi? - Indigenous Perspectives on Latin America [Hauptseminar]
Fundamentals of Religious Anthropology - Theories and Discussions [Proseminar]
WiSe 11/12
"The Right to Difference" - Indigenous Emancipation and Identity Politics in Latin America [Proseminar]
