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David Meschede

Research Associate and PhD candidate  

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David Meschede is researcher and PhD candidate within the research project “A Future without Forest? Future-Making, Environmental Change and Socio-Economic Transformation Processes in East Kalimantan, Indonesia”. Since 2023 this project is attached to the University of Freiburg. His particular research interests are the island of Borneo and its indigenous ethnic groups collectively known as the Dayak. Thematic interests are human-environmental relations in rural areas, social and cultural change since the end of colonialism and questions of ethnic identity.

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 07/2023 Researcher at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Freiburg
  • 2019 – 2023 Researcher at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne
  • 2016 – 2019 Employee at Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn
  • 2008 – 2016 Student of Asian Studies (B.A.) and Regional Studies Southeast Asia (M.A.) at the University of Bonn

Regional Interests 

  • Southeast Asia / Indonesia / Borneo

Thematic Interests

  • Environmental Anthropology
  • Anthropology of the Future

Current Research Activities 

    • DFG-funded research project “A Future without Forest? Future-Making, Environmental Change and Socio-Economic Transformation Processes in East Kalimantan, Indonesia” (Link to Homepage)