Dr. Mechthild von Vacano

also see  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6487-1785 

Monographs and edited volumes  

2014 [editor with M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz, G.B. Sullivan & J.E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono] Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters: the Case of an Earthquake in Java, Indonesia. New York: Springer. 

2010 ReiseReflexionen – SelbstBilder. Eine rassismuskritische Studie über Ethnotourismus in Tana Toraja, Indonesien. Berlin: regiospectra. 

Articles and contributions to edited volumes 

2023 Liebe, Handwerk, Hierarchie: Anthropologische Betrachtungen zur Vielgestalt der Liebe. In: T. Stodulka, A. von Poser, G. Scheidecker und J. Bens (Eds.): Anthropologie der Emotionen: Affektive Dynamiken in Kultur und Gesellschaft. Berlin: Reimer, 335-344. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783496030874-335  

2021 Going Gojek, or Staying Ojek? Competing Visions of Work and Economy in Jakarta’s Motorbike Taxi Industry. In: W. Monteith, D.-O. Vicol & P. Williams (Eds.): Beyond the Wage: Ordinary Work in Diverse Economies. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press, 211-231. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529208948.ch009  

2019a Reciprocity in Research Relationships. In: T. Stodulka, F. Thajib & S. Dinkelaker (Eds.): Affective Dimensions of Fieldwork and Ethnography. New York: Springer, 79-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20831-8_7  

2019b Reciprocity Reconsidered: Towards an Ethic of Economic Participation. In: T. Stodulka, F. Thajib & S. Dinkelaker (Eds.): Affective Dimensions of Fieldwork and Ethnography. New York: Springer, 123-134. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20831-8_11  

2017 “Sharing Economy” versus “Informal Sector”: Jakarta’s Motorbike Taxi Industry in Turmoil. In: ANUAC 6 (2): 97-101. https://doi.org/10.7340/anuac2239-625X-3076  

2015 [with G. Findeisen und K. Großmann] Umkämpfte Gendernormen. In: G. Stange, R. Jordan & K. Großmann (Eds.), Handbuch Indonesien. Angermünde: Horlemann, 143-151. 

2014a [with M. Zaumseil] Understanding Disasters: An Analysis and Overview of the Field of Disaster Research and Management. In: M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz, M. von Vacano, G.B. Sullivan & J.E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono (Eds.), Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters. New York: Springer, 3-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9354-9_1  

2014b [with M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz, G.B. Sullivan & J.E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono] A Cultural Psychological Framework for Coping with Disasters. In: M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz, M. von Vacano, G.B. Sullivan & J.E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono (Eds.), Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters. New York: Springer, 85-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9354-9_3  

2014c [with M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz] Contextualizing the Research: Introduction to the Case Study in Java, Indonesia In: M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz, M. von Vacano, G.B. Sullivan & J.E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono (Eds.), Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters. New York: Springer, 105-127. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9354-9_4  

2014d The Material Dimension of Coping: Socioculturally Mediated Biophysical Process. In: M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz, M. von Vacano, G.B. Sullivan & J.E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono (Eds.), Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters. New York: Springer, 183-201. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9354-9_9  

2014e [with S. Schwarz] The Religious Dimension of Coping: The Roles of Cosmologies and Religious Practices. In: M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz, M. von Vacano, G.B. Sullivan & J.E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono (Eds.), Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters. New York: Springer, 245-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9354-9_12  

2014f [with M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz, G.B. Sullivan & J.E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono] Concluding Remarks In: M. Zaumseil, S. Schwarz, M. von Vacano, G.B. Sullivan & J.E. Prawitasari-Hadiyono (Eds.), Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters. New York: Springer, 345-350. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9354-9_17  

Other publications (selection)

2024 »Wir schaffen Räume um zu lernen«. Interview mit Mike vom indonesischen Punk-Kollektiv Taringbabi. In: iz3w 404, 15.08.2024, S. 36-37. https://www.iz3w.org/artikel/punk-kollektiv-subkultur-aktivismus-zukunftsvision.

2022 Plattform-Kapitalismus meets „informelle“ Wirtschaft: Wie Gojek die Motorradtaxi-Branche Jakartas aufmischte. In: Südostasien 2/2022, online. https://doi.org/10.11588/soa.2022.2.20926   

2011 »Total mystisch, total anders einfach!« Rassismuskritische Analyse von Ethnotourismus in Toraja. In: Südostasien 1/2011, S. 48-50. https://doi.org/10.11588/soa.2011.1.4105   

2010 Grauzone Indonesien. Bericht über die ILGA Asien Konferenz 2010 in Surabaya. In: Südostasien 3/2010, S. 63-65. https://doi.org/10.11588/soa.2010.3.4539  

Lectures, panels, workshops (current selection)

2024a Brokers, clients, stooges: Opportunity and dependency in Indonesia's Electoral Economy. Presenation at the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Conference in Barcelona, July 23-26, 2024.

2024b Von der Ungerechtigkeit des Tausches. Aushandlungen von Un/Gleichheit in ökonomischen Beziehungen. Lecture as part of the lecture series 'Ökonomische Ungleichheit - Eine plurale Perspektive' at the Institute of Economics, University of Freiburg, July 04, 2024.

2024c The ethics of rezeki. Moral contestations of surviving, sharing and striving, Presentation at the workshop 'Morality at Work', Newcastle University, UK, May 23-24, 2024.

2024d Betting on debt: A tale of promise and peril in Indonesia's electoral economy. Lecture at the Colloquium of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg, April 09, 2024.

2023a The morality/rationality of rezeki: a key concept in Indonesian everyday economics. Presentation at the Southeast Asia Meet-Up, University of Zurich, December 01, 2023.

2023b Panel “Re/conceptualizing the Economic Subject: An Invitation for Contestation”, at the conference of the German Society for Social and Cultural Anthropology in Munich, 25-28 July 2023. 

2023c Doing Neighborhood. A praxeological take on neighborhood relations. Presentation at the DGSKA conference in Munich, July 25-28, 2023.

2023d The „enough economy“: An Indonesian alternative to growthism? Presentation at the workshop “Degrowth and Anthropology: deepening the dialogue”, London School of Economics, June 05-06, 2023.