Lectures
Recent Teaching
- Fall 2009
- Grad Course: Climate Change & Public Discourse.
- Fall 2009
- Introduction to European Studies (UT)
- Spring 2009
- Introduction to European Studies
- Spring 2009
- Climate Change & Public Discourse (UT)
- Spring 2008
- Introduction to European Studies (University of Texas)
- Spring 2008
- Grad Course: Politics of Nature: New Approaches in Political Ecology (University of Texas)
- Fall 2007
- Introduction to European Studies (two courses UT)
- Spring 2007
- Human - Animal Relationships (University of Texas)
- Spring 2007
- Grad. Course: Discourses on Catastrophes (University of Texas)
- Fall 2006
- Global Soundscapes (University of Texas)
- Fall 2006
- Introduction to European Studies (University of Texas)
- Spring 2006
- The Politics of Heritage (University of Texas)
- Spring 2006
- The Global Politics of Soccer (University of Texas)
- Fall 2005
- Climate Change or Climate Catastrophe? (University of Texas)
- Fall 2005
- Introduction to European Studies (University of Texas)
- Fall 2004
- Nordic Landscape Ph.D. Course, Stockholm University
“Landscape, Scenery and Practice” (with Excursion) - 1998-2004
- Courses at University of Hamburg and Heidelberg on anthropology of gender, landscape, sports and others
Organization of Conferences / Lecture Series
- 2008
- "Making Europe, Making Europeans: The Ethnographic and the Everyday" – International Conference, Center for European Studies, University of Texas at Austin (with Ben Carrington)
- 2008
- DAAD Lecture Series: "Kalt Bier, Gut Bratwurst: Texan-German Cultures", University of Texas, Dept of Germanic Studies (with Hans Boas)
- 2007
- DAAD Lecture Series: "Visits from the Others' Sides: Alterities in Germany and Texas", University of Texas, Dept of Germanic Studies
- 2006
- Co-organiser Workshop "Tides of Change", Research Centre GKSS, Landscape Research Group, Nordic Landscape Research Network, Tönning, Germany
- 1999/2000
- Organization of Lecture Series "Soccer Culture – The Culture of Soccer", University of Hamburg (with Martin Döring)
Invited Lectures, Workshops and Presentations
| 2009 | Paris | "Aesthetic Pollution? Wind Energy and the Ambiguous Role of Landscape in Germany"; CIRED; Landscape and Wind Power |
| 2009 | Philadelphia | "Emerging Energy Landscapes in Europe", Organizer Roundtable, Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) |
| 2009 | Philadelphia | "Climate Change: Making the Air-Conditions Explicit", Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) |
| 2009 | Arlington | "Teaching in the USA", German Studies Association (GSA) – DAAD session |
| 2009 | Austin | "Using Wiki in Class"; Germanic Studies, Departmental Lecture |
| 2009 | Austin | "Elections in Hobbitland." Public Forum Deutsche Bundestagswahl (UT, Department of Germanic Studies) |
| 2009 | Bremen | "Wind Energy from Bottom-up. The German Case." Workshop of the "Emerging Energy Landscapes Project" (CIRED Paris, University of Bremen, Universidade Nova de Lisboa) |
| 2009 | Las Vegas | "Our Air-Condition", Panel "Aerographies", Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers (AAG) |
| 2009 | Austin | "Localizing Climate Change: Notes from the Field", Symposium "Weather Patterns: Climate, Culture and Place Making". |
| 2008 | Dresden | "Risiken der Klimakommunikation", Ringvorlesung Dresdner Hygiene Museum |
| 2008 | Lissabon | "History of Wind Energy in Germany", Workshop: Éoliennes et Paysage CIRED, France |
| 2008 | Austin | Organizer of international European Studies Conference ‘Making Europe, Making Europeans. The Ethnographic and the Everyday.’ Center for European Studies, University of Texas (together with Ben Carrington) |
| 2007 | Washington | “Locating Climate Change” Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association |
| 2007 | Paris | “Tracing Assemblies in a Windy Landscape”. Conference “Emerging Energies, Emerging Landscapes”, CRES, France |
| 2007 | Austin | (with Judith Hammer) “Relaxed Patriotism. Reflections on the Soccer World Cup 2006 in Germany” Lecture Series, Department of Germanic Studies |
| 2006 | San Jose | “Climate Change and Catastrophe: a Comparative Approach to German and American Narratives in the Media”. Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) |
| 2006 | Pittsburgh | “EU Enlargement: What Lessons can be Learned from Portugal’s Accession Process?’ Roundtable, Germanic Studies Association (GSA) |
| 2006 | Paris | “Wind Energy and Landscape: A Methodological Approach” Workshop: Éoliennes et Paysage CIRED, France |
| 2006 | Tönning | “The Construction of a Coastal Landcape.” Workshop ‘Tides of Change’, Research Centre GKSS, Landscape Research Group, Nordic Landscape Research Network |
| 2005 | Brighton | "Migratory Birds and Migratory Scientists: Multi-Sited Ethnography of a German Coastline." Workshop "Problems and Possibilities in Multi-Sited Ethnography," University of Sussex, UK, 27. - 28. Juni |
| 2005 | Lund | "The Greening of the Wadden Sea." Nordic Landscape Research Conference "What do Landscapes do?," Sweden, 13. - 15. 5. |
| 2005 | Austin | "The North Sea is a Livelihood for Fishermen and not a Playground for Researchers:" Anthropology of a Contested Coastal Landscape in Northern Germany." Lecture Series "Landscape and Mentality", DAAD und Department of Germanic Studies |
| 2004 | Amsterdam | "Mediated Realities: Sustainable Development and Local Protest" (mit D. Dracklé). Konferenz "Transnational Aspects of Localized Conflict and Protest," 19.-21.12. |
| 2004 | Paris | "Nomadic Scientists, shifting fields and multi-sited ethnography: Exploring global change." 4S & EASST Conference 25.-28. August |
| 2004 | Göttingen | "Die Wunder von Bern und anderswo." IWF Göttingen, Veranstaltung "50 Jahre Wunder von Bern," 4.7. |
| 2004 | Tönning | "Die Kultur der Natur: Feldforschung beim Stamm der Naturschützer." Nationalparkamt, 15. 9. |
| 2004 | München | "Ethnography of Foam - Peter Sloterdijk's Concept of Spheres." Workshop "Research Program on Ecological Governance" (CNRS-France), 8.-9. 10 |
| 2004 | Stockholm | "Global Change, Catastrophes, and Contested Coastlines: Why Landscape Matters." Nordic Research Course, 26. 4. |
| 2004 | Paris | "The environment of my fieldwork site." Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, École des Mines, Workshop: "Research Program on Ecological Governance" (CNRS-France), 02.03. |
| 2003 | Paris | "Ecological Governance - A Comparative Approach." Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, École des Mines, Workshop: "Research Program on Ecological Governance" (CNRS-France), 19.6. |
| 2003 | Nijmegen | "Beyond Facts & Fiction: Media Representation of the Elbe River Flood of August 2002," Zentrum für Deutschland-Studien, Universität Nijmegen, Kongress: "The Science and the Politics of the Riverside," Holland 11.6. |
| 2003 | Jülich | "Die Verwaltung der Natur: Naturschutz als bürokratisches Experiment" (mit Cordula Kropp). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Frühjahrstagung Sektion "Soziologie & Ökologie" "Nature by Design: Experiment and Innovation," 16.-17.5.2003 |
| 2003 | Oslo | "The Natural and Cultural Heritage in Northern Friesland" Center for Advanced Studies, Workshop: "Landscape, Law, and Justice: Cultural and Natural Heritage," 22.4.-24.4.2003 |
| 2003 | Seoul | "Towards Sustainable Development: The Cultural Dynamics of the Wadden Sea." F.A.S.S. Korea-Germany Co-Symposium on the Saemangeum Tidal-Flat Region (CIES - Citizens' Institute f. Environmental Studies, Nationalparkamt Tönning), Südkorea, 4.-6. März |
| 2003 | Lüneburg | "Medienanalyse des Elbehochwassers im August 2002." BmBF / GKSS Forschungszentrum "Hochwasser in Deutschland - Forschungsbeiträge für ein nachhaltiges Management," 30. - 31. Januar |
| 2002 | Ostholstein | "Analyse der Medienberichterstattung zur Elbeflut." GKSS Inst. f Küstenforschung, Institutslehrgang Weißenhäuser Strand, 11.-14. 11. 2002 |
| 2002 | Hamburg | "Science-Studies: Küstenforschung zwischen Natur- und Kulturwissenschaften." Forschungskolloquium Inst. f. Ethnologie, 8. Juli |
| 2002 | Göttingen | "Der Konflikt zwischen Naturschutz und Küstenschutz: Deiche und kulturelle Identität." Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte, Tagung "Deiche," 20.-21. Juni |
| 2002 | Miami, USA | "The Cultural Dimensions of the Coast," Discussant. LOICZ - Land Ocean Interaction in Coastal Zones, Tagung "Synthesis & Futures," 29.Mai bis 3.Juni |
| 2002 | Hamburg | "Natur im Konflikt - Naturschutz, Naturbegriff und Küstenbilder," GKSS Tagung "Forschungshorizonte der Küstenregion," 13.-15.Februar |
| 2002 | Tönning | "Globaler ökologischer Diskurs und lokale Praxis: Die Konflikte um das Wattenmeer im Kulturvergleich." VW-Projekt Natur im Konflikt, Tagung "Nähe und Ferne zur Natur," 18.1.-19.1. |
| 2001 | Hamburg | "Männer über Männer, Männer über Frauen: Ethnographische und literarische Betrachtungen zu Männlichkeiten in Portugal." Ringvorlesung "Männer," 25.01 |
| 2001 | Göttingen | "The Scientific Production of Nature: A Case Study." IUAES - Congress "Exploitation and Overexploitation in Societies Past and Present," 18-21 July |
| 2001 | Amsterdam | "Nature in Conflict: The Societal Role of the Natural Sciences" (Poster). IGBP Global Change Open Science Conference, 10-13 Juli |
| 2001 | Hamburg | "Natur im Konflikt: Naturschutz, Naturbegriff und Küstenbilder." Forschungskolloquium Institut für Ethnologie, Universität Hamburg, 2. Juli |
| 2001 | Hamburg | "Neues von der Front: Berichterstattung über Natur(schutz)konflikte" (mit M. Döring). Tagung "Stadt - Raum - Natur: Die Metropole als politisch konstruierter Raum," Forschungsverbund Metropole Hamburg, 15./16.6. |
| 2001 | Edinburgh | "The Culture of Nature: Protected Landscapes as Sites of Conflict." Conference "Landscape and Politics," University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 23rd-25th March |
| 2000 | Hamburg | "Der Klimawissenschaftler als Prophet" (mit M. Döring). 5. Deutsche Klimatagung, Hamburg, 3.-5.10. |
| 2000 | Krakow | "German Miracles - Football, Nation and Identity." EASA Kongress, September |
| 1999/2000 | Hamburg | Organisation der Vorlesungsreihe "Fußballkultur - Kultur des Fußballs" (mit Martin Döring) im Rahmen des Allgemeinen Vorlesungswesens der Universität Hamburg (Lecture Series: Soccer Culture - The Culture of Soccer) |
| 1999 | Hamburg | "Natur, Kultur und Gesellschaft: Zur Ethnologie der Umweltproblematik." Tagung Inst. F. Ethnologie, Juni |
| 1999 | Manchester | "Of Humans and Otters: Portuguese Landscapes." Workshop "Contesting Natures." Mai |
| 1999 | Hamburg | "Von Spielerfrauen und Heulsusen: Männlichkeitskonzepte im Fußball." Ringvorlesung "Fußball und Kultur," Januar |
| 1998 | Hamburg | "Ethnologie einer Küstenlandschaft an einem Beispiel aus Südportugal." Ringvorlesung "Küstenbilder." Dezember |
| 1998 | Lissabon | "Poetas do Sudoeste." Tagung ISCTE, OBSERV: "Etnografia do Sudoeste." März |
| 1998 | Frankfurt | "Tales of Otters and People: The Rhetoric of Nature." EASA Kongress, Sept. |
| 1997 | Hamburg | "Die Kultur der Natur: Ökotopia." Ringvorlesung "Science Fiction und Utopien." Juli |
| 1995 | Wien | "Wir wollen nicht in einem Indianerreservat leben! Umweltkonflikte in Portugal." DGV Tagung Wien, Sept. |
| 1995 | Hamburg | "Umwelt und Entwicklung in Portugal seit 1986." Katholische Mission. Februar |
| 1993 | St. Augustin | "Ökologischer Diskurs und Umweltkonflikte." Tagung "Europäische Ethnologie," Juni |
Reviewer for
Journal of International Heritage Studies
Social Anthropology (EASA)
Modern Austrian Literature
Sociologus
Nature & Culture
Biodiversity & Conservation
Landscape Research
Eurostudia / Transatlantic Journal for European Studies