Werner KraussDr. phil. Social Anthropology |
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I am a social anthropologist and currently an associated DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) professor in the Department of Germanic Studies. I am trained in the Anthropology of Europe, and I have conducted extensive fieldwork in the Swiss Alps, in the South of Portugal and in the North of Germany. My research focuses mainly on the relation between people and their environment, and in this field it covers anthropology of landscapes, political ecology and post-ecological theories, environmental conflicts, nature conservation and environmental movements, National Parks, catastrophes, global change, climate change and science studies.
Other topics of interest are cultural studies, gender studies and the anthropology of sport, especially soccer. As an anthropologist I like to adapt to new environments and milieus, I feel at home in different academic communities and like to have interdisciplinary contacts.
My teaching covers a wide range of topics, from anthropological theory to political ecology, from natural catastrophes to masculinity and sports.
Visit my homepage at the texas universities site.