Education

01.2018 – present

Doctoral candidate in Cultural Anthropology,
Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Bonn.
Working title: “Embodying Gaming. Actualizing the Virtual at Computer Game Events”.

04.2012 – 12.2015

MA European Ethnology & Cultural Anthropology, University of Graz.
Graduation with distinction.
MA thesis: : “Online-Räume und Cyber-Spaces. ‘Der eigentliche Raum des Internets erstreckt sich erst dahinter in die Tiefe’.”

04.2012 – 06.2014

MA Gender Studies, University of Graz.
Graduated with distinction. 
MA thesis: “‘doing gender’ – ‘doing nursing’. Soziale Konstruktionen von Differenzen und Hierarchien in der Krankenpflege.“

02.2010 – 03.2012

BA European Ethnology, University of Graz.
BA-thesis: „Free and Open Source Software – Communities. Ideologien, Motivationen & Prozesse einer sozialen Bewegung“.

10.2009 – 12.2009

Teacher-Training as Yoga-Siromani,
Sivanada TTC, Sivananda Meenakshi Ashram, Madurai, India.

04.2008 – 09.2009

Diploma course in Bharathanatyam (Classical Dance),
Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

09.2007 – 02.2008

BA Computer Science, Graz University of Technology.

09.2005 – 07.2006

Year abroad, Commerce Class, TVS HMSS, Madurai, India

09.1999 – 06.2007

Music High School Dreihackengasse, Graz.
Graduated with distinction

Professional Experience

10.2017 – present

Research and teaching assistant,
Section Cultural Anthropology, Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology,
University of Bonn.

03.2018 – 09.2019

Lecturer,
Department of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, University of Graz &
Department of European Ethnology, University of Vienna.

2018 – 2022

Chairperson “Commission: Digital Anthropology”,
of the „Deutsche Gesellschaft für Empirische Kulturwissenschaft“ (DGEKW), Chairperson with Barbara Frischling, Ina Dietzsch (2018-2020), Dennis Eckhart & Christoph Bareither (2020-2022)

10.2015 – 09.2017

Project management & acquisition of external funding,
Department of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, University of Graz.

03.2015 – 09.2015

Student Assistant,
Prof. Dr. Helmut Eberhart, Department of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, University of Graz.

03.2013 – 03.2015

Tutor,
Department of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, University of Graz. (Courses: “Stadt-Raum-Kultur” &”Qualitative Interviews und teilnehmende Beobachtung”)

10.2012 – 07.2013

Counselor
at the Office for Feminist Politics, ÖH Uni Graz.

Grants and Scholarships

09.2023

Forum Humanum Scholarship,
Mind-Dependent Artifacts and Artifact-Dependent Minds — AI and the Human”, IPNH autumn workshop, New School, New York City, USA

05.2022

Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Grant,
Zadar, Croatia.

2020 -2021

Argelander Grants for research and outreach projects on the coronavirus pandemic,
Bonndemic. Urbane Kulturen in und nach der Pandemie“,
project lead with Valeska Flor and Victoria Huszka, Bonn, Germany

2019 – 2021

Project Grants, “BONN|ER|LEBEN. Streifzüge durch städtische Alltagskultur”,
funded by the City of Bonn, the LVR-Institute for regional history & Universitätsgesellschaft Bonn.

2019-2023

Research Grants, „Strukturiertes Promotionsprogramm“,
by the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Bonn.

2019 & 2020

DAAD Grants for congress trips for junior researchers

2011/2013/2014

Excellence Scholarships, Faculty of Humanities, University of Graz, Austria

Further Training (Selection)

2020 – 2021

MeTra – Mentoring and Training Programme for Junior Women Scientists,
Gleichstellungsbüro, University of Bonn.

01.2020

Winterschool „Technisch – Kritisch – Digital. Interdisziplinäre Explorationen“,
Filzbach, Switzerland.
Seminar for Cultural Studies and European Ethnology, Digital Humanities Lab & Graduate School G3S, University of Basel.

Since 2018

“Professional Teaching Competence for Higher Education”,
NRW certificate programme, University of Bonn.

2015-2016

Training Courses:
“Methods of project management”, “Project management basics”, “Academic writing and expression”, “Science-to-public communication” “Copyright and intelectual property”, University of Graz.

2015

Interdisciplinary modules:
“Digital Science. Media competence, information science and IT law”, & “Information Modelling”, University of Graz.

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