kristin.kastner[at]ethnologie.lmu.de<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

04\/2016-08\/2016: <\/strong>Postdoc-Grant (DAAD); Fieldwork in Dakar, Senegal<\/span><\/p>\n

2014-2016: <\/strong>Deputy Women\u2019s Representative, Faculty 12, LMU M\u00fcnchen<\/span><\/p>\n

2014-2016<\/strong>: Mentee, LMU Mentoring Program, LMUexcellent<\/span><\/p>\n

since 2013:<\/strong> Academic Councelor and Lecturer, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU M\u00fcnchen<\/span><\/p>\n

2007-2013<\/strong>: Lecturer, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Goethe-Universit\u00e4t, Frankfurt am Main<\/span><\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>: Ph.D., BIGSAS (Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies), Universit\u00e4t Bayreuth, Thesis title: \u201eZwischen Suffering und Styling. Nigerianische Migrantinnen beiderseits des Estrecho\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Body and body manipulation; migration and mobility; borders and border crossings; fashion and styling; construction of sex and gender<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Research Area(s)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mediterranean (in particular Andalusia, Strait of Gibraltar and Northern Morocco); West Africa (SW- Nigeria and Senegal)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monographs and Edited Volumes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2014. \u201eZwischen Suffering und Styling. Die lange Reise nigerianischer Migrantinnen nach Europa\u201c. M\u00fcnster: LIT.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. (Eds., with Hans Peter Hahn) \u2018Urban Life-Worlds in Motion. African Perspectives\u2019. Bielefeld: transcript.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018Hermaphroditische K\u00f6rper. Zweigeschlechtlichkeit als kulturelle Konstruktion\u2019. Master Thesis. Saarbr\u00fccken: Verlag Dr. M\u00fcller.<\/span><\/p>\n

Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2010. \u2018Moving relationships: family ties of Nigerian migrants on their way to Europe\u2019. In: African and Black Diaspora 3 (1): 17-34.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018\u201cMy baby is my paper!\u201d Famili\u00e4re Bindungen nigerianischer Migrantinnen auf dem Weg nach Europa\u2019. In: Afrika Spectrum 42 (2): 251-273.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapters in Edited Books<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2017. \u201eSchweigen \u00fcber Schreiben?\u201c In: Verne, Markus, Ivanov, Paola und Magnus Magnus Treiber (Hrsg.): K\u00f6rper Technik Wissen. Kreativit\u00e4t und Aneignungsprozesse in Afrika. S. 153-164. Berlin: LIT-Verlag.<\/span><\/p>\n

2014. \u201eK\u00f6rper\u201c. In: Eggert, Manfred, Hahn, Hans Peter und Stefanie Samida (Hrsg.): Handbuch Materielle Kultur. S. 222-225. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler.<\/span><\/p>\n

2013. \u2018Nigerian Border Crossers. Women Travelling to Europy By Land\u2019. In: Triulzi, Alessandro and Robert McKenzie (Eds.): Long Journeys. Lifes and Voices of African Migrants on the Road. pp. 27-46. Leiden: Brill.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018Epilogue. Images and Spaces\u2019. In: Hahn, Hans Peter and Kristin Kastner (Eds.): Urban Life-Worlds in Motion. African Perspectives. pp. 207-215. Bielefeld: transcript.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018Vivir con la frontera a cuestas: migrantes nigerianas de camino hacia Europa. El impacto de las zonas fronterizas en el cuerpo y la lengua\u2019. In: Natalia Ribas-Mateos (Eds.): El R\u00edo Bravo Mediterr\u00e1neo. Las Regiones Fronterizas en la \u00e9poca de la Globalizaci\u00f3n. pp. 512-528. Barcelona: Editorial Bellaterra.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018Cuerpo, corporeidad y migraci\u00f3n. Nigerianas a ambos lados del Estrecho\u2019. In: Solana, Jos\u00e9 Luis and Estefan\u00eda Aci\u00e9n (Eds.): Los retos de la prostituci\u00f3n. Estigmatizaci\u00f3n, derechos y respeto. pp. 45-57. Granada: Comares.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018In den Leib geschrieben. Von Frauen, M\u00e4nnern und Hermaphroditen\u2019. In: kuckuck. Notizen zur Alltagskultur 1\/11: 44-47.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018T\u00f6dliches Warten auf Europa\u2019. In: Der Standard, Album, 31.10.2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Conference Presentations<\/span>
\n2017. \u201eEveryday Spectacle: Practices of Fashion in Greater Dakar\u201d. ECAS-Tagung, Basel, Juni 2017.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2017. \u201e,It is not easy at all…!\u2019. Die Rolle des K\u00f6rpers nigerianischer Migrantinnen auf dem Weg nach Europa\u201c. Kolloquium, Institut f\u00fcr Medizingeschichte, Justus-Liebig-Universit\u00e4t Gie\u00dfen, Juni 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

2016. \u201eSa\u00f1se, Fashion und M\u00e9tissage. Urbane Modepraktiken im Senegal\u201c. Oberseminar, Institut f\u00fcr Ethnologie, LMU M\u00fcnchen, November 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

2016. \u201e,Tout est possible!\u2018 Mode als soziokulturelle Praxis im Senegal\u201c. Afrika-Kolloquium, Institut f\u00fcr Ethnologie, Goethe-Universit\u00e4t, Frankfurt am Main, Januar 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

2016. \u201cTranscending borders, transcending boundaries. Anthropological perspectives on the body in transnational migration\u201d. Keynote Lecture, International Workshop “Embodied Experience of Transnational Movements: Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Dynamics”, Bielefeld Graduate School, Juli 2015.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2015. \u201eDie lange Reise nach Europa. Zum soziokulturellen Gep\u00e4ck nigerianischer Migrantinnen\u201c. Caritas. Landestagung Migration und Integration, \u201eAktuelle Entwicklungen im Kontext der Migrations- und Asylarbeit\u201c, Schlo\u00df Hirschberg, Beilngries, Mai 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

2015. \u201eZwischen st\u00e4ndiger Mobilit\u00e4t und \u201aStaying Trankil\u2018. Die Migration aus dem subsaharischen Afrika in Richtung Europa\u201c. Forum \u201eKultur der Migration\u201c, XI. Jahrestagung Illegalit\u00e4t, Katholische Akademie Berlin, Berlin, M\u00e4rz 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

2014. \u201eLeben am existenziellen Limit. Nigerianische Migrantinnen zwischen \u201asweet Europe\u2019 und \u201ahell\u2019\u201c. Oberseminar, Institut f\u00fcr Ethnologie, LMU M\u00fcnchen, November 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

2014. \u201eSweet Europe, rest of mind and money. Nigerian migrants\u2019 visions about the future between Morocco and Spain\u201c. VAD-Tagung, Bayreuth, Juni 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018Social ties in motion: Nigerian trans-migrants in Morocco and Spain\u2019. Internationale Konferenz \u2018The Resilience of People in Motion\u2019, Trier, Oktober 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018\u201cHere we live like animals…\u201d Eine \u201cexistential anthropology\u201d f\u00fcr das Leben an existenziellen Grenzen?\u2019 DGV Wien, September 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018\u201cI work with my body\u201d. Nigerian women in Morocco and Spain\u2019. SIEF-Konferenz \u2018People Make Places – ways of feeling the world\u2019, Lissabon, April 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. \u2018Zwischen Suffering und Styling. Nigerianische Migrantinnen beiderseits des Estrecho\u2019. Oberseminar von Prof. Dr. Frank Heidemann, Institut f\u00fcr Ethnologie, LMU M\u00fcnchen Juni 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Crossing Borders, transgressing concepts of personhood. Female Nigerian migrants in Morocco and Spain\u2019. BIGSAS-Oberseminar, Bayreuth, Juli 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Nigerian Border Crossers. Travelling to Europe through land\u2019. ECAS Konferenz, Leipzig, Juni 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Comment on \u201cSisters of No Mercy\u201d\u2019. Internationale Konferenz \u2018The Occult and Its Mediation\u2019, Bayreuth, Mai 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Traum-Bilder von beiden Seiten des Estrecho\u2019. IHE-Afrika-Kolloquium, Frankfurt\/Main, Februar 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Moving relationships in times of uncertainty. Family ties of Nigerian female migrants\u2019. BIGSAS-Colloquium, Bayreuth, Januar 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018Vivir con la frontera Migrantes nigerianas en el camino hacia Europa\u2019. Konferenz \u2018El R\u00edo Bravo Mediterr\u00e1neo. Las regiones fronterizas en la \u00e9poca de la globalizaci\u00f3n\u2019, La Coru\u00f1a, Spanien, Juni 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018Nigerian women on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar: Gender, Migration and the Body\u2019. Doktorandenseminar von Prof. Vanessa Maher, Dipartimento di Psicologia e Antropologia culturale, Verona, April 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Die lange Reise. Nigerianische Migrantinnen auf dem Weg nach Europa\u2019. M\u00fcnchner Fl\u00fcchtlingsrat, Dezember 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Leben mit der Grenze. Nigerianische Migrantinnen beiderseits des Estrecho\u2019. Afrika-Kolloquium, Institut f\u00fcr Historische Ethnologie, Frankfurt am Main, November 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Family ties of Nigerian migrants on the road\u2019. ECAS-Tagung, Leiden, Juli 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

kristin.kastner[at]ethnologie.lmu.de 04\/2016-08\/2016: Postdoc-Grant (DAAD); Fieldwork in Dakar, Senegal 2014-2016: Deputy Women\u2019s Representative, Faculty 12, LMU M\u00fcnchen 2014-2016: Mentee, LMU Mentoring Program, LMUexcellent since 2013: Academic Councelor and Lecturer, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU M\u00fcnchen 2007-2013: Lecturer, Department of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":56,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/976"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}