klein[at]dr-thamar-klein.com<\/a><\/span>
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Thamar Klein has a PhD in social and cultural anthropology from the University of Cologne and focuses inter alia on Medical Anthropology and Queer Theories. Ze is research partner of the Working Group Medical Diversity at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Department of Socio-Cultural Diversity in Goettingen. Currently ze serves as a member of the Advisory Board for TvT: Transrespect Versus Transphobia Worldwide, as a member of the Editor’s Advisory Board for Liminalis: Journal for Sex\/Gender Emancipation and Resistance, and is the chair of the Working Group Medical Anthropology, a subsection of the German Anthropological Association.<\/span><\/p>\n

Between 2000 and 2006, ze conducted research on medical pluralism as well as glocalisation and transformation processes within the medical landscapes of Benin (West Africa). The main focus was placed on social interaction systems, decision-making processes of individuals and groups as well as the change of classification systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

From 2006 to 2009, ze worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle\/Saale and is since January 2009 research associate at the Somatechnics Research Centre, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia (now Somatechnics research associate at the Institute for LGBT studies, University of Arizona, United States). Hir postdoc projects examine how global circulating ideas, policies and technologies affect South African transgender identities as well as the classification systems of sex and gender.<\/span><\/p>\n

From January 2010 to December 2011, ze headed the project \u2018Peer Review at the German Research Foundation. Researching into Expert Panels: the example of Collaborative Research Centers\u2019 at the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (iFQ ), Bonn \/ Berlin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Transnational health policies; Global flows of medical knowledge and healing landscapes; Somatechnologies; Queer Theory, Social Networks and Movements; Classification systems<\/span><\/p>\n

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

East Africa (Ethiopia); West Afrika (Benin); South Africa (South Africa)<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

2010. (with Kerstin Hadjer): \u2018Sozialer Wandel im s\u00fcdlichen Marokko. Beitr\u00e4ge erster Feldforschungen\u2019. M\u00fcnster u.a.: Lit Verlag.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018\u201dAlafia\u201d. Globale und lokale Medizinen in Benin\u2019. M\u00fcnster: LIT Verlag.<\/span><\/p>\n

2005. \u2018Befindensweisen und therapeutische Wege in Dendougou, Benin\u2019. Dissertation: Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne. Online: http:\/\/kups.ub.uni-koeln.de\/volltexte\/2005\/1600\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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

2013. \u2018Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Access Inequalities to Medical Technologies Faced by Transgendered South Africans\u2019. In: Technology and Innovation, 15(2): 165-179.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018Who Decides Whose Gender? Medico-legal classifications of sex and gender and their impact on transgendered South Africans\u2019 family rights\u2019. In: Ethnoscripts, 14(2): 12 -34.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. (with Alexandra Kraatz and Stefan Hornbostel) \u2018Begutachtungsprozesse im Wettbewerb um Drittmittel. Das Beispiel der Sonderforschungsbereiche\u2019. In: die hochschule, 2\/2012, 164\u2010182.
\n2011. (with Meike Olbrecht): \u2018Triangulation of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Panel Peer Review Research\u2019. International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education (IJCDSE; 2(2), 342\u2013348.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. (with Meike Olbrecht): \u2018Methoden-Triangulation zur Untersuchung von Gutachtergruppen? Peer Review in der DFG: Panelbegutachtung am Beispiel der Sonderforschungsbereiche\u2019. Qualit\u00e4t in der Wissenschaft. Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Qualit\u00e4tsentwicklung in Forschung, Studium und Administration, Heft 1\/2011, 21-26.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Intersex and Transgender Activism in South Africa\u2019. In: Liminalis 3: 15-41.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018Querying medical and legal discourses of queer sexes and genders in South Africa\u2019. In: Anthropological Matters Journal 10(2). <\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Selecting Therapies in Benin: Making choices between informal, formal, private and public health services\u2019. In: Afrika Spectrum 42(3): 467-481.<\/span><\/p>\n

2005. (with Kerstin Hadjer and Marion Schopp) \u2018Water consumption embedded in its social context, north-western Benin\u2019. In: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A\/B\/C, Volume 30, 6-7, S. 357-364.<\/span><\/p>\n

2004. (with Johanna Offe) \u2018Medizinethnologische Forschungen in Sub-Sahara Afrika\u2013ein \u00dcberblick\u2019. In: Curare 27 (1+2). Medizinethnologische Herausforderungen: Die AG Medical Anthropology in der Gesellschaft f\u00fcr V\u00f6lkerkunde e.V.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

2014. \u2018Queering Biopolitics: Normation and Resilience of South African Trans*-Gendered Citizens\u2019. In: E. S. Lewis, R. Borba, B.F. Fabr\u00edcio and D. Pinto (eds.): Queering Paradigms IV: South-North Dialogues on Queer Epistemologies, Embodiments and Activisms. Oxford, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang, 270 \u2013 300.
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2012. \u2018Configuring Trans* Citizens in South Africa: Somatechnics, Self-Formation and Governmentality\u2019. In: Geissler, Paul Wenzel, Rottenburg, Richard and Julia Zenker (eds.), VerK\u00f6rperungen: Vol. 15. Rethinking Biomedicine and Governance in Africa. Contributions from Anthropology (1st ed., pp. 43\u201374). Bielefeld: Transcript.<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. (with Meike Olbrecht): \u2018How Expert Panels Decide \u2013 Peer Review through Commitees\u2019. In: Shoniregun, Charles A. and Galyna A. Akmayeva (eds.): Proceedings of the London International Conference on Education. London: Infonomics Society, 47-48.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018L’eau et la sant\u00e9\u2019. In: Judex, Michael and Hans-Peter Thamm (eds.): IMPETUS Atlas du B\u00e9nin. S. 51-52. L’Institut G\u00e9ographique: Universit\u00e9 de Bonn.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. (with Kerstin Hadjer and Uwe Singer) \u2018Enqu\u00eate r\u00e9gionale sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la subsistance\u2019. In: Judex, Michael and Hans-Peter Thamm (eds.): IMPETUS Atlas du B\u00e9nin. S. 115-116. L’Institut G\u00e9ographique: Universit\u00e9 de Bonn.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. (with Kerstin Hadjer and Marion Schopp) \u2018La consommation d’eau interpret\u00e9e en fonctionne du contexte social\u2019. In: Judex, Michael and Hans-Peter Thamm (eds.): IMPETUS Atlas du B\u00e9nin. S. 55-56. L’Institut G\u00e9ographique: Universit\u00e9 de Bonn.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018Water and Health\u2019. In: Thamm, Hans-Peter, Judex, Michael and Michael Christoph (eds.): IMPETUS Atlas, Benin. 2nd Complete Revised Edition. S. 51-52. Department of Geography: University of Bonn.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. (with Kerstin Hadjer and Uwe Singer) \u2018Regional Survey on Livelihood Security\u2019. In: Thamm, Hans-Peter, Judex, Michael and Michael Christoph (eds.): IMPETUS Atlas, Benin. 2nd Complete Revised Edition. S. 115-116. Department of Geography: University of Bonn.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. (with Kerstin Hadjer and Marion Schopp) \u2018Water Consumption embedded in its Social Context\u2019. In: Thamm, Hans-Peter, Judex, Michael and Michael Christoph (eds.): IMPETUS Atlas, Benin. 2nd Complete Revised Edition. S. 55-56. Department of Geography: University of Bonn.<\/span><\/p>\n

2005. (with Kerstin Hadjer and Marion Schopp) \u2018Water consumption in the Upper Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 under socio economic aspects\u2019. In: Thamm, Hans-Peter; Sch\u00fctz, O. and Michael Christoph (eds.): IMPETUS Atlas – Benin – Research Results. Bonn, Publishing House: University of Bonn, Remote Sensing Research Group. <\/span><\/p>\n

2003. \u2018Traditional Birth Attendants\u2019. In: Siegbert Uhlig (eds.): Encyclopeadia Aethiopica I, S. 592-593. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

2011. (with Meike Olbrecht) \u2018SFB-Begutachtung: Entscheidungsfindung in Gruppen\u2019. In: Hornbostel, Stefan and Anna Schelling (eds.), 2011: Evaluation: New Balance of Power? iFQ-Working Paper No.9. Bonn, 33-45.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Technologies of Trans* Citizen Configuration: The Case of South Africa\u2019. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Papers. No. 119. http:\/\/www.eth.mpg.de\/pubs\/wps\/mpi-eth-working-paper-0119.html<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. Rezension. Dilger, Hansj\u00f6rg: Leben mit AIDS. Krankheit, Tod und soziale Beziehungen in Afrika. Frankfurt am Main\/New York: Campus Verlag, 2005. In: Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Ethnologie 132(1): 155-157.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Conference Presentations and Organization
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2013. Workshop organization together with Hansj\u00f6rg Dilger: Situating Medical Anthropology: Between the \u2018ivory tower of science,\u201d activist engagement, and ethical responsibility. GAA Biannual Conference <\/span><\/p>\n

2013 \u2018Locations: anthropology in the academy, the workplace, and the public sphere\u201d, Mainz University, 04.10.2013, Mainz.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018Vermessen: K\u00f6rperklassifikationen s\u00fcdafrikanischer B\u00fcrger_innen.\u201d Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Freiburg, 13.12.2012, Freiburg.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. Conference organization together with Bernhard Hadolt: Interstices in Medical Anthropology, 15th Anniversary Conference of the Work Group Medical Anthropology of the German Anthropological Association e.V., University of Vienna, 29.11. \u2013 02.12.2012, Vienna, Austria.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018Betwixt and Between: The medicalization of South African liminal gendered citizens.\u201d Interstices in Medical Anthropology, 15th Anniversary Conference of the Work Group Medical Anthropology of the German Anthropological Association e.V., University of Vienna, 29.11. \u2013 02.12.2012, Vienna, Austria.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018Queering Biopolitics: Normation and resilience of South African trans*-gendered citizens.\u201d Queering Paradigms IV, 24.07 \u2013 28.07.2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018Ethnologische Perspektiven auf Homosexualit\u00e4t in unterschiedlichen Kulturen.\u2019 CSD- Kulturwoche
\n2012 \u2013 \u2018Liebe ohne Grenzen \u2013 Akzeptanz von Lesben und Schwulen in allen Kulturen\u2019, 26.06.2012, Bielefeld.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018\u2019They were (not) ashamed\u2019: Family from transgendered South African perspectives.\u201d VAD Tagung, University of Cologne, 30.05. \u2013 02.06.2012, Cologne.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018Transgender Lost in Translation: Zur Glokalisierung von K\u00f6rper-klassifikationen am Beispiel S\u00fcdafrika.\u2019 Gender Salon \u00b3, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 29.02.2012, Munich.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. (with Alexandra Kraatz) \u2018Lehre – Forschung \u2013 Evaluation: Zur diffizilen Situation von ProfessorInnen als Antragsstellende & Gutachtende von SFBs und den daraus folgenden Effekten bei der Panelbegutachtung\u2019. Vortrag gehalten auf dem Workshop: Anwerben \u2013 Andocken \u2013 Anwenden. Wie reagieren Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen auf neue Herausforderungen f\u00fcr das deutsche Wissenschafts- und Innovationssystem? Social Science Research Center Berlin (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin f\u00fcr Sozialforschung, WZB), Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (Institut f\u00fcr Forschungsinformation und Qualit\u00e4tssicherung, iFQ), Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI (Fraunhofer ISI), 22.-23.9.2011, Berlin.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018Of Prospects and Pitfalls: Panel Peer Review at the German Research Foundation\u2019. INGRoup Sixth Annual Conference, INGRoup interdisciplinary network for group research, Minneapolis, USA (22. Juli 2011).<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018Im Westen nix Neues? Die Inszenierung von Geschlecht\u2018.Bielefelder Aktionstage gegen Sexismus und Homophobie, Bielefeld (28. January 2011).<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. \u2018Movin’, Movin’, Movin’\u2018. Public application lecture for appointment to the position of W1 Junior Professorship at the Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne (17. December 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. \u2018Kollektiv korrektiv oder polarisierend? Gruppenbegutachtung am Beispiel der Sonderforschungsbereiche\u2019. Center for Cluster Development, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Berlin (07. October 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. \u2018Von Platzhirschen und der Gruppe als Korrektiv\u2019. Annual Workshop of the Network Evaluation, Darmstadt (19. July 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. \u2018Methoden-Triangulation zur Untersuchung von Gutachtergruppen?\u2018 13th Annual Conference of DeGEval – Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Evaluation, Luxemburg (17. September 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. (with Meike Olbrecht) \u2018How Expert Panels Decide \u2013 Peer Review through Committees\u2019. London International Conference on Education (LICE-2010), London, UK (06. September 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. \u2018Geschlechtliche Konfigurationen transsexueller B\u00fcrger_innen in S\u00fcdafrika\u2019. Workshop Aktuelle Forschungen der AG Medical Anthropology, Work Group Medical Anthropology of the German Anthropological Association (DGV), Berlin (19. Juni 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. (with Meike Olbrecht) \u2018Entscheidungsfindung in Gruppen: Am Beispiel SFB-Begutachtung\u2019. Vortrag gehalten auf der Konferenz Evaluation: New Balance of Power?, 4. iFQ-Jahrestagung in Kooperation mit dem WZB, iFQ Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance, Berlin (14 Juni 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. (with Meike Olbrecht) \u2018Panel Peer Review: Begutachtung durch Gruppen\u2019. Forschungskolloquium Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie der LMU M\u00fcnchen, Lehrstuhl f\u00fcr Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich (09. Juni 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. \u2018Panelbegutachtung am Beispiel der Sonderforschungsbereiche\u2019. DFG Montagsgespr\u00e4ch im Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn, German Research Foundation, Bonn (22. Februar 1010).<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018(Re)Figuring Trans* Citizens’ Sex and Gender: The Case of South Africa\u2019. Somatechnics Research Center in Sydney, Australia (20. November 2009).<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Trans* citizenship in the making: the case of South Africa\u2019. Fourth Annual Workshop Biomedicine in Africa IV, Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle\/Saale (18.-19. Juni 2009).<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018Von Drachen, Barometern und Widerspr\u00fcchen: Triangulationsbeispiele aus Forschungsarbeiten in Benin und S\u00fcdafrika\u2019. Public application lecture for appointment to the position of W1 Junior Professorship at the Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne (13. November 2008). <\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Medical, legal and political discourses on trans- and intersexuality in South Africa\u2019. Interdisciplinary Explorations of Gender, Culture and Identity; University of the Western Cape, 18.-19.10.2007, Cape Town, South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Que(e)rying Bodies in South Africa\u2019. Follow up to the Second Annual Workshop Biomedicine in Africa II, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, 04.07.2007, Halle\/Saale.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Beispiele f\u00fcr medizinethnologische Forschungen aus Benin und S\u00fcdafrika\u2019. Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, 30.06.2007, Cologne.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Globalising body perceptions: Medicine, law, inter-, and transsexuality in South Africa\u2019. Second Annual Workshop Biomedicine in Africa II, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, 20.03.2007, Halle\/Saale.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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