{"id":229,"date":"2014-07-16T16:53:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T14:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2015-05-29T16:03:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:03:24","slug":"lang-claudia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalanthropology.de\/english\/members\/l-r\/lang-claudia\/","title":{"rendered":"Lang, Claudia"},"content":{"rendered":"

claudia.lang[at]ethnologie.lmu.de<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Since 2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich: Project leader of the project \u2018The local reality of depression: Depression in the context of biomedicine and subjectivities of depression in Kerala, South India\u2019, funded by the German Research Foundation (LA 3225\/1-1)<\/span><\/p>\n

2009-2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich: Research staff for the project \u2018Glocalizing depression in the context of Ayurvedic psychiatry in Kerala, South India\u2019 (HE 2034(18-1)<\/span><\/p>\n

2007-2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lecturer at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich<\/span><\/p>\n

2006 – 2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich for the pilot project: Local reception and transformation of the concept of depression in the medical pluralism of South Asia, funded by Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsprogramm (HWP), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich<\/span><\/p>\n

2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Promotion. Dissertation: \u2018Intersexuality. People between the sexes\u2019, LMU Munich<\/span><\/p>\n

2001\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Magister Artium in social and cultural anthropology, philosophy and social psychology. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

Psychiatrice Anthropology; transcultural psychiatry; depression; Ayurveda; biopsychiatry; medical pluralism.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

South Asia (India); Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

2006. \u2018Intersexualit\u00e4t. Menschen zwischen den Geschlechtern\u2019. Frankfurt\/New York: Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

2013. (with Eva Jansen) \u2018The Ayurvedic Appropriation of Depression: Biomedicalizing Ayurvedic Psychiatry\u2019. In: Medical Anthropology 32(1). <\/span><\/p>\n

2012. (with Eva Jansen) \u2018Transforming the Self and Healing the Body through the Use of Testimonies in a Divine Retreat Centre, Kerala\u2019. In: Journal of Religion and Health 51 (2): 542-551.<\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018Ayurvedische Pillen gegen Depression \u2013 Die Kommoditisierung ayurvedischer \u201cAntidepressiva\u201d\u2019. In: Curare 35 (3): 177-185.<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. (with Eva Jansen) \u2018Depression und die Revitalisierung ayurvedischer Psychiatrie in Kerala, Indien\u2019, Curare 33 (3+4). <\/span><\/p>\n

2008. (with Ursula Kuhnle-Krahl) \u2018Intersexuality and Alternative Gender Categories in Non-Western Cultures\u2019. In: Hormone Research 69(4): 240-250. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

2009. (with Ursula Kuhnle-Krahl) \u2018Zwischen den Geschlechtern, zwischen den Kulturen \u2013 Intersexualit\u00e4t\u2019. In: Reiner Frank (ed.): Kinder zwischen den Kulturen. Migration, Integration und seelische Gesundheit. Marseille Verlag. <\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018Konflikte um den intersexuellen K\u00f6rper. \u201cEmbodied experiences\u201d\u2019. In: H\u00f6hne, Sven and Rainer Finke (eds.): Intersexualit\u00e4t bei Kindern. pp. 124-127. Bremen: Uni-Med.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Conference Presentations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2013. \u2018Neurochemie, doshas, Geister und public mental health: Die Glokalisierung der Depression in Kerala\u2019, Presentation at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig Maximilian University, M\u00fcnchen. <\/span><\/p>\n

2013. \u2018Engaging depression in the mental health pluralism of Kerala, India\u2019, Presentation at the Conference \u2018Encounters and Engagements. Creating New Agendas for Medical Anthropology\u2019, EASA Medical Anthropology Network und AAA Society for Medical Anthropology, Tarragona. <\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018Neurochemistry, doshas and spirits: Depression in the theory and practice of a Christian Ayurvedic psychiatrist in South India\u2019, Presentation at the 15th Conference of Medical Anthropology: Beyond Boundaries: Interstices in Medical Anthropology, Wien. <\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u2018From possession to mental disorder and back. (Re-)Inventing and positioning ayurvedic psychiatry in the mental health pluralism of Kerala\u2019, Presentation at the 22. European Conference on South Asian Studies, Lissabon.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018Ayurvedische Pillen gegen Depression \u2013 Die Kommoditisierung ayurvedischer \u201cAntidepressiva\u201d\u2019. Vortrag im Rahmen des Panels \u2018Kommodifizierung und Authentizit\u00e4t von Gesundheit und Heilung\u2019, Meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr V\u00f6lkerkunde, Wien.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018From possession to mental disorder. (Re-)Inventing and positioning Ayurvedic psychiatry in the mental health pluralism of Kerala\u2019, Presentation at the EASA Medical Anthropology Network Conference, Rom.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018Die lokale Aneignung der Depression in Kerala\u2019. Presentation at the Institute of Anthropology, University of M\u00fcnster.<\/span><\/p>\n

2011. \u2018The Social Life of Depression in Kerala\u2019. Presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, AAA, St. Monica.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Depression und die Revitalisierung ayurvedischer Psychiatrie in Kerala, Indien\u2019. Presentation at the 22. Fachkonferenz Ethnomedizin der AGEM \u2018Kultur, Medizin und Psychologie im Trialog II\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. \u2018Fighting with rajas and tamas. – Ayurvedic mimicry of allopathic psychiatric science. The case of depression\u2019. Presentation at the AG Medical Anthropology Working Group, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg.<\/span><\/p>\n

2009. (with Eva Jansen) \u2018Glocalizing depression in an ayurvedic mental hospital in Kerala, India\u2019. Presentation at the DGV Meeting, Frankfurt. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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