annika.strauss[at]wwu.de<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Annika Strauss<\/strong> graduated (Magistra Artium) in Social Anthropology (Main Subject), Political Science (1st Subsidiary) and Economic Policy (2nd Subsidiary) in October 2010. Her final thesis is titled \u201cHomeless Madmen\/women \u2013 Ethnography of a Rehabilitation Project for Mentally Ill Roadside Destitutes in Western India\u201d and is based on a field research conducted from September 2008 till February 2009 in an NGO near Mumbai\/India. Since November 2010 she is doctoral candidate in Social Anthropology at the Institut f\u00fcr Ethnologie\/Westfaelische-Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster (doctoral adviser: Prof. Dr. Helene Basu). Her research project “Sex-Gender and Psychiatry in Mumbai” is once more placed in the field of Transcultural Psychiatry. It focuses on the question how the category “sex-gender” moulds biomedical practice in two cosmopolitan (public and private) psychiatric institutions in Mumbai\/India. Since September 2012 she works as a lecturer at the Institut f\u00fcr Ethnologie\/WWU M\u00fcnster and regularly teaches Bachelor and Master classes in Social Anthropology. In September 2014 she completed the training course on \u201eProfessionelle Lehrkompetenz f\u00fcr die Hochschule\u201c (NRW-Zertifikat) [North Rhine-Westphalian Certificate \u201cProfessional Teaching Competency in Academia\u201d]. From November 2016 until March 2017 she visited the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, School of Rural Development Tuljapur, Maharashtra, India as a guest lecturer and taught a transnational E-learning course on autoethnography to Indian and German students.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

03.2007 Research internship at ZIPP \u2013 Zentrum fuer Transkulturelle Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie [Centre of Transcultural Psychiatry and Psychotherapy] at the Charit\u00e9 (Berlin) under the supervision of Dr. med. E. Wohlfart; study research project \u201eWahrnehmung von Besessenheit unter in der Klinik f\u00fcr Psychotherapie und Psychiatrie besch\u00e4ftigten PsychiaterInnen und PsychotherapeutInnen\u201c [\u201eThe Perception of Possession by Psychiatrist and Psychotherapists in the Clinic of Psychotherapy and Psychiatry\/Charit\u00e9\u201c]<\/span><\/p>\n

9.- 12. 2008 Research internship in an NGO concerned with the rehabilitation of mentally ill roadside destitutes near Mumbai\/India sponsored by Heinrich Hertz-Stiftung NRW, Mentor: Dr. Katy Y. Gandevia (Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)<\/em>, Mumbai)<\/span><\/p>\n

03.2011 \u2013 02.2012; 03. + 09.2013 Field research in two psychiatric institutions in Mumbai\/India, data collection for phd-thesis \u201eSex-Gender and Psychiatry in Mumbai\u201c, sponsored by Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)<\/span><\/p>\n

9.2012 \u2013 present\u00a0Sensory Ethnography in (university) classrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Transcultural Psychiatry and Medical Anthropology, Concept of Person and Self, Public Health, Gender Studies, Anthropology of Institutions, Anthropology of Biomedicine, Learning and Teaching; Self)-Reflexivity as Social Anthropological Method
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Research Area(s)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

South Asia (in particular Mumbai\/Maharashtra); Anthropology at Home\/Autoethnography<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

2011. \u201eEthnografie eines Rehabilitationsprojekts f\u00fcr psychisch kranke Obdachlose im westlichen Indien. Die heimatlosen Verr\u00fcckten\u201c. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovac.<\/span><\/p>\n

2015. (guest editor together with Marion Linska): \u201eSelbstreflexion im Kontext medizinethnologischer Langzeitfeldforschung\/Self-reflection in the Context of Long-term Field Research in Medical Anthropology\u201c. Curare 38 (1+2).<\/span><\/p>\n

Journal Articles<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2017 \u201eExperiments with Image Theatre: Accessing and Giving Meaning to Sensory Experiences in Social Anthropology.\u201d Learning and Teaching. The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences 10 (3), S. 1-24. (DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3167\/latiss.2017.100203)<\/span><\/p>\n

2015. \u201eBeyond the Black Box and Therapy Culture \u2013 \u201aVerst\u00f6rende\u2018 Feldforschungserfahrungen als Zugang zu lokalem Wissen verstehen lernen<\/em>\u201c. Curare 38 (1+2), S. 87-102 (Ed. together with Marion Linska: \u201eSelbstreflexion im Kontext medizinethnologischer Langzeitfeldforschung\/Self-reflection in the Context of Long-term Field Research in Medical Anthropology\u201c).<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

2015. \u201eSelbstreflexion im Kontext medizinethnologischer Langzeitfeldforschung. Einleitung\u201c. In: Curare 38 (1+2), S. 9-24 (Ed. together with Marion Linska: \u201eSelbstreflexion im Kontext medizinethnologischer Langzeitfeldforschung\/Self-reflection in the Context of Long-term Field Research in Medical Anthropology\u201c).<\/span><\/p>\n

Conference Presentations <\/strong>(since 2007)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0 Paper at DGV-Tagung \u201cZugeh\u00f6rigkeiten: Affektive, moralische und politische Praxen in einer vernetzten Welt\u201d, 4^{th<\/sup>-7th<\/sup> October, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin: \u201c’Doing gay and feeling female’ \u2013 Transgressing biomedical categories in a psychiatric setting in Mumbai, India\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n}

2017\u00a0\u00a0 Workshop at DGV-Tagung \u201cZugeh\u00f6rigkeiten: Affektive, moralische und politische Praxen in einer vernetzten Welt\u201d, 4^{th<\/sup>-7th<\/sup> October, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, together with Cassis Kilian: \u201cVerspielte EthnologInnen: Darstellende Kunst als reflexive Praxis zur Erkundung einer vernetzten Welt\u201d [\u201cPlayful Anthropologists: Performing Arts as Reflexive Practice to Explore an Interconnected World\u201d]<\/span><\/p>\n}

2017\u00a0\u00a0 Paper at \u201cDoing Sex: Men, Masculinity and Sexual Practices Conference\u201d, 13^{th<\/sup>-14th<\/sup> July, Newcastle University: \u201c’Doing gay and feeling female’ \u2013 A queer narrative from a psychiatric setting in Mumbai, India\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n}

2016\u00a0\u00a0 Report at Interims-Tagung of the working group \u2018Ethnologische Bildung\u2019 \u201cTheorieFeldPraxis\u201d, 24^{th<\/sup>-25th<\/sup> September, Universit\u00e4t T\u00fcbingen, together with Natalie Gies-Powroznik; M.A., Fatima El-Gazri, B.A., Constantina Rokos, B.A. and Alina Zurm\u00fchlen, B.A.: \u201cProjektbericht: \u201aDoing Engaged Anthropology\u2018 \u2013 Erfahrungen im Kontext eines Studierendenprojekts in einer M\u00fcnsteraner Fl\u00fcchtlingsunterkunft\u201d [\u201cProject Report: \u2018Doing Engaged Anthropology\u2019 \u2013 Experiences in the Context of a Study Project in a Munsteranian Refugee Camp\u201d]<\/span><\/p>\n}

2016\u00a0\u00a0 27^{th<\/sup> FK-AGEM Fachkonferenz Ethnomedizin \u201cMedizinethnologie 2016: The State of the Art\u201d, Heidelberg V\u00f6lkerkundemuseum, 17th<\/sup>-19th<\/sup> June: \u201c’Addiction Narratives’ in Mumbai, Indien\u201d [\u201c\u2019Addiction Narratives\u2019 in Mumbai, India\u201d]<\/span><\/p>\n}

2016\u00a0\u00a0 Workshop \u201cTeaching and Learning Sensory Ethnography\u201d; 8^{th<\/sup> April, University of Amsterdam<\/span><\/p>\n}

2015\u00a0\u00a0 Presentation in the research seminar \u201eCe qui se dit, \u00e0 qui et comment Approche panchronique et pluridisciplinaire\u201c sous la direction de Salom\u00e9 Deboos, 11^{th<\/sup> December, Universit\u00e9 de Strasbourg: \u201eCommunicating Sensory Fieldwork Experiences\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n}

2015\u00a0\u00a0 Paper at 7^{th<\/sup> International Symposium, Global Mental Health \u2013 Mental Health in Developing Countries, October 31st<\/sup>, Munich: \u201eWhat a Psychiatric Patient Can Tell Us about Psychiatric Culture?’ – Reflections on Anthropological Fieldwork in Two Psychiatric Institutions in Mumbai\/India\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n}

2015\u00a0\u00a0 Paper given at DGV-Tagung 2015, \u201eKrisen. Re-Formationen von Leben, Macht und Welt\u201c, September 30^{th<\/sup> \u2013 Ocotber 3rd<\/sup>, Philipps Universit\u00e4t Marburg: Workshop 42, \u201ePerception of Crises in South Asia \u2013 Processes of Negotiation in Decision Making\u201c Helene Basu in cooperation with Annika Strauss: \u201eComing in and Coming out \u2013 Crises and Negotiation surrounding Admission and Discharge Processes in an Indian Mental Health Institution\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n}

2015 Lab facilitated at EASA Teaching Anthropology Network-Conference: \u201cOne discipline, many ways: Teaching anthropology in changing contexts\u201d, September 3^{rd<\/sup>-4th<\/sup>, Copenhagen: \u201cGiving Meaning to Experiences \u2013 Experiments with Experiential Teaching Methods in a Study Abroad Programme\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n}

2015. Workshop on \u201ePostcolonial Encounters\u201c organized by Tata Institute of Social Sciences Tuljapur and Department of Social Anthropology, WWU Muenster, DAAD \u201cA New Passage to India\u201d; February 23^{rd<\/sup>-25th<\/sup>, Tuljapur Campus, Tuljapur, Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India: \u201eLaboratory: Unsettling Experiences in Cross-Cultural Encounters\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n}

2014. 27^{th<\/sup> FK-AGEM e.V. \u201cGlobal Mental Health \u2013 Mental Health in Africa, Asia and Latin America from Anthropological and Cultural Psychiatric Points of View\/Psychische Gesundheit und Krankheit in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika aus ethnologischer und kulturpsychiatrischer Sicht, Heidelberg V\u00f6lkerkundemuseum\u201c June 27th<\/sup>-29th<\/sup>: \u201e’What a Psychiatric Patient Can Tell Us about Psychiatric Culture?’ – Reflections on Anthropological Fieldwork in Two Psychiatric Institutions in Mumbai\/India\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n}

2014. Talk at \u201eChalo India\u201c, Indian Film Festival M\u00fcnster, April 24^{th<\/sup>-26th<\/sup>: \u201eDie weibliche Verr\u00fccktheit \u2013 Frauen zwischen Depression und Besessenheit in der indischen Psychiatrie\u201d [\u201eFemale Madness \u2013 Women, Depression, and Possession in Indian Psychiatry]<\/span><\/p>\n}

2013. 26^{th<\/sup> FK-AGEM e.V. “Stranger and Friend \u2013 Der Platz langfristiger Feldforschungen in den Diskursen zur ‘Global Health’ \/ The Place of Long Term Anthropological Field Research for the Project of ‘Global Health’\u201c, November 15th<\/sup>-17th<\/sup> \u2013 Anthropos-Institut in St. Augustin: \u201e\u201aStaying Sane in Insane Places\u2018 \u2013 Reflektionen \u00fcber \u201aersch\u00fctternde\u2018 Feldforschungserfahrungen in psychiatrischen Settings\u201c [\u201eReflections on \u201aUnsettling\u2018 Fieldwork Experiences in Psychiatric Settings\u201c]<\/span><\/p>\n}

2012. International Conference \u201ePsychotic Experiences, Religion, and Spirituality\u201c, May 14^{th<\/sup>\u201316th<\/sup>, Universit\u00e9 Paris Descartes, 45 rue des Saints-P\u00e8res \u2013 Paris: \u201eWorkshop: Fieldwork Notes on Religious Psychotic Episodes in Psychiatric Facilities\u201d held together with Tiago Pires Marques (Cermes 3 – Un. Paris Descartes; CEHR \u2013 Catholic Un. Portugal), Livia Velpry (Cermes 3 – Un. Paris Descartes), and M\u00f4nica Nunes (NISAM \u2013 Federal University of Bahia)<\/span><\/p>\n}

2010. 23^{rd<\/sup> FK-AGEM \u201e40 Jahre Forschen im Interdisziplin\u00e4ren Arbeitsfeld Ethnologie & Medizin: R\u00fcckblick und Ausblicke\u201c [\u201e40 Years of Research in the Interdisciplinary Field of Social Anthropology & Medicine: Retrospect and Perspectives\u201c], Heidelberg V\u00f6lkerkundemuseum, October 22th<\/sup>-24th<\/sup>: \u201c\u2019They are like our children\u2019 – Das Rehabilitationskonzept einer NGO f\u00fcr psychisch kranke Obdachlose im westlichen Indien\u201d [\u201eThe Concept of Rehabilitation Prevalent in an NGO Taking Care of Mentally Ill Roadside Destitutes in Western India\u201c]<\/span><\/p>\n}

2007. 4^{th <\/sup>Student-Symposium in Social-Anthropology, \u201eEthnologie \u2013 ein sinnliches Abenteuer\u201c [\u201eSocial Anthropology \u2013 A Sensual Experience\u201c], June 15th<\/sup>-17th<\/sup>, Georg-August-Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen: \u201eNicht mehr Herr der eignen Sinne?! \u2013 \u00dcberlegungen zur ethnologischen Interpretation des Ph\u00e4nomens der Besessenheit und seiner Wahrnehmung im westlich psychiatrischen Kontext\u201c [\u201eBeing Out of One\u2018s Senses!? – Reflections on Social Anthropological Interpretation of Possession Phenomena and its Perception in Western Psychiatric Contexts\u201c]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"}

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