Menzfeld[at]live.de<\/a>
\nmira.menzfeld[at]uni-koeln.de<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mira Menzfeld (*1988) studied cultural and social anthropology, philosophy, German language and literature.
\nShe worked as a lecturer, fieldwork mentor and researcher (Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne).
\nIn her PhD research, 2013-2016, she focused on dying persons in Germany and South China (funded by German National Academic foundation). In participant observation, she explored the feelings and perspectives of persons in a biomedically diagnosed terminal condition. Furthermore, she proposed a framework for talking comparatively about dying in different cultures.
\nMira Menzfeld is currently working on a postdoc project about self-images and identities of Salafis (Department of Islamic Studies, University of Cologne), and gives lectures at the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology (Cologne). Together with Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf, she runs a side project about medical tourism from Arabic-speaking countries. She is an associated expert with the Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics and Social Sciences of Health (research group \u201cHealth Competences in Complex Environments\u201d) since 2017. Additionally, she is an associate for an international cooperation project on ageing well (starting 2017, based at the University of Turku). <\/span><\/p>\n

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

Anthropology of Dying; Moral Anthropology; Salafits; Health, Illness and Deviance; Medical Tourism <\/span><\/p>\n

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

Germany; Switzerland; South China\/Pearl River Delta; Arab-speaking countries
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Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monographs and Edited Volumes<\/em><\/span>
\nForthcoming 2017: \u201c\u2018What it means to die.\u2019 A participant observation with dying persons in Germany\u201d. PhD Thesis: University of Cologne.<\/span><\/p>\n

2014. (ed., together with Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf and Michaela Pelican): Islam und Sport: Einblicke in das interdisziplin\u00e4re Forschungs- und Lehrprojekt \u2018Ethnographie vor der Haust\u00fcr\u2019 der Universit\u00e4t zu K\u00f6ln\u201d (Islam and sports: Insights into the interdisciplinary research and teaching project \u2018Ethnography at home\u2019 of the University of Cologne<\/em>). K\u00f6lner Arbeitspapiere zur Ethnologie (Cologne Working Papers in Cultural and Social Anthropology<\/em>), Vol. 5. Cologne: Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne. http:\/\/ethnologie.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de\/kae.html <\/span><\/p>\n

2012. \u201cPilgerreisen und Communitas nach V.W.Turner\u201d (Pilgrimage and communitas according to V.W.Turner)<\/em>. M\u00fcnchen: GRIN.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

2017. \u201cWho are \u2018the\u2019 Salafis? Insights into lifeworlds of persons connected to Salafis(m) in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany\u201d. In: Journal of Muslims in Europe\u00a0DOI 10.1163\/22117954-12341337. http:\/\/booksandjournals.brillonline.com\/content\/journals\/22117954\/6\/1<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2016: \u201cWhen the dying do not feel tabooed: Perspectives of the terminally ill in Western Germany\u201d. In: Mortality DOI http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/13576275.2016.1270261. http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13576275.2016.1270261<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2016. (together with Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf): \u201c \u2018Looking at the life of the prophet and how he dealt with all these issues.\u2019 Self-positioning, demarcations and belongingness of German salafis from an emic perspective\u201d. In: Contemporary Islam [online, print issue to be assigned]. DOI 10.1007\/s11562-016-0361-7. http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs11562-016-0361-7<\/span><\/p>\n

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

2014. \u201c \u2018Ethnographie vor der Haust\u00fcr\u2019 \u2013 Konzeption und Durchf\u00fchrung\u201d (\u2018Ethnography at home\u2019 \u2013 conceptualization and implementation). In: Damir-Geilsdorf, Sabine, Menzfeld, Mira, and Michaela Pelican (eds.): Islam und Sport: Einblicke in das interdisziplin\u00e4re Forschungs- und Lehrprojekt \u2018Ethnographie vor der Haust\u00fcr\u2019 der Universit\u00e4t zu K\u00f6ln. K\u00f6lner Arbeitspapiere zur Ethnologie, Vol. 5. Cologne: Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, 5-6.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

2014. Review of Filitz, Thomas and A. Jamie Saris (eds.). Debating Authenticity. Concepts of Modernity in Anthropological Perspective. New York, Oxford: Berghahn. In: Anthropological Notebooks XX (3): 129-130.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

11\/2017. Invited presentation about \u201cDeath and afterlife from an intercultural perspective\u201d (L\u00fcbeck)<\/span><\/p>\n

08\/2017. Workshop \u201cSuffering and loss during fieldwork\u201d (Summer School \u201cThe Gendered Ethnographer\u201d, Morphomata Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Cologne)
\n05\/2017. Panel \u201cMeanings of dying in different cultures\u201d (Afrikatag K\u00f6ln)<\/span><\/p>\n

02\/2017. Roundtable discussion participant (young scholar, sent by AG Medical Anthropology of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr V\u00f6lkerkunde) at the Trinat conference \u201cTransfigurationen\u201d of Swiss, Austrian and German Medical Anthropology (Basel)<\/span><\/p>\n

05\/2016. Presentation \u201cBeginning of the End. Preexital and Postexital Dying Processes in the Pearl River Delta and in Germany\u201d (AG Medical Anthropology of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr V\u00f6lkerkunde, Berlin)<\/span><\/p>\n

03\/2016. Presentation about \u201cDying processes, interculturally\u201d (AWO Cologne)<\/span><\/p>\n

12\/2015-02\/2016. Scientific advisor of the theatre and performance trilogy \u201cDer unbekannte Nachbar\u201d (the unknown neighbor), providing anthropological insights on dying by presentations and discussions (Cologne)<\/span><\/p>\n

07\/2015. Presentation on \u201cFieldwork with Salafis in North Rhine-Westphalia\u201d (together with Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf). Working meeting of European Salafi researchers (Institut f\u00fcr Religionswissenschaft, University of Bremen)<\/span><\/p>\n

06\/2015. Workshop on \u201cDeath and dying, interculturally\u201d (Afrika-Tag Cologne)
\n03-05\/2015. Scientific advisor of an art project about \u201cDeath, dying and afterlife\u201d (Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Cologne)<\/span><\/p>\n

11\/2014. Presentation \u201cCultural models of dying\u201d. Conference of PhD students funded by the German National Academic Foundation (Rastatt)<\/span><\/p>\n

10\/2014. Presentation \u201c\u2018This makes my dying bearable\u2019: Moral evaluations of dying by terminally ill people\u201d. Conference \u201cImages of Afterlife\u201d:\u00a0https:\/\/imagesofafterlife.wordpress.com\/program\/ <\/a>(Turku)
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