Research Projects & Fieldwork

3 months research in Vanuatu for the Multivocal Anthropology project UrSprung in der Südsee.

Funded by Forum deutsch-pazifischer Begegnungen e.V.

Research, together with students of Bayreuth University, on narrative forms of the nonfictional film.

Production of the DVD "Spielarten des Dokumentarischen"

2 months research on video art in South Africa.

Funded by the German Federal Research Council (DFG).

The secret code of story-telling.

An anthropological perspective on mythological principles in fiction film

5 months fieldwork in Vanuatu for PhD project on the land diving spectacle in Pentecost/Vanuatu.

Funded by the German Federal Research Council (DFG).

21 months research on mythology and ritual in Oceania. During that time 5 months ethnographic fieldwork in Vanuatu for PhD project on the land diving spectacle in Pentecost/Vanuatu.

Funded by the German Federal Research Council (DFG)

and German Television (Bayerischer Rundfunk)

12 months research fellow at the University of the South Pacific. Fieldwork in Vanuatu, Samoa and Fiji.

Funded by the University of the South Pacific.

2 months research on indigodyed textiles in Nigeria.

Funded by Bayreuth University

2 months research on indigo-dyed textiles in Senegal.

Funded by Bayreuth University.

3 months research on indigo dyed textiles in Nigeria.

Funded by the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

3 months research on communication processes in Ivory Coast.  Funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service

LINKS TO COMPLETED PROJECTS:

UrSprung in der Südsee

(German & English / Bislama)

Turmspringen in Pentecost / Vanuatu

(German)