General Interests:
Social and Cultural Anthropology, Legal Anthropology, Life Course Studies, Political Anthropology, Linguistics, History, Religion, Literary Studies, Art and Science
Research Interests:
Communication Theory, Non-verbal Communication, Linguistic Pragmatics, Speech Acts, Rhetoric, Discourse Theory, Visual Anthropology, Ethnographic Film, Visual Rhetoric, Ritual Theory, Rites of Passage, Belief systems, Conflict and Integration, Nationalism, Ethnic Identity, Clan- and Lineage Organisation, Intention, Habitus, Institutionalisation, Collective Memory, Aging & the Life Course, Elders, Gerontocracy, Age- and Generation Set Organisation, Anthropology of Law, Legal Pragmatics, Arbitration, Mediation, Conflict Management
Technical / Methodological Interests:
Scientific writing, Authorship, Ethnography, Linguistic Transcription, International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), Documentary Film, Digital Video Recording, Sound Recording, Digital Archiving Technologies
Regional Focuses:
Africa (Northeast Africa, Ethiopia), North America / Mesoamerica, Circumpolar Regions
Competencies:
Anthropological Research, Scientific Book Editing, Ethnographic Filming, Digital Archiving, Interviewing, Language Transcription
Languages:
German (mother tongue), English (fluent), Oromo (speaking), French (reading), Amharic (basic), Spanish (reading)