PhD researcher
Research focus
- Visual anthropology
- Gender and sexuality
- Anthropology of the body and embodiment
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S. Medialität und Visualität der Kultur: Visuelle Anthropologie: Von der Repräsentation zum Dialog
Instructor: Dafina Gashi -
SLS. Begleitende Lektüre
Instructor: Dafina Gashi; Dr. Alina Jasina-Schäfer; PD Dr. Christina Niem; Eva-Maria Walther -
SLS. Begleitende Lektüre II
Instructor: Dafina Gashi; Dr. Alina Jasina-Schäfer; PD Dr. Christina Niem; Eva-Maria Walther
SoSe 2025
Dafina Gashi is a PhD candidate in the Department of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, supervised by Prof. Dr. Čarna Brković. Her dissertation focuses on global beauty practices, neoliberal subjectivity, and cosmetic surgery in post-independence Kosovo. She previously completed a Master's degree in Anthropology and Visual Studies at the University of Siena, where she conducted ethnographic research on the bodies of migrant women in Italy. Her research interests include Visual Anthropology, Gender and Sexuality, the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment, Identity, and Body and Self.