Prof. Dr. Mirko Uhlig

Junior Professor

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Robert Schittko Copyright

Research focus

Cultural analysis of the regional (local handling of intangible cultural heritage)

Memory and popular culture (re-enactments)

Custom and ritual transformations

Health and spirituality research (sense-making in precarious life situations)

Heterodox cultures (conspiracy theories; ‘esotericism’)

Legal anthropology (legal standardisation in everyday life; law in popular culture)

Field research methods

Ethnographic film

  1. MA K. Kolloquium (2019)
    Instructor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mirko Uhlig
  2. MA VL. Alltagskulturelle Forschungsperspektiven II
    Instructor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mirko Uhlig
  3. Ü. Fachwissenschaftliche Spezialisierung: Mainzer Kolloquium in Europäischer Ethnologie - Aktuelle Forschungen und Debatten
    Instructor: Tetyana Delzeit; Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mirko Uhlig
  4. Ü. Praxis der visuellen Anthropologie: Der ethnografische Film
    Instructor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mirko Uhlig
  5. VL. Forschungsfelder der Kulturanthropologie/Europäischen Ethnologie
    Instructor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mirko Uhlig

WiSe 2024/25

Current publication

Together with Thomas Schneider, 2023, Mainzer Beiträge zur Kulturanthropologie / Europäische Ethnologie, vol. 25, 182 pages, paperback, with numerous illustrations and downloadable documentary film

More info about the book (in German)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the media

Podcast 4 Meter tief
#44 – Traditionen - Braucht man die noch?

 

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