post-doctoral research projects (habilitations)
Dr. Christian Elster
Pop culture research as critical cultural analysis
Pop culture research as critical cultural analysis
complete titel: Pop culture research as critical cultural analysis: empirically-emphatic approaches to a central cultural formation of the extended present
advisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Brigitta Schmidt-Lauber
description: Pop culture has changed significantly in recent decades and has developed into a dominant cultural formation of the extended present. Despite its social importance, there is still no systematic engagement with pop culture in European Ethnology / Cultural Studies. My project therefore combines ethnographic methods with media analysis as well as discussions of pop theory and concepts from Cultural Studies (conjunctural analysis, structures of feelings) in order to establish pop culture research as critical cultural analysis. To do this, I am looking at two fields in particular: on the one hand, pop music videos as a central popular art form of the late 20th century and the present; on the other hand, the change in pop cultural structures of feelings and the associated transformation of ethical and aesthetic attitudes.
duration: since 2021
Anna Weichselbraun, PhD
Technologien des Vertrauens
Technologien des Vertrauens
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advisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexa Färber
description: In my habilitation project, I deal with technologies that are intended to ensure the verification of data, transactions, contracts, etc. I am interested in how actors interpret the concept of trust differently as a moral good, but also as an outdated and even dangerous fallacy. On the one hand, my research takes a historical perspective and refers to archaeological and historical work on various trust technology artifacts such as seals and notch woods. On the other hand, I also carry out field research, both on-site and virtually, at companies that develop block chain technologies to bridge the physical and digital worlds, such as in the area of supply chain and smart contracts.
duration: since 2019