Gisela Zimmermann M.A.
PhD student / research associate at the Research College
Breisacher Tor, room 203
Rempartstraße 4, 79098 Freiburg
Tel .: 0761 203-98651
Mail: gisela.zimmermann@neuesreisen.uni-freiburg.de
Research interests
- Digital cultures
- Media Anthropology
- Object Culture
- Pilgrimage research
- Tourism
Dissertation project:
- "Pilgrimage in the age of digital communication" (working title)
Biographical:
- Since October 2018 research associate at the Research College "New Travel - New Media: Circulations of Contemporary Travel Experience between Practice and Representation" (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation)
- 2014-2015 President of the European Association of Cartels (EKV)
- 2012-2013 Museum Director of the Marchmuseums.
- 2011-2012 Research Assistant at Marchmuseum, Wägital, Canton Schwyz (CH).
- 2012-2014 communication officer of the landscape development concept Höfe and networking project Höfe in the canton of Schwyz (CH).
- 2003-2012 Study of Folklore, Economic and Social History and Religious Studies at the University of Zurich (CH). Licentiate work: museum practice and regional identity using the example of the Linthebene.
Organization of meetings and events:
- Panel discussion: "The role of Europe and its countries in the international competition for innovation, research and talent". 14.11.2015, Salzburg, European Cartel Association.
- Lecture series on the conflict in Ukraine with EU Member Othmar Karas in Austria and the Ukrainian Honorary Consul Andrej N. Lushnycky in Switzerland. In Vienna: 19.02.2015 and Zurich: 23.02.2015, European Cartel Association.
Publications:
- Radio contribution (25 July 2017) Guest contribution on Radio SRF 1 in the double-point program "From St. Gallen to Santiago: In the Footsteps of Modern Pilgrims". Online at https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/doppelpunkt/von-st-gallen-bis-santiago-auf-den-spuren-der-modernen-pilger
- (Rez.) Reader, Ian: Pilgrimage A Very Short Introduction. Online at: http://readingreligion.org/books/pilgrimage
Memberships:
- GEEF - Society for European Ethnology in Freiburg
- SGV / SSTP - Swiss Society for Folklore
- SIEF - International Society for Ethnology and Folklore
Lectures (2018):
- Fernuniversität Hagen (25.10.2018): Way of St. James 2.0 - Pilgrim rituals in virtual space. Workshop Pilgrim Research of the Arbeitskreis Pilgerforschung
Lectures (2019):
- Hochschule Deggendorf (14.-16.11.2019): Insta-Research zum #westweg im Schwarzwald. Mit Nora Winsky, Forschungskolleg „Neues Reisen – Neue Medien“. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Tourismuswissenschaften e.V. (DGT): „Zukunft des Tourismus im ländlichen Raum“
- Univerzitet Singidunum, Belgrad (26.-29.06.2019): Camino Stories online and offline. With Dr. Christian Kurrat, Fernuniversität Hagen. 11th annual International religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Conference
- Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge (16.06.2019): What pilgrims say. How pilgrims stage their pilgrimage experience on social media. London International Research College. Pilgrimage and Tourism Conference.
- Santiago de Compostela (14.-17.4.2019): Pilgrimage and Social Networks. SIEF 14.th Biannual Conference „Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transformin World“