Dr. Fatma Sagir
Habilitandin at the Department of Popular Cultures
Since October 2017 scholarship holder of the CORA scholarship program for junior scientists at the University of Freiburg
Room: 00 010
Telephone: 0761 203 3357
Mail: fatma.sagir@kaee.uni-freiburg.de
Current:
- Since Summer Semester 2017 Habilitation Candidate
- Focus: Popular Cultures of Islam
- Chair of Popular Cultures (Prof. Dr. Markus Tauschek)
- Habilitation project 'Muslim Lifestyle in Digital Culture: Negotiating Religion and New Muslim Identities' (working title)
- 2019-2022 1st Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer for the University of Freiburg
- 2017-2018 scholarship holder of the junior scholarship program CORA at the University of Freiburg
Research interests:
- Digital and visual culture
- Lifestyle
- Muslims and Islam in the present
- Fashion
- music
- performance theories
- media anthropology
Rocking Islam
From September 27 to 29, 2018, the international workshop Rocking Islam took place. Click here for the program, the abstracts, the photos, and the media coverage. I would like to thank all sponsors, lecturers and interested parties for making this event possible and supporting it.
Case studies and subprojects of the Habil research project / post-doc:
Modest Fashion (case-studies)
- Modest Fashion Shows (London, Dubai, Istanbul, Jakarta)
- Modest Fashion Blogging: Dina Tokyo
- The London Shopping Festival
Halal / Food (case-studies)
- Halal is a Lifestyle! Marketing Muslim Lifestyle
- The London Halal Food Festival
Religious Knowledge and Self Help
Music / Entertainment and Muslim Youth Culture (case-studies)
- hip hop
- Comedy
- Pop music
Biographical:
- since 2017 habilitant at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology / European Ethnology
- Since WS 2016/17 Teaching Fellow at the University College of the University of Freiburg for the study program Liberal Arts Studies.
- 8/2015 PhD in Islamic Studies at the University of Freiburg
- 2004-4 / 2017 Workshop leadership and lecturing in the context of the training of multipliers in the fields of education and culture for different organizations
- since 2005 Lecturer for the Turkish language at the Oriental Seminar of the University of Freiburg
- 1996-1997 / 2004-2012 freelance journalist (science and culture journalism)
- 2000-2016 translator and interpreter (English-Turkish-German-Arabic). Certified interpreter and translator for the Turkish language, court interpreter
- 1998-2001 Studies in Translation for Turkish and Arabic, Islamic Studies. University of Bonn. Degree: Diplom-Übersetzerin
- 1994-1998 studied Islamic Studies, Romance Studies, Political Science. Albertus Magnus University Cologne. change of subject
Lectures / Lectures and Presentations:
2019
- #Cozy: Imagination and staging. Leisure and body in the digital culture. Conference of the SFB Muße at the University of Freiburg "Muße und Körper", 14.-16. October 2019
- #muslimcouples: Islamic Heritage Sites as Lifestyle Content in Digital Culture. ASA19 'Anthropological Perspectives on Global Challenges', University of East Anglia / United Kingdom, 3-6 September 2019
- Embodiments of Change? Muslim Fashion Bloggers and their Sartorial and Bodily Practices. International Workshop 'Gender, Fashion, and Embodiment in Islam', Hamburg University, Asia-Africa Institute - Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia, 29-30 June 2019
- Ordinary Lives, Ordinary People: Muslim Lifestyle Bloggers and the Performance of the Muslim Self in Digital Culture. SIEF 14th Biannual Conference 'Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World', Santiago de Compostela / Spain, 14-17 April 2019
2018
- 'Wrap my Hijab!' Music and Muslim Female Embodiments of Cool in Digital Culture. International Workshop Rocking Islam: Music and the Making of New Muslim Identities. Freiburg University (KAEE / ZPKM) 27-29 September 2018
- 'We can see your hair, Dina!' Muslim Female Embodiments of Digital Visibilities. VANDA Vienna Anthropology Days, Vienna University, 19-22 September 2018
- "Taylor Swift is a Snake!" Narrative of the female self in the media discourse about female pop stars and their fans. A Case Study on the Case Study "Taylor Swift's 'Look what you made me do' - Female Popstars and the Narration of the Female Self", 10th Session Commission for Narrative Research in the German Folklore Society, Bern-Zäziwil, University of Zurich, 05.- 08th September 2018
- 'Catch me ridin' dirty 'Muslim Female Embodiments of Cool. International Conference 'Camp, Cool, Trash', ZPKM, Freiburg University, 3-5 May 2018
2017
- Mipsters, Gummies, Britlims: Social Media and the Emergence of New Muslim Identities. Social Media and Social Order, International Conference. Research Council Norway. Oslo 30.11.-02.12.2017.
- Strike a pose! Modest Fashion: An idea (l) between visbility and invisibility? Space for Fashion Thinking and Practice: Review, Reflect, Revise. Fashion Research Network Interdisciplinary Symposium and Exhibition. Coventry University London, 8 September 2017.
Publications (from 2017)
- 2017 The Koran as Corrective. The mix-and-match hermeneutics of the Asghar Ali Engineer. In: Poya, Abbas (ed.) (2017): Koran exegesis as a mix-and-match. On the diversity of current discourses in tafsir science. Bielefeld: transcipt. Pp. 163-190.
In the show 2019:
- 2019 "Taylor Swift is a Snake!": Celebrity Gossip as a misogynistic conspiracy narrative. In: Frizzoni, Brigitte (ed.): Conspiracy Tales. Proceedings of the 10th Conference Commission for Narrative Research in the dgv.
- 2019 Hijabi Makeup? The Muslim Female Face and the Practice of Exposure. In: Clare Douglas Little (Ed.): The Power of Makeup: Evolving Commerce, Community, and Identity in the Modern Makeup Tutorial.
In preparation (2019-2020):
- (Ed.): Rocking Islam: Music and the Making of New Muslim Identities. Waxmann Verlag.
- 'Wrap my Hijab!' Music and Muslim Female Embodiments of Cool in Digital Culture. In: Sagir, Fatma (Ed.): Rocking Islam: Music and the Making of New Muslim Identities.
- A selection (from 2004) of my science journalistic / cultural journalistic publications, reportages, interviews, editorships, and creative non-fiction can be found here. (Https://www.clippings.me/fatmasagir)
Monograph:
2015 Diversity and recognition. (Diss., Bookstore Edition) wvb: Berlin.
- Conferences / Panels / International Conferences / Workshops / Chair (from 2018)
- (Conception, implementation, management)
2019
- SIEF Panel DIGI02 Changing Features? Performing the Self in Digital Culture Co-Convenor Robert Glenn Howard (Wisconsin-Madison University / USA)
- SIEF Panel BODY03 Fashion Fast Forward: Transforming Body, Fabric and Media in a Changing World. Co-Convenor Marion Lean (Royal College of Art, London / UK)
2018
- International Workshop Rocking Islam: Music and the Making of New Muslim Identities. Freiburg University, Center for Popular Culture and Music, 27.-29.09.2018.
Foreign funded funds / scholarships (from 2017)
- (2018) Robert Bosch Foundation
- (2017) MWK funds through a call for tenders from the Center for Popular Cultures and Music
- DAAD travel and research scholarships
- Scientific Society Freiburg Travel Grant
Teaching / Teaching:
- Liberal Arts Studies (Social and Cultural Anthropology / Religious, Gender and Media Studies)
- University College Freiburg
- Winter 2019/2020 Muslim Women in Digital Culture: Body, Dress, Identity
- Winter 2017/2018 New Media, Muslim Identity and Lifestyle
- Winter 2016/2017 Introduction to the Qur'an
My teaching in Islamic Studies is here
Note: Unfortunately, I am currently unable to accept BA / MA theses for review.
Memberships:
- AG Popular Culture and Media - Society for Media Studies
- dgv - German Society for Folklore
- dgv - Commissions: Digitization in everyday life; Cultures of popular entertainment and pleasure; Commission for narrative research
- EASA - European Association of Social Anthropologists
- GEEF - Society for European Ethnology in Freiburg
- SIEF - International Society for Ethnology and Folklore
- SIEF - Working Group Digital Ethnology and Folklore
- Since 2017 Chair (co-Chair) SIEF Working Group Digital Ethnology and Folklore