Ruth Weiand M.A.

Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant

Room 02 009

Tel: +49 (0) 761 203 3304

E-Mail: ruth.weiand@neuesreisen.uni-freiburg.de

Research interests

• Political and economic anthropology
• tourism
• Digital media

Research project:

• Research Associate at the Research College "New Travel - New Media: Circulation of Contemporary Travel Experience between Practice and Representation" (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation)
• Dissertation project "Value creation though appreciation? Mountaineering Villages as vacationscapes within sustainable alpin tourism“(working title)

Biographical:

• Since October 2018 Research Assistant at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Graduate Research Group "New Travel - New Media"
• 2015-2018 Master Degree Program in European Ethnology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, master thesis on deep-sea fishing as a symbolic resource in Brexit
• 2011-2015 Bachelor Degree Program in European Ethnology and Economics at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Bachelor Thesis on Sharing Economy on the example of selected initiatives in Freiburg.

Publications:

• Weiand, Ruth (2017): "TEE Dance Extravagance". The potential of interdisciplinary partnerships. In: Giray, Jörg / Tauschek, Markus / Zinn-Thomas, Sabine (Hg.): Maximilianstraße 15. 50 years Institute of Folklore in Freiburg - A souvenir album (Freiburg Studies on cultural anthropology). Muenster; New York: 301-304.
• Weiand, Ruth (2017): "Zeroed" - Waiting in the waiting room. In: May, Sarah: WaitArt. Observations in a temporal intermediate phase. Freiburg 2017: 43-48.