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Dr. Sarah May

Sarah may

Cultural scientist

 

Mail: sarah.may@kaee.uni-freiburg.de

 

Research interests:

 

Research projects:

 

Biographical:

  • Since October 2019 scholarship holder of the CORA Förderprogramm at the University of Freiburg
  • In October 2018 awarded the Teaching Award of the University of Freiburg.
  • Since September 2017 Spokeswoman for the Commission on the Kommission Arbeitskulturen (dgv - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Volkskunde)
  • Since October 2016 Research Associate at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at the University of Freiburg
  • in November 2015 PhD at the Ludwig-Uhland-Institute for Empirical Cultural Studies (Tübingen) within the framework of the interdisciplinary DFG research group on Cultural Property (Dissertation„Geografische Herkunftsangaben als Kulturelles Eigentum“, betreut von Prof. Dr. B. Tschofen und Prof. Dr. R. Bendix)
  • 2011 to 2015 research associate at the Ludwig-Uhland-Institute for Empirical Cultural Studies (Tübingen) and at the Institute for Social Anthropology and Empirical Cultural Studies (Zürich)
  • 2010 to 2011 Consultant for Campaign and Public Relations at the Action Against AIDS (Tübingen / Berlin)
  • 2008 to 2010 Master studies in media science/media practice at the University of Tübingen (thesis on the effectiveness of visual reduction using the example of paper cutting with Felicia Sparacio on migration in old age)
  • 2002 to 2008 Master's Degree in General Rhetoric, Empirical Cultural Studies and Italian Studies at the Universities of Tübingen, Pisa, and Perugia (master's thesis on the rhetoric of graffiti)

 

Monographs & Editorships:

  • Dennis Eckhardt, Sarah May, Martina Röthl, Roman Tischberger (ed. 2020): Digitale Arbeitskulturen. Rahmungen, Effekte, Herausforderungen. Berlin (in preparation).
  • Stefan Groth, Sarah May, Johannes Müske (ed. 2019): Vernetzt, entgrenzt, prekär. Arbeit im Wandel und in gesellschaftlicher Diskussion – kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven. Frankfurt / Main (in press).
  • Sarah May (ed. 2018): Platz da! Praktiken urbaner Verdichtung. Freiburg Studies on Cultural Anthropology. Special volume 1. Münster / New York.
  • Sarah May (Ed. 2017): WarteArt - Beobachtungen in einer zeitlichen Zwischenphase. Accompanying volume to the exhibition in the Uniseum. Freiburg.
  • Sarah May, Katia L. Sidali, Achim Spiller, Bernhard Tschofen (ed. 2017): Taste | Power | Tradition. Geographical Indications as Cultural Property (Proceedings / Göttingen Studies on Cultural Property 10). University Publishing Göttingen, Göttingen.
  • Sarah May (2016): Ausgezeichnet! On the constitution of cultural property by geographical indications (Dissertation / Göttingen studies on Cultural Property 11). University Publishing Göttingen, Göttingen.

 

Article

  • Sarah May (2018): Wood. Regarding economies and policies through the eyes of a cultural anthropolgist. In: Journal of European Ethnology and Cultural Analyses (JEECA) 2018, 3 (2), 193-214.
  • Sarah May (2018): Holz. Ökonomien, Politiken, kulturwissenschaftliche Potenziale. In: Journal of Folklore 2/2018, p. 236-258.
  • Sarah May (2018): Handelsnetz Holz. Transformationsprozesse im Interessensfeld Holz und Handwerk.In: Karl Braun u.a. (Ed.): Economies. Cultural-scientific perspectives. 41st Congress of the German Folklore Society in Marburg from 20 to 23 September 2017, pp. 634-644.
  • Sarah May (2018): Kitt des Kollektivs. Materialisierungen gemeinschaftlichen Bauens. In this. (Hg.): Place there! Practices of urban densification. Freiburg Studies on Cultural Anthropology. Special volume 1. Münster / New York, pp. 72-85.
  • Sarah May (2018): Praktiken urbaner Verdichtung in Freiburg - eine Hinführung. In this. (Hg.): Place there! Practices of urban densification. Freiburg Studies on Cultural Anthropology. Special Volume 1. Münster / New York, pp. 8-20.
  • Sarah May (2017):  Abstauben, forschen, singen - Fünfzigwerden vorbereiten. In: Jörg Giray, Markus Tauschek, Sabine Zinn-Thomas (Hg.): Maximilianstr. 15. 50 years Institute of Folklore in Freiburg - A memorial album (Freiburg Studies on Cultural Anthropology 1). Münster, p. 193-200.
  • Sarah May et al. (2017): Bilder und Texte einer Ausstellung. In: Jörg Giray, Markus Tauschek, Sabine Zinn-Thomas (Hg.): Maximilianstr. 15. 50 years Institute of Folklore in Freiburg - A memorial album (Freiburg Studies on Cultural Anthropology 1). Münster, pp. 201-227.
  • Sarah May (2017): Erkundungen in einer zeitlichen Zwischenphase - eine Einführung. In: this. (Hg.): WarteArt - Observations in a temporal intermediate phase. Accompanying volume to the exhibition in the Uniseum. Freiburg, p. 14-19.
  • Sarah May (2017): Shaping Borders in Culinary Landscapes. European Politics and Everyday Practices in Geographical Indications. In: Sarah May, Katia L. Sidali, Achim Spiller, Bernhard Tschofen (ed.): Key | Power | Tradition. Geographical Indications as Cultural Property (Proceedings / Göttingen Studies on Cultural Property 10). University of Göttingen, Göttingen, pp. 51-64.
  • Sarah May, Bernhard Tschofen (2016):  Regionale Spezialitäten als globales Gut. Valuations of geographical origin and distinguishing consumption. In: Journal of Agrarian History and Agrarian Sociology 64: 2 (main topic Global Food). DLG-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 61-75.
  • Stefan Groth, Sarah May (2015): Von Schutz bis VerwertungZielsetzungen und Begründungsmuster von Rechtsinstrumenten im Bereich kulturellen Eigentums. In: Stefan Groth, Regina F. Bendix, Achim Spiller (ed.): Kultur als Eigentum. Instrumente, Querschnitte und Fallstudien (Göttinger Studien zu Cultural Property 9). University of Göttingen, Göttingen, pp. 99-118.
  • Sarah May, Katia L. Sidali, Achim Spiller, Bernhard Tschofen (2015):  Geographische Herkunftsangaben: Schutzinstrument der Europäischen Union für regionale Spezialitäten. In: Stefan Groth, Regina F. Bendix, Achim Spiller (ed.): Kultur als Eigentum. Instrumente, Querschnitte und Fallstudien (Göttinger Studien zu Cultural Property 9). University of Göttingen, Göttingen, pp. 31-49.
  • Katia L. Sidali, Sarah May, Achim Spiller, Bernhard Tschofen (2015):  Wie kommt der Berg in den Käse? Interdisziplinäre Zugänge zu Praktiken der Verräumlichung und Verrechtlichung kulinarischer Spezialitäten. In: Stefan Groth, Regina F. Bendix, Achim Spiller (ed.): Culture as property. Instruments, cross sections and case studies (Göttinger Studien zu Cultural Property 9). University of Göttingen, Göttingen, p. 389-411.
  • Sarah May (2015): Spezialitäten verorten. European indications of origin and the added value of the regional. In: Cornelia Reiher, Sarah R. Sippel (Ed.): Umkämpftes Essen. Produktion, Handel und Konsum von Lebensmitteln in globalen Kontexten. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, pp. 247-270.
  • Sarah May (2013): Cheese, Commons, and Commerce. On the Politics and Practices of Branding Regional Food. In: Ethnologia Europaea 43: 2 (Special issue: Foodways Redux). Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen, pp. 62-77.
  • Sarah May (2013): Making 'Traditional Food'. Local Interpretations of a European Protection System, In: Patricia Lysaght (ed.): The Return of Traditional Food. Lund University Press, Lund, pp. 278-287.

 

Lectures (2017ff.)

  • Wein und Käse zum Kulturgut machen. Zur lokalen Herstellung von Schutz und Wert mittels europäischer Herkunftsangaben | 51st Weinrechtseminar, DeutscheAnwaltAkademie | Blois (France), 28th August 2018
  • Stadt, Land, Holz. Zur Konstituierung materialer Raumrelationen  | Workshop „ Land / Stadt als räumliche Ordnungen und Kategorien“| ISEK - Popular Cultures, Zurich, May 17, 2018
  • Wood. Doing design with a renewable material [an ethnographic perspective] | SDN Design Research Summit 2018 "Beyond Change" | Basel, March 9, 2018
  • Handelsnetz Holz. Transformationsprozesse im Interessensfeld Holz und Handwerk | Panel "Kreieren, tradieren, kommodifizieren. Ressourcenmanagement in Handwerk und Kreativwirtschaft" | dgv-congress 2017 | Marburg, September 23, 2017
  • Doing cheese. Doing wood. Doing Politics. On the challenges of a cultural anthropology of economic and political fields | dgv student conference 2017 | Freiburg, May 25, 2017
  • Tree, Timber, Tabletop. Modes of wood processing and perception in building and dwelling. | Panel "sensoriality and emotionality of home and home-making" | SIEF 2017 | Göttingen, March 28, 2017

 

Exhibitions

  • Fifty | Exhibition on the anniversary of the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology or Folklore | November 2017
  • Wood! The Cultural Anthropological Perspective | Interactive exhibition on Münsterplatz Freiburg | July 2017
  • WarteArt - Observations in a temporal intermediate phase | Exhibition in the Uniseum. Freiburg | April and May 2017

 

Teaching:

  • Freiburg | Winter Term 2019: (Un)limited ressources. Material culture as a political issue.
  • Freiburg | Summer Term 2018: Culture - purely theoretical ?! Read, question and apply cultural theories
  • Freiburg | Summer and Winter Semester 2017/18: Enge. Practices in urban densification (= research-oriented study project)
  • Freiburg | Summer term 2017: wood. Perspectives on material and culture, on economy and sustainability
  • Freiburg | Summer term 2017: Fifty! On the anniversary of the institute: research, excursions, exhibiting and organizing
  • Zurich | Spring term 2017: wood. Perspectives on material and culture, on economy and sustainability
  • Freiburg | Winter Semester 2016/17: Post, Share, Comment. Ethnographic Approaches to the Use of Social Media
  • Freiburg | Winter semester 2016/17: Eating, eating knowledge. On the connection between space and culinary art
  • Tübingen | Summer semester 2016: Selfies. And other self-portraits
  • Ulm | Winter 2016: Consumption. Global and sustainable?
  • Zurich | Early Semester 2015: Cultural property, culinary heritage. Ethnographic approaches to practices of juridification and valorization of culture
  • Stuttgart | Winter 2015: Creative writing. Techniques and tricks
  • Tübingen | Winter semester 2014/15: liquefied identities. A cultural analysis of the regional
  • Pforzheim | Winter 2015: Lecture Series Cultural Studies
  • Tübingen | Winter Semester 2012/13: Between cabbage and cheese - culinary heritage in Baden-Würtemberg