Bantar Gebang – The largest Dumpsite in the World #travel #ethnography

In December of last year, shortly after successfully finishing my Doctoral Thesis Defense, I teamed up with a friend to Continue reading →

VANDA – The world in a Nutshell

In September 2018 I had the chance to talk in depth about my dissertational research, while presenting a paper-idea that Continue reading →

Chinese Urbanities – Relations between Space and Society

A short while ago in September 2017 i was invited to participate at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Continue reading →

Following the footsteps of World EXPO 2010

Speaking from a personal standpoint, coming to Shanghai last year, meant coming here with an agenda of conducting fieldwork on Continue reading →

The Case of 八宝镇(BaoBaoZhen) #Fieldresearch #China #Project

From 24th October to 4th November, I engaged within a fieldresearch in the township of BaBao, Yunnan Province, China. Together Continue reading →

Regen, Smog und Sonnenschein #Blog#1 #Memo #SHNotes#2

Lang ist’s her, ich weiß. Hier ist er endlich, der nächste Blogeintrag. Wie sagt man doch so schön: “Aller Anfang Continue reading →

上海你好 – How I got here #SHNotes #1 #Intro

So here I am now in Shanghai, China, the city, which has arguably the largest urban-population on earth and still Continue reading →

DGV-Conference on China Anthropology

A short while ago I was invited to join the DGV-Conference of the regional group “China” in Zürich, where we Continue reading →