Barbara Schellhammer

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Barbara Schellhammer (born 1977 in Munich ) is a German cultural philosopher . She researched and worked in Canada for several years .

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Barbara Schellhammer studied social work with a focus on systemic family therapy at the University of Munich .

From 2005 to 2015 she lived and worked in Canada and taught in Victoria, BC , at the Royal Roads University (School of Peace and Conflict Studies) in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice . In 2005 and 2006 she conducted research among the Inuit tribe in the Northwest Territories of Canada ( Inuvik , Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk ). She trained as a coach (Erickson College, Vancouver ) and received the mediation certificate from the Pulse Institute, Calgary .

In 2009 she did her doctorate at the Munich University of Philosophy . In her doctoral thesis Density Description in the Arctic. Clifford Geertz and the Inuit Cultural Revolution in Northern Canada , she brings together her research and experience as a social worker in the Northwest Territories of Canada with the dense description of Clifford Geertz .

In 2009 she was offered a position at the International YMCA Kassel , where she was professor for international and intercultural social work until 2013. In 2013 she returned to the Munich School of Philosophy . In 2019 the university appointed her to the chair for “Intercultural Social Transformation”. She researches and teaches on topics of cultural philosophy , self-care, peace work and conflict transformation and other topics of intercultural philosophy and (adult) education .

In 2018 she completed her habilitation at the University of Hildesheim ( venia legendi Kulturphilosophie) with the habilitation thesis Foreignness Experiences and Concern for oneself. Studies on the development of a person's ability to be foreign.

At the University of Philosophy, like at the Royal Roads University in Canada and the CVJM University in Kassel, she develops internet-based teaching-learning scenarios for adult education ( e-, m- and blended learning ). In addition to publishing several books and articles, she organized the Culture conference in 2016 . A life of learning. Clifford Geertz - impulses of his thinking for current social challenges at the University of Philosophy in Munich.

From 2017 to 2018 she was Academic Director Europe & Middle East for Jesuit Worldwide Learning.

Since autumn 2019, she has been the first professor at the University of Philosophy to hold the chair for Intercultural Social Transformation . The chair was newly created and initially set up for five years. In addition, Schellhammer took over the management of the Center for Global Issues at the School of Philosophy.

Fonts

  • 2015: “Dense description” in the Arctic. Clifford Geertz and the Inuit Cultural Revolution in Northern Canada. Bielefeld: transcript. ISBN 978-3-8376-3234-7 (= dissertation, University of Philosophy Munich 2009)
  • 2017: How do adults learn (today)? A transdisciplinary introduction to adult education . Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
  • 2019: Growing with conflicts. Conflict coaching and taking care of yourself. Weinheim: Beltz.
  • 2019: Become a stranger. On the importance of self-care for meeting strangers . Karl Alber.
  • 2019: Culture - A Life of Learning: Clifford Geertz and current social challenges. Gmainer-Pranzl / Schellhammer (ed.), Peter Lang publishing house.
  • 2020: Education for Resistance. Goerdeler / Schellhammer (ed.), Wbg Verlag.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f PD Dr. Barbara Schellhammer. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ transcript: "Density Description" in the Arctic. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Press release from the Munich School of Philosophy: Jesuit University appoints first female professor , September 30, 2019, accessed on October 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ Schellhammer receives Venia Legendi. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
  5. ^ Conference "Culture. A Life of Learning". Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Jesuit University appoints first female professor. Retrieved November 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Schellhammer, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cultural philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany