Francis Muller

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Francis Müller (* 1968 in Basel ) is a Swiss religious and cultural sociologist with a focus on ethnographic methods.

activity

Francis Müller worked as a journalist for almost two decades ( Bilanz , Financial Times Deutschland , GEO , Das Magazin des Tages-Anzeiger , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , NZZ am Sonntag , Salz & Pfeffer etc.). He worked in the trend office in Hamburg for three years . He is a lecturer in ethnography and cultural sociology in the field of "Trends & Identity" in the design department at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). In addition, he holds teaching positions at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of St. Gallen , at the University of Liechtenstein and at the Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México , where he is also represented on the editorial board of DIS magazine . He is also visiting professor at the Universidad Pontificia Valparaíso in Chile. Müller is a board member of Swissfuture, the Swiss Association for Future Research and a member of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (USA).

Publications

  • Pluralización de perspectivas sobre cultura material: Un ensayo sobre etnografía y el mondo de las cosas . In: DIS , Núm. 4 (3): Diseño y Cultura, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City 2019, pp. 41–62.
  • Eventization of the city. Gabriele Muri, Daniel Späti, Philipp Klaus, Francis Müller (eds.). Jovis, Berlin 2019.
  • Design ethnography. Methodology and practical examples. VS Springer, Wiesbaden 2018.
  • Bodies and things in third rooms: party photos in comparison. In: Gregor Betz, Ronald Hitzler, Arne Niederbacher, Lisa Schäfer (eds.): Hybrid Events. For the discussion of contemporary events. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2017, pp. 311-320.
  • Living with a disability in Angola. An ethnographic search for clues in a society injured by mines. Transcript, Bielefeld 2016.
  • Self-transformation and charismatic evangelical identity. A comparative ethno-semantic lifeworld analysis. VS Springer, Wiesbaden 2015.
  • Technological Artefacts as Objects of Desire. In: Raphael Perret: Machines of Desire. Amsel Verlag, Zurich 2014.
  • Piercing. Pierced skin and the search for identity. In: Diana Weis: Look cool. Fashion & youth cultures. Archive of Youth Cultures, Berlin 2012, pp. 119–125.
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist and cultural sociologist with a focus on ethnographic methods
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel