Olaf Zenker
Olaf Zenker (* 1973 in Sasolburg ) is a German ethnologist .
Life
In 1999 he obtained the MSc in Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (Master's thesis: Bewitchedful thinking: witchcraft and political instrumentalism in the Northern Province of South Africa ), in 2002 the Master's in German and Social Anthropology at the University of Hamburg (Master's thesis: Techniques for communicative creation of group membership: A conversation analysis about image work with the homeless ) and in 2008 the doctorate in social anthropology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg (Dissertation: Irish / ness is all around us: the Irish language and Irish identity in Catholic West Belfast ) (reviewer : Günther Schlee and Richard Rottenburg ). After his habilitation in social anthropology in 2015 at the University of Bern (mentor: Julia Eckert ), he taught as a junior professor (W1) at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Free University of Berlin from 2015 to 2017 . Since 2017 he has been a professor at the Institute for Social Anthropology at the University of Friborg .
His research interests are political and legal anthropology (especially modern law; legal pluralism; bureaucracy; identity and conflict research); Linguistic anthropology; moral anthropology; philosophical anthropology; Social and cultural theory. His research areas are southern Africa and Europe (Northern Ireland and Germany).
Fonts (selection)
- Techniques for communicative creation of group membership. A conversation analysis about image work with the homeless . Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89825-906-4 .
- with Gerhard Anders: Transition and Justice. Negotiating the Terms of New Beginnings in Africa . New York 2014, ISBN 1-118-94476-3 .
- as editor with Jonas Bens: Feelings of Justice. On the affective and emotional legitimacy of norms . Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-8376-3693-2 .
- as editor with Markus Virgil Hoehne: The State and the Paradox of Customary Law in Africa . London 2018, ISBN 978-1-4094-6863-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Olaf Zenker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Prof. Dr. Olaf Zenker
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zenker, Olaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ethnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sasolburg |