Alexandra Rabensteiner | transformations

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I am a PhD student based in Munich. My research explores journalistic and literary texts from Southern Germany as early forms of ethnographic and sociographic knowledge in the 19th century.

Posts by Alex Rabensteiner:

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“Don’t Know Much About History?” – Pandemic Perspectives

Posted By Alexandra Rabensteiner on Mar 15, 2021 in Allgemein, civil disobedience, Community, Corona, English, Europe, featured, Germany, Going Public, going public, health, history, Language, media, public health, remembrance, science, The Analysis, The Picture

Can we learn from history? This is not just a question historians ask themselves but also a question of social relevance. In some cases, the only choice is to learn in order to prevent, for example regarding the Holocaust. ‘Never again’ is a simple but urgent demand. But what about other cases – for example, a pandemic?

Wanted: A Mother of Cultural Studies

Posted By Alexandra Rabensteiner on Feb 13, 2020 in Academia, Allgemein, education, English, Europe, featured, gender, Germany, globalization, history, media, mobility, society, stereotypes, The Fieldnote, USA

As a cultural anthropologist with a historical perspective, I really wonder: where are all the women in the history of our critical, self-reflective discipline?