Further Courses from Past Semesters

WS 2023/24: Gender and Migration (BA AM3/4)

SoSe 2024: Introduction to the Anthropology of Migration (BA BM3)

Short Biography

From 2018 to 2023, I studied social and cultural anthropology at the University of Cologne. I wrote my master's thesis on Negotiating Menstruation and Modernity in Cameroon: Anthropological Reflections on Discourses and Practices, for which I conducted two months of field research on the socio-cultural construction of menstruation in Yaoundé, Cameroon with Anglophone Cameroonians.

From 2021 to 2023, I also worked as a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Michaela Pelican at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Cologne and as a tutor for the lecture Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology in the winter semesters 2021/22 and 2022/23.

Before that, I worked as a student employee at the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) from 2019 to 2021, where I was involved in the project Exit Processes in Development Cooperation.

From 2014 to 2018, I studied sociology (with a focus on social and cultural anthropology and a minor in philosophy) at the University of Konstanz. I wrote my bachelor's thesis in the research project Konstanz in other ways? Ethnographic explorations in refugee aid on the relevance of friendships.

Thematic Interests and Regional Focus

Migration, Gender, Sexuality, Social Inequalities, Queer Studies

Research Projects

Queer Migrations in Cologne: Intersectional Perspectives on Queerness and Migration in post-migrant Germany

The research project examines the interplay of queerness and migration as intersecting dimensions within Cologne’s urban, post-migrant context. As a super-diverse city with a historically established queer community and a manifold post-migration diversity, Cologne provides a unique opportunity to explore the intersectional transformative dynamics of migration and queerness on both societal and individual levels. The aim is to generate scholarly, practical, and socio-political insights to enhance the visibility of the lived realities of queer migrants and to promote more inclusive structures.

Publications

Pelican, M., K. Schumann, S. Plücken, D. Drew. 2022. Mbororo under Attack: Extreme Speech and Violence in the Anglophone Conflict in Cameroon. Freiburg: ABI Working Paper 21. https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/mbororo-under-attack-extreme-speech-and-violence-in-the-anglophone-conflict-in-cameroon