Faculty
Krauss, Werner
Associate Professor
(DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service)
Office: EPS 3.156
Phone:512-232-6372
werner.krauss@mail.utexas.edu
Webpage
Research interests:
Anthropology of Europe (European Union, Europeanization, cultural politics, national identity); Anthropology of Landscapes and Heritage (landscape theory; culture, environment and identity); Political Ecology (politics of nature; climate change, catastrophes; environmental conflicts, national parks, nature/culture; wind energy); Cultural Studies and Anthropological Theory (ethnographic methods; discourse theory, multi-sited ethnography; narration, writing culture); Science and Technology Studies (actor-network-theory); Anthropology of Sport
Current research:
1)I am participating in the international research project "Wind Energy and Landscape" (Éoliennes et Paysage, 2006-2008); we compare the emergence of new energies in Germany, France and Portugal, and I will conduct additional research in Texas / USA. 2)Currently, I am writing a book on "Climate, Coasts and Catastrophes: An Anthropology of Global Warming", with case studies from Germany.
Courses taught:
Fall 2005: Introduction to European Studies, Climate Change or Climate Catastrophe? Spring 2006: The Global Politics of Soccer, The Politics of Heritage; Fall 2006: Introduction to European Studies, Global Soundscapes; Spring 2007: Discourses on Catastrophes, Human-Animal-Relationships; Fall 2007: Introduction to European Studies; Spring 2008: Politics of Nature. New Approaches in Political Ecology
Awards/Honors:
2005-2006 Travel Grants by MEDD (Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Development, France); Grant DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service); Nordic Landscape Research Group(NLRG); University of Sussex
2005 Research Funding by GKSS Research Center Geesthacht / Germany
2004 Research Funding by GKSS Research Center Geesthacht / Germany
2001-2004 Research Fellowship Volkswagen Foundation
Recent Publications:
2007 European Landscapes: Heritage, Participation and Local Communities. In: Graham, Brian and Peter Howard (eds) The Ashgate Research Companion to Heritage and Identity. Ashgate Publishers, pp.637-659
2007 Küstenforschung: Ethnographie einer Wissenslandschaft. Geeesthacht: GKSS Schriftenreihe 2007 / 9 (80p) (Coastal Research: Ethnography of a Knowledge Landscape)
2006 Interdisziplinaritaet als Praxis: Eine Fallgeschichte. In: Sociologus. Zeitschrift für empirische Ethnosoziologie und Ethnopsychologie / Journal for Empirical Social Anthropology, Vol 1/2006, pp 69-83 (Interdisciplinarity as Practice: A Case Study)
2006 (with Hans von Storch) Culture Contributes to Perceptions of Climate Change. In: Nieman Reports, Vol. 59, No.4, pp 30-35
2006 Of Otters and Humans: An Approach to the Politics of Nature in Terms of Rhetoric. In: Conservation and Society, Vol 3, No.2, pp 354-370
2006 The Natural and Cultural Heritage of Northern Friesland. In: Olwig, Kenneth R. and David Lowenthal (eds.), The Nature of Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Natural Heritage. Northern Perspectives on a Contested Patrimony. Oxon, New York: Routledge, pp 37-50
2006 Bruno Latour: Making Things Public. In: Moebius, Stephan and Dirk Quadflieg (eds) Kultur. Theorien der Gegenwart. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag der Sozialwissenschaften, pp 430-444 2006 Interdisziplinarität als Praxis: Eine Fallgeschichte. In: Sociologus. Zeitschrift für empirische Ethnosoziologie und Ethnopsychologie / Journal for Empirical Social Anthropology, Vol 1/2006
2005 Coastal Environment made Public: Notes from the Field. In: Latour, Bruno und Peter Weibel (eds.), Making Things Public -- Atmospheres of Democracy. The MIT Press Cambridge, Mass. Pp 398-403
For further information, please go to http://wkrauss.eu/