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Röschenthaler personal profile page 1 Prof. Dr. Ute M. Röschenthaler Contact Research fellow, project "Afraso: Africa s Asian Options" Research fellow, project "Geistiges Eigentum in Afrika: gelebte Praxis und normative Umsetzung" Adjunct Professor at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Phone: 06979831491, Fax 069-79833065 roeschen@uni-mainz.de Ute.Roeschenthaler@normativeorders.net Research areas: Cultural Mobility, trade networks in the Global South, product histories, economic anthropology, cultures of memory, media and advertising, African entrepreneurship, ethnography Regional specialization: West and Central Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, Mali, Africans in Southeast Asia Academic Degrees 2009 Habilitation received from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. Topic: Purchasing Culture. The Dissemination of Associations and Cult Agencies in the Cross River region of Cameroon and Nigeria 1992 Doctoral degree received from the Free University of Berlin, Germany Topic: Kunst und Fest bei den Ejagham im Südwesten Kameruns (Arts and festivities among the Ejagham of Southwest Cameroon). 1986 Master of Arts received from the Free University of Berlin, Germany Topic: "Die Mbuya-Masken der Pende (Zaire)" (The Mbuya masks of the Pende, Zaire) Education 1980-1986 Student of Cultural/Social Anthropology, Communication Studies and German language and literature at the Free University of Berlin, Germany (Master of Arts Degree) Professional Activities 02/2017-09/2017 Research position, project Trade networks and migration between Africa and Asia, AFRASO (Africa s Asian Options), Goethe University, Frankfurt 08/2013-01/2017 Research position, project Arenen des Immateriellen, cluster of excellence 243 The Formation of Normative Orders, Goethe University, Frankfurt WS 2015/16 Visiting professor, Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University, Frankfurt 1

Röschenthaler personal profile page 2 11/2014 Guest Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Since 2014 Extracurricular professor, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz WS 2012/13, SS 2013: Visiting professor, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz SS 2012 SS 2011 Visiting professor (Lehrstuhl Sozialanthropologie), University Bayreuth Visiting professor, Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University, Frankfurt 10/2010-09/2011 Visiting professor, Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University, Frankfurt 10/2009-03/2010 Visiting professor, Institut für Ethnologie, Free University, Berlin. Since 11/2009 Privatdozentin (associate professor), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany Since 05/2008-09/2012 Member of the project Norms and Media in Africa, cluster of excellence 243 The Formation of Normative Orders,Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. 04/2002-02/2008 Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Institut für Historische Ethnologie of the Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. 04/1998 12/2001 Research Fellow, Institut für Historische Ethnologie, Goethe University, Frankfurt (Research Project, directed by Prof. Dr. Carola Lentz) 1997/1998 Commented translation and edition (in English) of Max Esser s: An der Westküste Afrikas (Berlin 1898) in cooperation with E.M. Chilver, Oxford. Since 1996 Honorary Research Fellow at the University College London 10-12/1996 Assistant Teacher of Material Culture Studies, University College London 1992-1995 Part time Lecturer, Institut für Ethnologie, Free University Berlin. Research grants and Fellowships 02/2013-09/2017 Field research grants as member of Project "Trade networks and migration between Africa and Asia", AFRASO (Africa s Asian Options), Goethe University, Frankfurt 08/2013-01/2017 Field research grants as member of the project Arenen des Immateriellen, cluster of excellence 243 The Formation of Normative Orders, Goethe University, Frankfurt 05/2008-09-2012 Field research grants, as member of the project Norms and Media in Africa, cluster of excellence 243 The Formation of Normative Orders, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany 06/1998-09/2001 Research fellowship, Institut für Historische Ethnologie, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (German Research Council); Subject: Purchasable Associations in the Cross River area of Cameroon 1995-1996 Research fellowship, Maison des Sciences de l Homme, Paris, France. Subject: The Language of design and African object decoration (10 months) 1987-1988 Research fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service to carry out Field research among the Ejagham in South West Cameroon (6 months) 1987-1989 Fellowship granted by the Senate of Berlin (NaFöG) (15 months) 2

Röschenthaler personal profile page 3 Field Research 03/2017 Indien (10 days) ("Africa's Asian Options" project) 02-03/2017 Malaysia and Vietnam (3 weeks) ("Africa's Asian Options" project) 04-05/2016 China (4 weeks) ("Africa's Asian Options" project) 03/2016 Mali (3 weeks) (on intellectual property) 12/2014 China (3 weeks) ("Africa's Asian Options" project) 06/2014 Cameroon (2 weeks) (on intellectual property) 03/2014 Malaysia (4 weeks) ("Africa's Asian Options" project) 01/2014 Cameroon (2 weeks) 12/2013 Mali (3 weeks) 11/2013 Cameroon (2 weeks) 02-03/2013 Southern China (4 weeks) 08-09/2012 Burkina Faso and Ghana (3 weeks) 02/2011 Mali (4 weeks) 01/2011 Mali (2 weeks) 12/2010 Cameroon (2 weeks) 03/2010 Mali (3 weeks) 11/2008-12/2008 Cameroon (6 weeks) 08/2007-10/2007 Mali (2 months) 02/2005-03/2005 Mali (2 months) 11/2000-04/2001 Cross River region, Cameroon and Nigeria (5 months). 10/1999-2/2000 Cross River region, Cameroon (4 months) 11/1998-4/1999 Cross River region, Cameroon and Nigeria (6 months) 12/1987-05/1988 Southwest Cameroon and Cross River State, Nigeria (6 months) 01/1987-04/1987 Southwest Cameroon (3 months) Membership in professional associations - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde (DGV) (since 1991) - European Anthropological Studies Association (EASA) (since 1996) - African Studies Association (ASA), USA (since 1996) - Frobenius-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main (since 1998) - Centre for Women's Studies, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford (since 1996) - Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Afrikaforschung (ZIAF) (seit 2003) - Deutscher Hochschulverband (seit 2007) Reports and field studies for development 02/2000 Research and writing of a report (jointly with 3 other researchers) on the evaluation of the Korup National Park Project, Southwest Cameroon, for the Korup National Park Managements (WWF/GTZ/ CamGovt). 3

Röschenthaler personal profile page 4 11/1999, 03/2000 Research and writing of a report with recommendations for the resettlement of villages in the Korup National Park of Cameroon (a joint project of the WWF/GTZ/CamGovt). Teaching a group of students from Buea University to do field work in the Korup National Park, supervision of their research in the Park and writing of the report. Academic Teaching Student field research projects 08/2012: Co-supervision of a group of students Goethe University Frankfurt to carry out field research in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Topic: youth and work 03/2010, summer 2010: Co-supervision of a group of students to carry out field research in Mali. Topic: urban life and media Summer 2006 winter 2007/08: Co-supervision of a group of students to carry out field research in Mali (four courses and 2 months of field research 08-10/2007). Topic: culture and development Winter 2003/04 summer 2005: Co-supervision of a group of students to carry out field research in Mali (four courses and 2 months of field research 02-04/2005). Topic culture and communication. List of courses and seminar series (Abbreviations: P = undergraduate course, S = graduate course, V = lecture series, Ko = seminar course for master and doctoral candidates, Ü = exercise course) Winter 2015/16 V Economic Anthropology (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Winter 2015/16 P Ethnography of Africa (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Winter 2015/16 S Classical Anthropological Theories (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Winter 2015/16 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Institut für Summer 2015 Ko Magistranden- und Doktorandenkolloquium (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Mainz, April and July) Nov 2014 V Contemporary Theories in Social Anthropology (Department of Social Anthropology, University of Addis Ababa) (8 lectures à 3 hours) Summer 2014 Ko Magistranden- und Doktorandenkolloquium (seminar course for master and doctoral candidats) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Winter 2013/14 Ko Magistranden- und Doktorandenkolloquium (seminar course for master and doctoral candidats) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Summer 2013 P Handelsnetze Afrikas im Globalen Süden (trade networks in the Global South) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU 4

Röschenthaler personal profile page 5 Summer 2013 P Summer 2013 S Einführung in die Wirtschaftsethnologie (economic anthropology) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Geheimbünde im subsaharischen Afrika (secret societies in sub- Saharan Africa) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Summer 2013 Ko Magistranden- und Doktorandenkolloquium (seminar course for master and doctoral candidats) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Winter 2012/13 V Winter 2012/13 P Winter 2012/13 S Einführung in die Ethnologie (introduction to the study of social and cultural anthropology) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Werbewelten: Werbung aus ethnologischer Sicht (advertising in anthropological perspective) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Immaterielle Kulturgüter und Rechte an geistigem Eigentum (immaterial cultural goods and intellectual property rights) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Winter 2012/13 Ko Magistranden- und Doktorandenkolloquium (seminar course for master and doctoral candidats) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Summer 2012 P Unternehmer in Afrika (African entrepreneurship) (Lehrstuhl Sozialanthropologie, Universität Bayreuth) Summer 2012 S Summer 2012 P Summer 2012 P Winter 2011/12 P Summer 2011 P Summer 2011 P Immaterielle Kulturgüter und geistiges Eigentum in Afrika (immaterial cultural goods and intellectual property rights in Africa) (Lehrstuhl Sozialanthropologie, Universität Bayreuth) Werbewelten: Werbung aus ethnologischer Sicht (advertising in anthropological perspective) (Lehrstuhl Sozialanthropologie, Universität Bayreuth) Geheimbünde im subsaharischen Afrika (secret societies in sub- Saharan Africa) (Lehrstuhl Sozialanthropologie, Universität Bayreuth) Unternehmertum in Afrika (entrepreneurship in Africa) (am Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, JGU Methoden der Ethnologie (methods in anthropology) (Institut für Einführung in das Studium der materiellen Kultur (introduction to material culture studies) (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Summer 2011 S Immaterielle Kulturgüter (immaterial cultural goods) (Institut für Summer 2011 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (invited scholars seminar series) (Institut für Winter 2010/11 S Diffusion und Globalisierung (diffusion and globalization) (Institut für Winter 2010/11 S Kulturerbe, geistiges Eigentum und Piraterie (cultural heritage, intellectual property and piracy) (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Winter 2010/11 P Wirtschaftsethnologie (economic anthropology) (Institut für 5

Röschenthaler personal profile page 6 Winter 2010/11 P Ethnographie Afrikas (ethnography of Africa) (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Summer 2010 V Geschichte und Theorie der Ethnologie (history and theory of anthropology) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Universität Winter 2009/10 V Fach- und Theoriegeschichte der Ethnologie (history and theory of anthropology) (Institut für Ethnologie, FU Berlin) Winter 2009/10 V Wirtschaft und Sozialstrukuren (economy and social organisation) (with Jochen Seebode) (Institut für Ethnologie, FU Berlin) Winter 2009/10 Ü Fach- und Theoriegeschichte der Ethnologie zur Vorlesung (text reading, history and theory of anthropology) (Institut für Ethnologie, FU Berlin) Winter 2009/10 Ü Wirtschaft und Sozialstrukuren zur Vorlesung (text reading, economy and social organisation) (with Jochen Seebode) (Institut für Ethnologie, FU Berlin) Winter 2009/10 S Medien und Werbung (media and advertising) (Institut für Ethnologie, FU Berlin) Summer 2008 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (invited scholars seminar series) (with Mamadou Diawara) Winter 2007/08 P Einführung in die Wirtschaftsethnologie (introduction to economic anthropology) (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Universität Winter 2007/08 S Werbewelten: Werbung aus ethnologischer Sicht II (Advertising worlds: an Anthropology of Advertising), (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Winter 2007/08 S Lehrforschung Mali IV (Student field research project) (Institut für Summer 2007 P Einführung in die Verwandtschaftsethnologie (introduction to the anthropology of social relationships) (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Summer 2007 S Lehrforschung Mali III (Student field research project, in cooperation Summer 2007 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Organisation/Moderation of the Africa Lecture Series, in cooperation with Mamadou Diawara), (Institut für Winter 2006/07 P Ethnographie Afrikas (Ethnography of Africa), (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Winter 2006/07 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Organisation/Moderation of the Africa Lecture Winter 2006/07 S Lehrforschung Mali II (Student field research project, in cooperation Summer 2006 S Werbewelten: Werbung aus ethnologischer Sicht (Advertising worlds: an Anthropology of Advertising), (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University 6

Röschenthaler personal profile page 7 Summer 2006 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Organisation/Moderation of the Africa Lecture Winter 2005/06 P Einführung in die Religionsethnologie (introduction to the Anthropology of religion) (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Winter 2005/06 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Organisation/Moderation of the Africa Lecture Summer 2005 P Einführung in die Politische Ethnologie (introduction to political anthropology) (Institut für Summer 2005 S Lehrforschung Mali IV (Student field research project, in cooperation Summer 2005 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Organisation/Moderation of the Africa Lecture Winter 2004/05 Ü Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten (introduction to academic studies) (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Winter 2004/05 S Lehrforschung Mali III (Student field research project, in cooperation Winter 2004/05 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Organisation/Moderation of the Africa Lecture Summer 2004 S Ethnologische Biografien (Biographies of Anthropologists) (Institut für Summer 2004 S Lehrforschung Mali II (Student field research project, in cooperation Summer 2004 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Organisation/Moderation of the Africa Lecture Winter 2003/04 P "Einführung in die Ethnographie Afrikas" (Introduction to the Ethnogrpahy of Africa) (Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe University Winter 2003/04 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Organisation/Moderation of the Africa Lecture Summer 2003 S "Anthropologie des Wissens" (Anthropology of Knowledge) (Institut für Winter 2002/03 Ko Afrika-Kolloquium (Organisation/Moderation of the Africa Lecture Series) (Institut für Winter 2002/03 P "Wirtschaftsethnologie" (Economic Anthropology) (Institut für Summer 2002 S "Ethnologie des Eigentums" (Anthropology of Property) (Institut für 7

Röschenthaler personal profile page 8 Summer 2000 P "Handelsnetze in Afrika". (African Trading Networks), (Institut für Summer 1999 S "Geheimbünde in Afrika" (Secret Societies in Africa) (Institut für First term 1996 First term 1996 Introduction to Material Culture. University College London Material Culture and Social Theory. University College London Winter 1994/95 S "Frauen in der afrikanischen Kunst" (Women and the arts in Africa). Institut für Ethnologie, FU Berlin. Winter 1993/94 S "Kunstethnologie" (The Anthropology of art). Institut für Ethnologie, FU Berlin. Winter 1992/93 S "Exotik in der Alltagskultur. Darstellung und Integration von Fremden in Afrika und Europa" (Exotic images of every day culture. Representation and integration of foreigners in Africa and Europe). Institut für Ethnologie, FU Berlin. 8