Jennifer Krueckeberg
Areas of Research
Work Package 3 “Connectivities built by memory modalities”
PhD Project 11
Thesis
Modalities of personal memory work (working title)
Abstract:
The research project will study ordinary people’s practices of doing personal memory work, the forms and the materials they use therefore. It will focus on the practical aspects of collecting, maintaining, and retrieving personal remembrances, as well as the meanings given to the personal memory work. The expected results shall create a typology of individuals’ memory modalities since a variation across people of different lifestyle groups, ages, and social backgrounds can be supposed.
Supervisors
Mentors
Biography
Academic Qualifications
Oct 2018
PhD Candidate at the Institute of European Ethnology/Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg, Germany
2013-2015
Master of Research in Anthropology, Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom
2012-2013
Master of Arts in Anthropology and Cultural Politics, Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom
2011-2012
Exchange Student, Keio University, Japan
2008-2012
Bachelor of Arts (Dual-degree) in Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies, University of Cologne, Germany.
Work Experience
2017 – 2018
Lead Researcher at Big Brother Watch, London, United Kingdom
2016-2017
Client Services Manager at MarkMonitor (part of Thomson Reuters), London, United Kingdom
2013-2016
International Project Manager at Leftfield, London, United Kingdom
Research Interests
- Human and non-human relationships
- Digital ethnography
- Identity and representation
- Applied anthropology
- Personal memory making
Publications
Carlo, S., Krueckeberg, J. (ed) (2018): The State of Surveillance in 2018. Big Brother Watch.
Carlo, S., Krueckeberg, J., Ferris, G. (2018): FaceOff – the unlawful growth of facial recognition in UK policing. Big Brother Watch.
Interviews, Blogs & Podcasts
Krückeberg, J. (2019). Remembering together – but how? In: Uni-Hamburg.de [Weblog].
Recent Conferences and Workshop Presentations
Krueckeberg, J.: “Creating the past for future selves – exploring digital memory making practices of young people” RAI2020: Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future, 14-18 Sept. 2020.
Krueckeberg, J./ Tran, Q.-T./ Tzouganatou, A.: “Fishbowl Discussion at 100th anniversary panel of the Institute of European Ethnology/Cultural Anthropology at the 42. Congress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde [Congress of the German Society for Folklore]”, 7-10 Oct. 2019.
Krueckeberg, J.: “Modalities of Personal Memory Making”. POEM Opening Conference on ‘Participatory Memory Practices: Connectivities, Empowerment, and Recognition of Cultural Heritages in Mediatized Memory Ecologies’, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, 13-14 Dec. 2018.
Teaching
Summer term 2020 “Colloquium: Digital memory – (re)shaping remembering and forgetting in the computer age” at the University of Hamburg
Summer term 2019 “Community building in the digital age – performing, imagining and constructing identity online” at the University of Hamburg
Newsletter
If you want to make sure you are up to date with POEM, please sign up to our newsletter. We will keep you informed on a regular basis via email of news from the European Training Network POEM, its partners, and projects.
Please be aware of the terms & conditions concerning data protection.
POEM
Coordination and Project Management
University of Hamburg
c/o: Institute for Anthropological Studies in Culture and History
Grindelallee 46 | postbox: H8 | 20146 Hamburg | Germany
+49 (0)40 42838-9940
Concepts, strategies and media infrastructures for envisioning socially inclusive potential futures of European Societies through culture.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 764859.
