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[anthro]metronom publishes essays on psychological anthropology accessible to everyone. It is designed as a platform where students, scholars, and activists are invited to submit essays related to current or historical discussions at the intersections of anthropology, psychology, and psychiatry in a critical or creative way. The blog discusses a wide range of topics: from suffering and mental health to therapies and healing, emotions and affects; from critical reflections on psychiatric practices to discussions of the concepts of self, personhood, and culture, or the coming of age of children and adolescents. The blog maintains a focus on cultural, structural and political dimensions as they influence human experience, well-being, as well as suffering. Formerly organised by graduate students at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin and supervised by Thomas Stodulka, [anthro]metronom has developed into a growing international team of young scholars in the field of psychological anthropology and is currently cooperating with the European Network for Psychological Anthropology (ENPA), where [anthro]metronom holds a position of Junior Faculty Representative.

LEA (she/her)

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Lea is a research associate at the Berlin-based NGO JustPeace. She holds a Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Freie Universität Berlin and a Bachelor’s degree in Ethnology from Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main. Her research interests focus on feminist perspectives on memory culture, with an emphasis on the intersections of gender, nation, militarism, and collective memory. Regionally, her work centres on Southeast Europe, particularly Kosovo, as well as Southeast Asia. In her Master’s thesis titled “Nation, Gender, and Memory Politics: The Forgotten Contribution of Women to the Building of the Kosovar Nation”, she examined the role of Kosovo-Albanian women in the civil resistance of the 1990s. Her analysis explored how the interplay between nation and gender shapes collective memory and narratives surrounding women’s contributions to Kosovo’s independence.

ZHENI (she/her)

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Zheni Yaneva is currently a Master student at Freie Universität Berlin, majoring in Interdisciplinary East European Studies. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology with a minor in Journalism and Communication. Her interests lie at the intersection of psychological anthropology, queer and feminist studies. She also wants to broaden her knowledge in the areas of medical anthropology and anthropology of media. In her latest research, she focused on the endurance practices of queer people living in Bulgaria in times of anti-gender campaigns led by far-right actors and organisations. Beyond academics, she appreciates good writing and aims to learn more about editing and the peer-review process as a whole through her involvement in anthro[metronom].

THERESA (she/her)

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Theresa Thuß is currently studying her master's in Social and Cultural Anthropology as well as Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. She works as a student assistant with Professor Thomas Stodulka in the department of Psychological Anthropology at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology. Her interests lie in gender and feminist studies, psychological anthropology, the anthropology of affect and emotion and decolonizing approaches. Her graduate research focuses on the politics of affective and emotional bonds between members of feminist collectives who mobilise in the interwoven digital and material contexts in Mexico City.

ELISA (she/her)

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Elisa Skott is a MA student at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin. She works as a student assistant with Professor Birgitt Röttger-Rössler in the Department of Psychological Anthropology. Elisa holds a Bachelor's degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Latin American Studies, and Spanish Philology from Freie Universität Berlin. During the BA, her research centered on economic practices and moralities within transnational families, with a regional focus on the Caribbean and Europe.

Currently, Elisa's interests revolve around environmental questions, global intervention programs, and the interface of medical and psychological anthropology. She is particularly interested in exploring the affective dimension surrounding suicide and the dynamics of seeking, providing, and receiving support within the field of mental health.

PABLO (he/him)

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Pablo Dohms creates illustrations and artworks for [anthro]metronom. He holds a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Cologne. During his studies, he spent one year at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In the megalopolis of Mexico City where he also worked two years in the cultural program of Goethe-Institut, Pablo conducted fieldwork for his master thesis about the urban art scene. His research was focused on the relations to the movement of Muralismo, and the increasing institutionalization of urban art.

As an artist, he has exhibited works in Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland.

You can check out his work on his website or his Instagram account: 

THOMAS (he/him)

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Thomas Stodulka is a Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology with a special focus on Psychological Anthropology and Visual Anthropology at the University of Münster, Germany. His work focuses on the interplay between affect, emotion, mental health and illness, education, permaculture, decoloniality, and Southeast Asian translocalities. He is the co-founder of the Psychological Anthropology Section at the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology (DGSKA), and the European Network for Psychological Anthropology (ENPA) at the European Association for Social Anthropologists (EASA). This is his official profile.

LEA (she/her)

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Lea Rebecca Minow is an MA student in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin and holds a scholarship from the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. She has a BA in Cultural Anthropology and Romance Studies from Cologne University where she primarily worked on identity constructions, intercultural encounters and power relations with a regional focus on the Caribbean and Europe. Currently, Lea is interested in the interface of  Visual and Psychological Anthropology. In 2016, she did her first short film on WomanLesbianTansInter* living spaces. For her master’s thesis, she researches on Traumayoga in Berlin.

former team members

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MONA

PhD candidate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin

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ABDULLAH

PhD student in cultural anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center

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MAX

B.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology 

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LISA

M.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology 

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FLORIN

PhD candidate at the Insitute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin

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HANNA

M.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin

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PAULA

M.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin

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LOTTE

M.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin

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LAILA

M.A. Folklore at Indinana University, USA, research and development consultant in Pakistan

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DEBORAH

M.A. at Humboldt Universität Berlin

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LENA

M.A. Cognitive Neuroscience

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JOSEPHIN

M.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology

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