CV

Studies

Dr. phil. in Psychology, Free University Berlin/Germany
topic: psychological anthropology of health care: health as an emotional, physical and social process (case studies in Brazil, Chile, and Germany)

Magister Artium in Social Anthropology, Free University Berlin/Germany
topic: street children and youths in Tanzania (case study in the city of Mwanza)

Diploma in Psychology, Free University Berlin/Germany
topic: culture and mental health and illness (case study in Brazil)

Ethnographic research and construction of theory

current:

India: motivation for entrepreneurship among social entrepreneurs in Mumbai and New Delhi

completed:

Chile: dynamics and performativity in the intercultural encounters (case study in a communitarian psychiatric hospital for the Mapuche people)

Germany: rituals and mimesis in therapy (case study in a psychosomatic clinic)

Brazil: the influence of culture on the experience of being mentally ill (case study in a Candomblé and Umbanda setting in Recife)

Tanzania: children and youths in violent and materially difficult conditions (on the street in the city of Mwanza) as subjects of self dependent acting

Scholarships, grants and honours

2011 Geschwister Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation: book publication grant for "Kulturen der Gesundheit. Sinnerleben im Umgang mit psychischem Kranksein. Eine Anthropologie der Gesundheitsförderung". Bielefeld: transcript, 2011.

2011 Ernst Reuter Association of Friends, Supporters, and Alumni of Freie Universität Berlin e.V.: book publication grant for "Kulturen der Gesundheit. Sinnerleben im Umgang mit psychischem Kranksein. Eine Anthropologie der Gesundheitsförderung". Bielefeld: transcript, 2011.

2010 Research period at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai / India; June - September; sponsored by the program "A New Passage to India" of the German Academic Exchange Service.

2010 Participant in the Fifth Summer School "Philosophy for the Social Sciences and Humanities". Theme: "The Idea of Justice". Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities (MCPH), Manipal University / India. July 1 - 15; sponsored by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research.

2007 Junior Researcher at the Summer School "Entangled Medical Fields: Transformation of Meaning, Knowledge and Practice"; Libreville / Gabon: July 17-26. Organized by: Centre for Interdisciplinary Reserach on Africa, Goethe-University Frankfurt (ZIAF), Point Sud, Université de Nantes, Université Omar Bongo; sponsored by Volkswagen Foundation.

2001 Free University Berlin, Institute for Social Anthropology: travel grant for fieldwork in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Article Reviews for

Curare — Journal of Medical Anthropology

Memberships

Society for Historical Anthropology

German Society for Research and Practice in Community Psychology (GGFP)

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ethnomedizin (AGEM)

Workgroup Medical Anthropology, subsection of the German Anthropological Association (GAA)

German Anthropological Association (GAA)

Further work experience

Presently psychologist in a clinic for general psychiatry and psychotherapy

Freelance at blickwechsel, Cologne/Germany: management-consultant (organizational anthropology) for diversity and gender in top management

Honorary office, Berlin Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims (bzfo e.V.)/ Germany: support in a family

Psychologist in a therapeutic living community, Berlin/Germany: social therapy, support and intervention in crisis

Psychosocial counseling and support in everyday live for people with mental disabilities, Berlin/Germany

Intern at a psychological training and research institute, New York / USA

Intern at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg / Germany

Civil service at the "Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistigen Behinderungen e.v.", Germany: care for a spatically paralyzed boy in school and at home



	CV Studies Dr. phil. in Psychology, Free University Berlin/Germany topic: psychological anthropology of health care: health as an emotional, physical and social process (case studies in Brazil, Chile, and Germany) Magister Artium in Social Anthropology, Free University Berlin/Germany topic: street children and youths in Tanzania (case study in the city of Mwanza) Diploma in Psychology, Free University Berlin/Germany topic: culture and mental health and illness (case study in Brazil) Ethnographic research and construction of theory current: India: motivation for entrepreneurship among social entrepreneurs in Mumbai and New Delhi completed: Chile: dynamics and performativity in the intercultural encounters (case study in a communitarian psychiatric hospital for the Mapuche people) Germany: rituals and mimesis in therapy (case study in a psychosomatic clinic) Brazil: the influence of culture on the experience of being mentally ill (case study in a Candomblé and Umbanda setting in Recife) Tanzania: children and youths in violent and materially difficult conditions (on the street in the city of Mwanza) as subjects of self dependent acting Scholarships, grants and honours 2011 Geschwister Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation: book publication grant for "Kulturen der Gesundheit. Sinnerleben im Umgang mit psychischem Kranksein. Eine Anthropologie der Gesundheitsförderung". Bielefeld: transcript, 2011. 2011 Ernst Reuter Association of Friends, Supporters, and Alumni of Freie Universität Berlin e.V.: book publication grant for "Kulturen der Gesundheit. Sinnerleben im Umgang mit psychischem Kranksein. Eine Anthropologie der Gesundheitsförderung". Bielefeld: transcript, 2011. 2010 Research period at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai / India; June - September; sponsored by the program "A New Passage to India" of the German Academic Exchange Service. 2010 Participant in the Fifth Summer School "Philosophy for the Social Sciences and Humanities". Theme: "The Idea of Justice". Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities (MCPH), Manipal University / India. July 1 - 15; sponsored by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research. 2007 Junior Researcher at the Summer School "Entangled Medical Fields: Transformation of Meaning, Knowledge and Practice"; Libreville / Gabon: July 17-26. Organized by: Centre for Interdisciplinary Reserach on Africa, Goethe-University Frankfurt (ZIAF), Point Sud, Université de Nantes, Université Omar Bongo; sponsored by Volkswagen Foundation. 2001 Free University Berlin, Institute for Social Anthropology: travel grant for fieldwork in Mwanza, Tanzania. Article Reviews for Curare — Journal of Medical Anthropology Memberships Society for Historical Anthropology German Society for Research and Practice in Community Psychology (GGFP) Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ethnomedizin (AGEM) Workgroup Medical Anthropology, subsection of the German Anthropological Association (GAA) German Anthropological Association (GAA) Further work experience Presently psychologist in a clinic for general psychiatry and psychotherapy Freelance at blickwechsel, Cologne/Germany: management-consultant (organizational anthropology) for diversity and gender in top management Honorary office, Berlin Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims (bzfo e.V.)/ Germany: support in a family Psychologist in a therapeutic living community, Berlin/Germany: social therapy, support and intervention in crisis Psychosocial counseling and support in everyday live for people with mental disabilities, Berlin/Germany Intern at a psychological training and research institute, New York / USA Intern at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg / Germany Civil service at the "Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistigen Behinderungen e.v.", Germany: care for a spatically paralyzed boy in school and at home
Imprint© Markus Wiencke 2012