Norman Schräpel, MA
Social Anthropologist
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Research Interest
My principle research interest is the role of technologies (in particular information and communication technologies - ICTs) in the use for health care delivery. The ethnographic data of my research comes from (bio)medical contexts in South Africa and more recently from Rwanda. My research can be seen at the intersection of Social Anthropology (in particular medical and political anthropology) and Science and Technology Studies and focuses on the various translations that these technologies provoke (e.g. the production of new figurations, expectations and creative adaptations).
Education
Oct 2010 - Present
PhD candiate in Social Anthropology
University of Halle, Germany
- Working titel thesis: "Information and Communication Technologies, Medical Data Production and the Politics of Global Health in Rwanda."
- Fieldwork in Rwanda: July 2011 - May 2012
Apr 2005 - Sep 2010
MA (Magister) in Social Anthropology
University of Halle, Germany
- MA thesis on "Rendering Technology – Re-Building South Africa's health system through information and communication technologies".
- Minors in Psychology and German Linguistics
Professional qualifications & Schoolarships
Apr 2011 - Present
Junior Lecturer and Researcher
University of Halle, Germany
At the Institute for Social Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Employed by the DFG (German Research Foundation) Priority Program 1448: Adaptation and Creativity in Africa.
Oct 2010 - Mar 2011
Start Up Grant
GSSCM Halle, Germany
Graduate School Society and Culture in Motion, University of Halle.
Oct 2006 – Sep 2010
Student Assistant
MPI Social Anthropology Halle, Germany
Max Planck Fellow Group Law, Organisation, Science and Technology (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle).
Responsibilities & Memberships
Responsibilities
- Editor of the CARGO – Zeitschrift für Ethnologie (2006-2011) - Editing 4 issues (27, 28, 29, 30, 31) of the German student journal CARGO (print).
- Coordinator of AG Visual Anthropology Halle (2008-present) - Cp-Founder and coordinator of the student group Visual Anthropology at the Seminar for Social Anthropology (MLU-Halle). This included regular film screening as well as workshop sessions and film production.
- Student representative at the Seminar for Social Anthropology (2006-2009) - During a period of almost 4 years I had different tasks within the student representative group at the Seminar for Social Anthropology such as spokesperson, treasurer and member of the commission for a new professorship.
Memberships
- EASA (European Association of Social Anthropology)
- 4S (Society for Socil Studies of Science)
- EASST (European Association of Science and Technology Studies)
- DGV (German Anthropological Association)
- Goethe Society (Weimar)
- Ethnographic Society (Berlin)
- AG Visual Anthropology (Halle)
Publications
2010
- with Jan Cherlet & Andreas Mitzschke 2010. About the Sense and Nonsense of a 'Development' Label. EASST Review 29 (3): 5-6.
- Connecting Africa. African Connections. Africa's engagement with information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their role for development – the case of telemedicine in South Africa. Conference Proceedings: "ICT and Development - Research Voices from Africa", Makerere University, Uganda.
2008
- Fleisch. Cargo - Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 28: 45-47.
2007
- Wie Einführungen einführen oder Was Ethnologie wirklich ist. Cargo - Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 27: 52-53.
Presentations
2011
- Information and communication technologies, medical data production and the politics of global health in Rwanda. PhD/Research Workshop: Body images - gender inside/outside, Paris (11-13 Apr 2011).
2010
- Adapting a revolution – Creativity and the deployment of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for health care in Rwanda. Conference: EASST010, Trento (2 Sep 2010).
- Doing an Anthropology of ICT. Technologies and the Production of Order and Disorder Conference: "Online PhD Kolloquium" (12 May 2010).
- Translating Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in African contexts: Interventions, Transformations and Revolutions in Rwanda. Conference: "ICT: Africa's Revolutionary Tools for the 21st Century?" University of Edinburgh. (4 – 5 May 2010)
- Warum ich Technologie untersuche. Für eine Ethnologie der Wissenschaft und Technik. Conference: "7. Ethnologie Symposium der Studierenden", University of Zürich (22 – 25 Apr 2010).
- Connecting Africa. African Connections. Africa's engagement with information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their role for development – the case of telemedicine in South Africa. Conference: "ICT and Development - Research Voices from Africa", Makerere University, Uganda (22 – 23 Mar 2010).
- Heroes in the making: A global perspective on representations and perceptions of African Football players. Conference: "Visualizing the Game. Global Perspectives on Football in Africa", University of Basel (28 – 30 Jan 2010).
2009
- Images and Imaginaries - Telemedicine and therapeutic domination in South Africa. Workshop: "LOST – Annual Workshop", Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (18 – 20 Jun 2009).
2008
- In Search of Cipangu – Expectations and the shaping of Telemedicine in South Africa. Conference: "Med-e-Tel", Luxembourg. (16 – 18 Apr 2008).
- Telemedicine and the perpetuation of linkages. Workshop: "LOST – Annual Workshop", Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (15 –22 Jun 2008).
2007
- In Search of Cipangu – Expectations and the shaping of Telemedicine in South Africa. Workshop: "Knowledge Diversity and Power", University of Stellenbosch. (6 Feb 2007). (Organized by Norman Schräpel and Steven Robins)
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