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Department of Anthropology

Research Group Member Profile

Ms Claudia C. Aufschnaiter

(email at c.c.aufschnaiter@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

I received my master's degree (Mag.a phil.) with distinction in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Vienna University, Austria, in 2008.
As part of my degree I worked for the Society for Threatened Peoples in Vienna, a human rights organisation campaigning for the rights of ethnic, religious, and indigenous minorities, and spent two terms at SOAS researching my master's dissertation on the relevance of international law to indigenous peoples' land rights with reference to India's Adivasis (or Scheduled Tribes).

I have a particular enthusiasm for the multiple uses of film, photography and the Internet for fieldwork purposes.

Research Groups

Research Interests

  • Conflict Management and Conciliation
  • Development Anthropology
  • India
  • International Law and Human Rights, especially of indigenous peoples
  • Legal Anthropology
  • Self-reliance and -sufficiency
  • Theatre and Media (Visual and Digital) Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Humour

Indicators of Esteem

  • Award for Best Poster by Popular Vote at Durham Anthropology PG Conference:

Publications

  • Aufschnaiter, C.C. (2009). "Zuerst verdrängt man uns, dann wirft man uns hinaus": Widerstandsstrategien und Rechtskontext des Adivasi-Landrechtskampfes. Adivasi Koordination in Germany Newsletter No. 35.
  • Aufschnaiter, C.C. (2009). 'Diese Hügel, genannt Heimat': Indigene (Naga) Literatur in Indien. Lebenszeichen 2010. Kalender der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker Kalenderblatt September.

Articles: magazine

  • Aufschnaiter, C.C. (2010). Lebenszeichen "goes round the world". Bedrohte Völker. Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker Österreich 2(June-July): 30-31.
  • Aufschnaiter, C.C. (2010). Welcher Gottheit dienen? Indiens zwangsprostituierte Devadasis wehren sich gegen sexuelle Ausbeutung. Frauensolidarität 113(3): 8-9.
  • Aufschnaiter, C.C. (2008). Mit Bildung bessere Wege beschreiten. Bedrohte Völker. Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker 3(Oct.): 18-19.

Books: authored

  • Aufschnaiter, C.C. (2009). Adivasi Land Rights Struggles in South India: Indigenous Resistance Strategies and the (Inter)national Law Context. Saarbrücken: VDM Publishing House Dr. Müller.

Grants Awarded

  • 2008: Durham Doctoral Fellowship
  • 2007: Research Grant, University of Vienna
  • 2006: Grant for Short Scientific Research Abroad, University of Vienna
  • 2005: Scholarship for Academic Achievements, University of Vienna

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