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ISEK - Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies Popular Culture Studies

Valerie Keller

Valerie Keller, PhD

  • Lecturer
Room number
AFL-G-260

Research Interests

  • Cultures of Age an Aging (Self-care in Dementia)
  • Governmentality, normality, self-/external determination
  • Queering

Porträt

Education

  • 2018–2021: PhD at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (Dissertation supervised by Prof. Dr. Harm-Peer Zimmermann and Prof. Dr. Simon Peng-Keller: “Selfcare in the face of dementia. Potentials of a relational practice”)
  • 2012–2016: MA in Popular Culture Studies and Film Studies at the University of Zurich (Master's thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Harm-Peer Zimmermann: "Mighty Tilt. Surgical body practices as techniques of self and external determination.")
  • 2014: Atelier for Young Festival Manager
  • 2011: Chinese Degree Level C8, Beijing Language and Culture University
  • 2008–2011: BA in Popular Culture Studies, Film Studies and Chinese at the University of Zurich
  • 2003–2007: Gymnasium Hofwil

Work Experience

  • 2022: Lecturer for Popular Culture Studies (ISEK)
  • 2021–2022: Research grant for curatorial projects (Pro Helvetia)  
  • 2018–2021: Project staff at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK)
  • 2015–2020: Co-Director artist run space Milieu, Bern
  • 2019: Editorial member of “Schweizer Volkskunde” (SGV)
  • From 2014: Co-Director Frank und Frei, Basel (association for cultural production)
  • From 2006: Member of the freelance theater collective Sans Cible
  • 2012–2015: Management Bizaar Action Market, Buskers Bern Street Music Festival
  • 2012–2014: Production at CULTURESCAPES (responsible for Theatre/Dance/Artist in Residence)
  • 2012: Internship in communication at CULTURESCAPES
  • 2011–2014: Assistant theatre pedagogy, Junge Bühne Bern

Publications and academic teaching experience