Silvia Wojczewski

Wiedner Hauptstrasse 130/12 1050 Vienna AUSTRIA +43 650 4146789 [email protected] http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Silvia_Wojczewski Nationalities: German and French

EDUCATION

2011 Mag. phil., Social- and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, Austria

2009 BSc. Environment and Bio Resource Management, University of Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

EMPLOYMENT

02/2016-2021 PhD candidate and teaching assistant (supervisor: Anne-Christine Trémon, Co- supervisor: David Picard) at the University of Lausanne, Institute for Geography and Sustainability, Anthropology of Travel and Tourism http://igd.unil.ch/silviawojczewski/en/presentation/ Associate member of the LACS – Laboratoire d’anthropologie sociale et culturelle, Université de Lausanne

10/2015 External lecturer, Medical anthropology, Medical University, Vienna

03/2013- 09/2015 Research assistant EU-FP7-project HURAPRIM Human Resources for Primary Health Care in Africa/ Migration of health care workers (http://www.huraprim.ugent.be/drupal/), APRES about Antibiotic resistance in Europe, QUALICOPC about General Medicine in Europe and COCO- Common Cold-Project in Europe, Unit Ethnomedicine and International Health, Medical University, Vienna, Austria

08/2012 Project assistant quantitative methods for Dr. Gerhild Trübswasser, intercultural project from the University of Klagenfurt, Austria

02/2012- 06/2012 Project assistant part-time qualitative methods at the Unit Ethnomedicine and International Health, Medical University, Vienna

05/2011- 12/2013 Translator part-time (German-French) at Meta Communication GmbH, Vienna

12/2011- 07/2012 Traineeship at the ÖIN (Austrian Institute for sustainable development) Vienna, Austria

TEACHING

Autumn 2018 Stage de terrain (field trip, project week, 6 ECTS), assisting Mathis Stock, Master in Tourism studies, Université de Lausanne, Berlin

Spring 2018 Méthodologies de la recherche, assisting Léopold Lucas, Master in Tourism studies, Université de Lausanne

Spring 2017 Patrimoines, Innovations, Terroirs (3 ECTS), assisting David Picard, Master in Tourism studies, Université de Lausanne, Sion

Autumn 2016/17 Stage de terrain (fieldwork project week, 6 ECTS), assisting David Picard, Master in Tourism studies, Université de Lausanne, Lisbon

Autumn 2016-19 Anthropologie du tourisme et du voyage (6 ECTS), assisting David Picard, Valerio Simoni, Tristan Loloum, Master in Tourism studies, Université de Lausanne, Sion

Spring 2016 Enjeux sociopolitiques du tourisme pour les sociétés d’accueil (3 ECTS), assisting Prof. Picard, Master in Tourism studies, Université de Lausanne, Sion

Spring 2016 Inter- and transdisciplinary research methods (6 ECTS), co-teaching with Mourtazina E., Master in Tourism studies, Université de Lausanne, Sion

Autumn 2014/15 Medical anthropological aspects of aging, dying and death, small group teaching, regular curriculum for medical students, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (one session only)

GRANTS

• PlaGe (Interdisciplinary Gender studies platform at University Lausanne), funding for conference on Geographies of Care, 2000 CHF, 11/2020

• EASA network funding (European Association for Social Anthropology) for ANTHROMOB (Anthropology and Mobility network) workshop, 850 €, 01/2019 • PlaGe (Interdisciplinary Gender studies platform at University Lausanne), funding for conference on Gender and the Body, 2000 CHF, 12/2018

• Research grant (Wissenschaftstipendium) from the city of Vienna (Magistratsabteilung 7- Kultur), 1500 €, 7/2015-8/2015

• Grant for Master Thesis research abroad of the University of Vienna (KWA), 1100 €, 3/2010- 5/2010

FURTHER INFORMATION

Professional networks

2018 – Ongoing: Co-convenor of the Anthropology and Mobility network (ANTHROMOB) of EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) with Anna-Lisa Ramella (UCologne) and Fabiola Mancinelli (UBarcelona)

2017 – 2021: Member of the Bureau of the PlaGe (Interdisciplinary Gender studies platform), Université de Lausanne

Editorial activities

2019 – Editorial board member of the Berghahn Book Series Worlds in Motion. Series editor: Noel Salazar

Fieldwork and academic stays abroad

• PhD fieldwork multi-sited and in Frankfurt 08/2017 – 08/2018 • ECOSUR, Campeche, México, Academic visitor 03/2012-05/2012 • Fieldwork in Mexico, Pachuitz, Calakmul, 01/2010-06/2010 • Universidad de Córdoba, Spain; Erasmus exchange program (BSc), 10/2006-07/2007 • Shimoga, India, Visiting teacher in school for blind children, 11/2003-04/2004

Language skills

• German (native speaker) • French (native speaker) • English (fluent, IELTS: band 8) • Spanish (fluent) • Portuguese (basic language proficiency) PUBLICATIONS

Wojczewski, S. (2020). Experiencing ‘white fragility’: Cultivating discomfort and the politics of representation in feminist research practices. Dans: Feministische Geo-Rundmail Nr. 83 : Feminist Research Practice in Geography: Snapshots, Reflections, Concepts. (p. 34-39)

Wojczewski, S. (2020). Family Affairs - An intergenerational dialogue on diaspora. Sur: Blog NCCR - on the move: https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/family-affairs-an-intergenerational-dialogue- on-diaspora/?lang=de, Université de Neuchatel.

Peer reviewed :

Wojczewski, S. (2019) À la recherche d’un enracinement. De l’importance des voyages au sein des itinéraires de féministes activistes afro-allemandes. https://www.ethnographiques.org/2019/numero-37/. Dossier Revenir. Quêtes, enquêtes et retrouvailles coordonné par Anne-Christine Trémon, Michaël Busset, et Grégoire Mayor. (peer reviewed online journal)

Wojczewski, S. (2019) (Im-)mobile Travels: Navigating Categories of Movement and Identities. http://allegralaboratory.net/im-mobile-travels-navigating-categories-of-movement-and- identities/ (peer-reviewed Anthropology blog)

Mayrhuber, E., W. Peersman, N. van de Kraats, G. Petricek, A. Ćosić Diviak, S. Wojczewski, and K. Hoffmann. (2018). "“With fever it’s the real flu I would say”: laypersons’ perception of common cold and influenza and their differences-a qualitative study in Austria, Belgium and Croatia." BMC infectious diseases 18 (1):1-9.

Hoffmann, K., Wojczewski, S., Aarendonk, D., Maier, M., Dorner, T. E., & de Maeseneer, J. (2017). No common understanding of profession terms utilized in health services research. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 129(1-2), 52-58.

Poppe, A., Wojczewski, S., Taylor, K., Kutalek, R., & Peersman, W. (2016). The views of migrant health workers living in Austria and Belgium on return migration to sub-Saharan Africa. Human Resources for Health, 14(1), 27. DOI: 10.1186/s12960-016-0129-4

Nkomazana, O., Mash, R., Wojczewski, S., Kutalek, R., & Phaladze, N. (2016). How to create more supportive supervision for primary healthcare: lessons from Ngamiland district of Botswana: co- operative inquiry group. Global Health Action, 9. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.31263

Wojczewski, S., M. Willcox, V. Mubangizi, K. Hoffmann, W. Peersman, T. Niederkrotenthaler, S. Natukunda, S. Maling, M. Maier, D. Mant, and R. Kutalek. (2015). "Portrayal of the Human Resource Crisis and Accountability in Healthcare: A Qualitative Analysis of Ugandan Newspapers." PLoS One 10 (4):e0121766. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121766. Wojczewski, S., S. Pentz, C. Blacklock, K. Hoffmann, W. Peersman, O. Nkomazana, and R. Kutalek. (2015). "African Female Physicians and Nurses in the Global Care Chain: Qualitative Explorations from Five Destination Countries." PLoS ONE 10 (6):e0129464. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129464.

Wojczewski, S., A. Poppe, K. Hoffmann, W. Peersman, O. Nkomazana, S. Pentz, and R. Kutalek. (2015). "Diaspora engagement of African migrant health workers–examples from five destination countries." Global health action 8 (1):29210

Hoffmann, K., S. Wojczewski, A. George, W. Schäfer, and M. Maier. (2015). "Stressed and overworked? A cross-sectional study of the working situation of urban and rural general practitioners in Austria in the framework of the QUALICOPC project." Croatian medical journal 56 (4):366-374.

Moosa, S., S. Wojczewski, K. Hoffmann, A. Poppe, O. Nkomazana, W. Peersman, M. Willcox, A. Derese, and D. Mant. (2014). "The inverse primary care law in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study of the views of migrant health workers." British Journal of General Practice 64 (623):e321-e328. doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X680089.

Moosa, S., S. Wojczewski, K. Hoffman, A. Poppe, O. Nkomazana, W. Peersman, M. Willcox, M. Maier, A. Derese, and D. Mant. (2013). "Why there is an inverse primary-care law in Africa." The Lancet Global Health 1 (6):e332-e333. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70119-0.

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS (2016-2020)

11/2020 “Cultivating discomfort and uncertainty for careful research relations”. Care as method workshop. Geographies of Alternative Care: Spaces, Ecologies and Methods. November 27, University of Lausanne.

10/2020 « La formation d’une identité diasporique chez les personnes afrodescendantes en Allemagne ». Conférence dans le cours Anthropologie Culturelle et Sociale II. Université de Lausanne, Octobre 27.

07/2020 “Kinning through diasporic travel – Mobility and coming of age for young Germans of African descent”. EASA biannual conference Panel 144: New horizons: second generation perspectives on experiences of migration. Lisbon, Portugal, 24 July (online).

11/2019 "Pour la cause de l'ancêtre - Relation diasporique et transformations d'un village globalisé, Shenzhen, Chine". Table-ronde organisée dans le cadre des séminaires de recherches du LACS. Discussion autour de l'ouvrage d’Anne-Christine Trémon. With Alice Aterianus-Owanga, FTSR, ISSR-ORS - Antoine Kernen, FSSP, ISS-LACCUS - Tobias Marschall, IHEID, dép. d'anthropologie - Silvia Wojczewski, FGSE, IGD 11/2019 “Imaginaries of migration and work in the process of fashioning a diasporic self”. EASA Anthromob workshop. Panel 2: Mobility, education and work in the making of a desirable self. Barcelona, Spain, November 7.

09/2019 “An intergenerational dialogue on diaspora and home”. Roundtable: Families and children on the move. Neuchâtel Graduate Conference of Migration and Mobility Studies, September 12.

07/2019 “Family affairs – an intergenerational dialogue on African diaspora in a German city”. Panel: People of African Descent: sociabilities, representations, and sociopolitical and cultural dynamics - Sessão 1: Identidades Plurais: enunciações afrodescendentes. Lisbon, Portugal, July 6.

05/2019 “A family trip to Ghana: Negotiating privilege, kinship and care in international travel”. CUSO doctoral workshop Anthropological encounters with tourism. Monte Verità, Ticino, Switzerland, May 13-14.

08/2018 “Mobility as social norm: Travel, homeliness and community among two Afro- feminist performers”. Panel: Creating locality in mobile times. EASA European Anthropology Association. Stockholm, Sweden, August 17.

06/2018 « Note de terrain sur la distance analytique ». CUSO doctoral workshop sociologie, Observer & (d-)écrire: mener une enquête ethnographique Module sur la pratique ethnographique avec Prof. Gary A. Fine. Lausanne, Switzerland. Juin 1.

05/2018 “Afro-German, Afro-pean, Afro-politan – Wayfindings to a diasporic identity”. Conference: Transnational Perspectives on Black Germany. Black German heritage and research association. University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada, May 23-25.

02/2018 « Faire partie d’un life-world : l’observation participative est-elle une méthode phénoménologique ?». Seminar: “L’approche phénoménologique dans la recherche en sciences sociales et humaines”. Co-organizer of doctoral seminar with Ellina Mourtazina, Diane Linder, Gérald Hess, Nathalie Depraz. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 9.

07/2017 “Becoming Black German – Imagining new ways of being through travel and tourism”. Panel 8: “Afroeuropean modes of self-definition: Blackness, Africanness, and Europeanness in the making.” Biennial Afroeuropeans 2017 conference. Tampere, Finland. July 7.

06/2017 “Black Germans on tour – travel and the negotiation of identities”. Session 2 ‘Multilocality, tourism and travel’. Swiss Mobility Conference Université de Lausanne, Switzerland. June 29. 03/2017 “Black bodies - Travel and the challenge for identity”. Workshop: Walking-home. Exploring experience and knowledge of place and motion. SIEF 2017. International Society for Ethnology and Folklore. Göttingen, Germany. March 27.

11/2016 "Voyage, nation, identité". Journée des doctorant-e-s. Institut de géographie et durabilité. Université de Lausanne, Suisse. November 18.

07/2016 “Transnational family makings of African migrant health workers”. EASA – European Association of Social Anthropology. Biennale Conference. University of Milan. July 21.

06/2016 “Tourism futures”. Co-authors: Hürlemann S, Savioz A. Lancaster Summit. Institute of Geography and Sustainability. Université de Lausanne. June 9.

06/2016 “Traveling home: Migrant health workers links to their home countries”. APA – Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association. Universidad de Coimbra. June 4.

WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE ORGANISATION (2016-2020)

11/2020 “Geographies of Alternative Care: Spaces, Ecologies and Methods” (Online conference). Organisers: Miriam Tola (IGD), Marianna Fernandes (IGD), Simone Ranocchiari (IGD), Christophe Mager (IGD), Silvia Wojczewski (IGD-LACS). Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-27 November

07/2020 “AnthroMob (Anthropology and mobilities) annual network meeting (online)”. Organisers: Anna Lisa Ramella, Fabiola Mancinelli, Silvia Wojczewski. EASA European Association for Social Anthropology conference 2020. 20 July. Virtual conference in Lisbon.

11/2019 Table ronde avec Charlotte Lemanski (Université de Cambridge): Hybrid gentrification in South Africa: theorizing across southern and northern cities. Organisers: Jessica Wilczak (ISS-LACS), Laura Neville (IGD), Silvia Wojczewski (IGD), Lausanne, Switzerland

11/2019 “Mobility and the future of work.” Co-Organizer with F. Mancinelli (UBarcelona), A. Ramella (USiegen), D. Johnson (UAmhurst), H. Patzer (Academy of Science Warsaw) of the EASA Anthromob workshop. Barcelona, November 6-8. https://mobilityandfuture2019.home.blog/

07/2019 “Performing and narrating Afropean (auto)biographies in the arts and Europe.” Co-Chair with P. Ohene-Nyako (UGeneve) and M. Pétrémont (UGeneve). Panel at 7th Biannual Afroeuropean conference. Lisbon, July 7.

06/2019 “Corp(us) (in)disciplines”. Workshop on Gender and the body including a performance night. Co-Organizer with S.Ranocchiari, C. Mager, J. Pope (IGD-Unil). Lausanne, Switzerland, June 13. 05/2019 “Audiovisual data analysis workshop”. Co-Organizer with I. Strebel (IGD-Unil) of CUSO geography doctoral workshop, invited guest Alan Latham (University College London). Lausanne, Switzerland, May 20-21.

04/2018 “Atelier de réalisation vidéo pour géographes”. Co-organizer of the CUSO doctoral workshop with Juliet Fall, Nicolas Senn and Andrew Lawrence. Geneva, Switzerland, April 12-13.

02/2018 “L’approche phénoménologique dans la recherche en sciences sociales et humaines”. Doctoral seminar with Ellina Mourtazina, Diane Linder, Gérald Hess. Invited guest: Nathalie Depraz. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 9.

01/2018 “Ethnographies in motion. Exploring the relation between the anthropological notion of the field and mobility.” Co-organizer of the CUSO doctoral workshop with Simone Abram, Stéphane Tonnelat, Anne-Christine Trémon. Lausanne, Switzerland. January 10-12.

02/2017 “Exploring mobile methods through the prism of tourism”. Workshop for CUSO doctoral school for geography in Switzerland. Co-organizing with Roger Norum, University of Leeds, Lauren Wagner, Maastricht University. Neuchâtel. February 7.

11/2016 “Who is in – Who is out? The categories of tourism and migration and the dynamics of socio political inclusion and exclusion.” Organiser of the panel 1 of the Conférence annuelle de la SSA (Société Suisse d’Anthropologie), Université de Lausanne, Suisse. November 11.

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