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Susanne B Unger
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Visiting Faculty
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Cultural Anthropology
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Friedl Buidling
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Campus Box 90091
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Research Description
My research and teaching interests have focused on the political and social uses of media and the arts, with an area focus on Germany. Specifically, my research investigates the beliefs and practices that inform government-sponsored and corporate Filmbildung (film education) programs for young people in early 21st century Germany. I use film education efforts as a lens for understanding how educators, policymakers, and visual artists construct civic engagement, belonging, creativity, active participation, and the ability to articulate political and social issues in Germany today. My research speaks to sociocultural and linguistic anthropology, the anthropology of media, and the anthropology of Europe.
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Education
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- PhD,
- Department of Anthropology,
- University of Michigan,
- 2011
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- M.A., Linguistic Anthropology,
- University of Toronto
