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Denise Schallenkammer

Denise Schallenkammer, M.A.

Scientific staff

E-Mail: denise.schallenkammer@serbski-institut.de


Areas of research

  • Film Studies
  • Media Science and Culture
  • Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies
  • Inter- and Transcultural Communication Research
  • Indigenous Studies


Research projects



CV

  • since 2020 research assistant at the Sorbian Institute
  • 2019-2020 Editor for press and public relations in the area of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia for SPREE-Presse und PR-Büro GmbH
  • 2019 Master Thesis: The Representation of Māori in Contemporary New Zealand Film (1983–2010). A Comparison of filmic Presentation of Indigenous Identity by Māori and Pākehā
  • 2016-2019 Master of Arts (M.A.): Communication and Media Science (Major), British and American Transcultural Studies (Minor); studying a semester abroad in Christchurch, New Zealand
  • 2016 Bachelor Thesis: “The Representation of Women in Contemporary New
    Zealand Film.”
  • 2012-2016 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.): Anglistics and Communication and Media Science at the University of Leipzig; studying a semester abroad in Dublin, Ireland


Memberships

  • GfM – Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft e.V.
  • GfE – Gesellschaft für Ethnographie e.V.‎
  • Sorbian-German Film Network “Łužycafilm”


Publications

Articles

  • The “Grandmother” of Indigenous Filmmaking in New Zealand: Merata Mita – Film Is Her Patu. In: Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism. Indigenous Feminisms Across the World, Vol. 23, No. 1, p. 156-174 (April 2024).
  • Film als identitätsstiftender Faktor und Sprachrohr ethnischer Minderheiten (Film as an identity-forming factor and mouthpiece for ethnic minorities). In: Lemke, Grit/Räder, Andy (Hg.): Sorbische Filmlandschaften. Berlin: Bertz + Fischer (Spring 2024).
  • Wo wuznamje ››Serbskeho Filma‹‹. Serbske filmowe tworjenje – wot ›narunanskeho koła‹ k ›gratej‹ serbskeje kultury? (On the Significance of “Sorbian Film”. Sorbian Filmmaking – From a ‘Spare Wheel’ to a ‘Tool’ of Sorbian Culture?). In: Rozhlad, 01/2023, p. 6-11.

Presentations

  • “Zwischen Braunkohle und Trachten… Repräsentationen der Lausitz und der Sorben in ausgewählten, zeitgenössischen Filmen” (“Between Brown Coal and Traditional Clothing… Representations of Lusatia and the Sorbs in selected Contemporary Films”) (15th network meeting of the Sorbian-German film network Łužycafilm as part of the 32nd FilmFestival Cottbus, Wendisches Haus, Cottbus / Serbski dom, Chóśebuz, 11.11.2022).

Blog posts

  • Schallenkammer, Denise: Wenn Film Geschichte schreibt. Zum sorbischen Filmschaffen in der DDR (When Film writes History. Sorbian Filmmaking in the GDR), in: Lausitz – Łužica – Łužyca. Aspekte der Beziehungs- und Verflechtungsgeschichte einer zentraleuropäischen Brückenlandschaft (March 11th 2024). URL: https://lausitz.hypotheses.org/2298