Denise Schallenkammer, M.A.

Areas of research

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

Research projects

• Cinematic Representation(s) of Ethnic Minorities. A Comparison of the Presentation of Indigenous Identity in Film on a(n) Inter-, National and European Level (Dissertation Project)
• Sorbian Film Landscapes. On the History of the Sorbs in DEFA-Film

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

• 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, S. 6-11.