Michaela Pelican, PhD (Jun.-Prof.)
Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology
Assistant Professor
Homepage: http://ethnologie.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/pelican,
http://www.michaela-pelican.com
Email: mpelican
uni-koeln.de
Research interests:
Ethnicity, indigeneity, migration, transnationalism, Sub-saharan Africa, Cameroon, Gulf States, China.
Expertise relevant to the Forum:
Field research experience with ethnic groups in Cameroon and Gabon (since 1996); Interethnic relations and identity politics in Northwest Cameroon; Contemporary discourses of indigeneity, autochthony, and citizenship in Africa and their social and political implications; Ethnicity, citizenship, and exclusion in the context of mobility.