Personen
- Prof. Dr. Mamadou Diawara
- Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Hahn
- Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg
- Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter
- Prof. Dr. Mirco Göpfert
- Prof. apl. Dr. Iris Gareis
- Prof. apl. Dr. Volker Gottowik
- Prof. apl. Dr. Holger Jebens
- Prof. apl. Dr. Verena Keck
- PD Dr. Birgit Bräuchler
- Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis Georget
- PD Dr. Andrea Reikat
- Prof. apl. Dr. Ute Röschenthaler
- PD Dr. Susanne Fehlings
- Dr. Gabriel Klaeger
- Dr. Markus Lindner
- Dr. Andrea Luithle-Hardenberg
- Dr. Almut Schneider
- Dr. Marko Scholze
- Dr. Nikolaus Stolle
- Dr. Judit Tavakoli
- Dr. Sophia Thubauville
- Dr. des. Yanti Hölzchen
- Dr. des. Baktygul Tulebaeva
- Harriet Annuscheit, M.A.
- Sabine Barth
- Oliver Bertrand, M.A.
- Sandra Hüfner
- Dipl.-Bibl. Kirsten Lankenau
- Ronja Metzger, M.A.
Dr. des. Baktygul Tulebaeva
Teaching and Research Associate
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 / 798-33066
Fax: +49 (0) 69 / 798-33065
Email: tulebaeva (at) em.uni-frankfurt.de
Room: IG 552
Office hours: Mondays 1 – 3 pm, registration by E-Mail.
Research focus
Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan), South Asia (India), anthropology of personhood, anthropology of Islam, Sufism in India, online religion, anthropology of health and illness, moral education
Academic career
2016 - Teaching and Research Associate, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology,
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
2017 PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Research Project: ‘Born Kyrgyz, Raised as Russians and Buried as Arabs: Negotiating
Childhood and Personhood in Kyrgyzstan’
2009 Master of Science in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh
Research Project: 'Cross-cultural study of the concept of child well-being'
Publications
2020 |
Research Ethics (Izildöönun Etikasy). In: Toktogulova, M. (Ed.). Scientific Research Methods: Handbook on Social and Human Sciences. Bishkek: Online University, pp. 28-43 (in Kyrgyz) |
2020 |
Methodological Foundation of Research (Izildöönün Usulduk Paidubaly). In: Toktogulova, M. (Ed.). Scientific Research Methods: Handbook on Social and Human Sciences. Bishkek: Online University, pp. 61-77 (in Kyrgyz) |
2020 |
Interview Strategies (Interview Aluu Strategialary). In: Toktogulova, M. (Ed.). Scientific Research Methods: Handbook on Social and Human Sciences. Bishkek: Online University, pp. 91-113 (in Kyrgyz, co-authored with Gulzat Bayalieva) |
2017 |
In Search of the Good Life. Value Conflicts and Dilemmas in the Practice of Islam in Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan. In: Hardenberg, R. (Ed.). Approaching Ritual Economy: Socio-Cosmic Fields in Globalized Contexts. Tübingen: SFB 1070 Publications, pp. 71-103 |
2015 |
Being a Kyrgyz Child. In: Behera, D.K. (Ed.). Contemporary Society: Tribal Studies (Vol. X: Tribal Children and their Childhood). New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, pp. 38-55 |
2014 |
Revisiting Ethics in Ethnographic Research with Children. The Oriental Anthropologists, 14(2), 223-236 |
2009 |
Belief and Knowledge in Healing Practices. In: Aitpaeva A. (Ed.). Sacred Sites of Issyk-Kul: Spiritual Powers, Pilgrimage, and Art. Bishkek: Aigine RC, pp. 299-309 |
2009 |
Let's Learn to Express our Thoughts. In ScholarForum: The Journal of the Open Society Institute's Network Scholarship Programs, 12, 4-5 |
Workshop and panels (from 2014 onwards)
2020 |
Co-organizer of the International workshop “Social Media and Religion”, October 22-23, GRADE, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Online workshop) |
2019 |
Chair/discussant of the panel “Women, Agency and Identity in Central Asia”, 20th Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), October 10-13, George Washington University, Washington, USA |
2018 |
Chair of the working group “Innovation and (Dis)Empowerment”, Workshop “Resource-based perspectives on the good life (Buen Vivir) in the humanities”, June 25-29, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
2015 |
Organizer of the panel “Education and identity in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan”, 14th Bi-Annual Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) “Central Asia in the XXI Century. Historical Trajectories, Contemporary Challenges and Everyday Encounters”, October 8-11, Zurich, Switzerland |
2014 |
Convenor/chair/discussant of the panel “Childhood(s) and youth(s) of the future: children as cultural and social resources”, IUAES inter-congress “The Future with/of Anthropologies”, May 14-18, Chiba, Japan |
Conferences and presented papers (from 2014 onwards)
2020 |
“‘Journey to the saint’: Materiality and mediation in the practice of Sufism in India”, 16th EASA Biennial Conference: New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe, Lisbon (Online Conference) |
2019 |
“Work as part of good tarbiya (upbringing) in Kyrgyzstan”, 20th Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Washington, USA |
2019 |
“The economy of light: Sufi networks and the role of Sufi shrines in the pursuit of well-being” poster presentation, Summer Symposium, Frobenius Institute for Research in Cultural Anthropology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
2019 |
“Re-Islamization processes and value-conflicts in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan”, workshop “Religious Speakers and Religious Speech – Authority and Influence of Word and People”, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
2018 |
“Pilgrimage to Sufi shrines as a resource to achieve a good life”, workshop “Values and Valuation: Identifying Resources in the Quest for the Good Life”, Isfahan, Iran |
2018 |
Value-conflicts in bringing up a ‘healthy’ child in Kyrgyzstan”, 19th Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Pittsburgh, USA |
2015 |
“Between the Past and Present. The Role of Schools in Shaping Values and Identities”, 14thBi-Annual Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) “Central Asia in the XXI Century. Historical Trajectories, Contemporary Challenges and Everyday Encounters”, Zurich, Switzerland |
2015 |
“Yrym (ritual) and its Role in ‘Constructing’ a Child”, Altay Communities conference “Religion and Belief Rituals – Language and History Issues”, Antalya, Turkey |
2015 |
“The Value of a ‘Constructed’ Child”, 3rd International Conference of the International Childhood and Youth Research Network “Theory and Method in Child & Youth Research”, Nicosia, Cyprus |
2014 |
“Taking away our child’s anxiety: Islamic and non-Islamic concepts of healing child illnesses”, Summer School workshop “Religion and Resource: Local and Global Discourses”, Tübingen, Germany |
2014 |
“Bringing up a child in a Kyrgyz way”, IUAES inter-congress “The Future with/of Anthropologies”, Chiba, Japan |
2014 |
“Between Development, Soviet Science and Traditional Healing: An Ethnography of Childhood and Child Health in Kyrgyzstan” poster presentation, Global Supplementary Grant Program-Europe Conference “Active Academia: A Catalyst for Societal Change”, Oxford, UK |
2014 |
“Self-identification and changing values of Kyrgyz people on the examples of child-related rituals”, workshop “Living in Asian Borderlands: An Appreciation of Resources”, Tübingen, Germany |
Research grants
2018 |
Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers (GRADE), |
2013 |
Global Supplementary Grant Program, Open Society Foundation research grant |
2012 |
Global Supplementary Grant Program, Open Society Foundation research grant |
2012 |
University of Central Asia research grant |
2011-2014 |
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and University of Central Asia (CAFDP fellowship) |
Taught courses
- Methoden
- Culture, health and healing
- Einführung in die Ethnographie Indiens
- Einführung in die Materielle Kultur
- Religious pluralism in India: Between dialogue and communalism (co-taught)
- Islam in India: Anthropological approaches to the cultural and religious life of Muslims in India
- Children in different cultures: Cross-cultural perspectives
- The latest research on current societal issues in Central Asia
- Introduction to the anthropology of Central Asia
- Kyrgyz language (beginners – advanced level)