Senior Research Fellow – University of Vienna
Associate Research Fellow – University of Leuven

 

Dr. Monika Palmberger

 

Senior Research Fellow – University of Vienna

Associate Research Fellow – University of Leuven

Co-Founder of the Digital Ethnography Initiative 

 

 

 

 

 

Short biography ––––––––

I hold a PhD from the University of Oxford (2011), for which I conducted long-term fieldwork on memory and generation in post-war Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Presently I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna and an Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leuven. I am PI of the 'REFUGEeICT – Multi-local Care and the Use of Information and Communication Technologies Among Refugees' project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Between 2015 and 2018 I was Hertha Firnberg Fellow and PI of the project 'Placing Memories: Ageing Labour Migrants in Vienna' also funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). And between 2008 and 2015 I was Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen researching experiences of transnational aging and care among first generation migrants in Vienna. During the academic year 2016/2017 I held a visiting professorship at the Interculturalism, Migration and Minorities Research Centre at the University of Leuven.
I am co-founder of the Digital Ethnography Initiative and member of the editorial board of the Journal Media and Communication. From 2015-2019 I was the co-spokesperson of the Working Group Migration of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropologists, from 2017-2020 I was the co-spokesperson of the Age and Generations Network of the European Associations of Social Anthropologists and since 2017 I am the co-spokesperson of the Working Group Migration and Memory of the Memory Studies Association.

Research areas ––––––––

- (Forced) Migration, mobility and globalisation

- Digital cultures and digital ethnography

- Gender and generation

- Social inequality and social change

- Care, ageing and transnational care

- Memory and politics of history

- Post-socialist and conflict studies

- Qualitative and participatory methods

Books ––––––––

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How Generations Remember: Conflicting Histories and Shared Memories in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina

London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Review by Giulia Carabelli in Memory Studies: Download
Review by Sanda Üllen in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics: Download
Review by Trošt Tamara in Südosteuropa: Download

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Care across Distance: Ethnographic Explorations of Aging and Migration (with Azra Hromadzic)

Oxford and Brooklyn, NY: Berghahn, 2018

Review by Vera Radeva Hadjiev in Transfers. Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies: Download
Review by Louise Ryan in Ageing & Society: Download
Review by Kristin Elizabeth Yarris in Anthropology & Ageing: Download

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Memories on the Move: Experiencing Mobility, Rethinking the Past (with Jelena Tosic)

 London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Review by Simone Benazzo in Memory Studies: Download
Review by Johann Jan Pijpers in European Association of Anthropologists: Download
Review by Mohamad Mezian in Hespéris-Tamunda, 2018.

New publications ––––––––

"Migrants and new media: Digital ethnography, transnationalism and superdiversity”
In Meissner, Fran; Nando Sigona and Steve Vertovec (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.

"Migrants and new media: Digital ethnography, transnationalism and superdiversity”In Meissner, Fran; Nando Sigona and Steve Vertovec (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.

Special Issue: “Across Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on Methods, Practices, and Ethics” (with Katja Kaufmann)
Media and Communication, 2022, Vol. 10, No. 3

Special Issue: “Across Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on Methods, Practices, and Ethics” (with Katja Kaufmann)
Special Issue: “Across Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on Methods, Practices, and Ethics” (with Katja Kaufmann)Media and Communication, 2022, Vol. 10, No. 3

Special Issue: "‘Let me tell you a story‘: anthropological encounters with narrative" (with Barbara Götsch)
Narrative Culture, 2022, Vol. 9, No. 1

Special Issue:
Special Issue: "‘Let me tell you a story‘: anthropological encounters with narrative" (with Barbara Götsch)Narrative Culture, 2022, Vol. 9, No. 1

"Refugees enacting (digital) citizenship through placemaking and care practices near and far."
In Journal of Citizenship Studies, 2022, Vol. 26, No.6.

"Refugees enacting (digital) citizenship through placemaking and care practices near and far."In Journal of Citizenship Studies, 2022, Vol. 26, No.6.

"Doing Research at Online and Offline Intersections: Bringing Together Digital and Mobile Methodologies” (with Katja Kaufmann)
In Media and Communication, 2022, Vol. 10, No. 3

"Doing Research at Online and Offline Intersections: Bringing Together Digital and Mobile Methodologies” (with Katja Kaufmann)In Media and Communication, 2022, Vol. 10, No. 3

“The Nexus of Anthropology and Narrative: Ethnographic encounters with practices of storytelling” (with Barbara Götsch)
In Narrative Culture 2022, Vol. 9, No. 1: 1-22.

“The Nexus of Anthropology and Narrative: Ethnographic encounters with practices of storytelling” (with Barbara Götsch)
“The Nexus of Anthropology and Narrative: Ethnographic encounters with practices of storytelling” (with Barbara Götsch) In Narrative Culture 2022, Vol. 9, No. 1: 1-22.

“Narratives of transnational place-making: Exploring migrants’ hidden histories through memory-guided city walks.”
In Narrative Culture, 2022, Vol. 9, No. 1: 91-108.

“Narratives of transnational place-making: Exploring migrants’ hidden histories through memory-guided city walks.”
“Narratives of transnational place-making: Exploring migrants’ hidden histories through memory-guided city walks.”In Narrative Culture, 2022, Vol. 9, No. 1: 91-108.

Roundtable-Review of “The Past Can’t Heal Us” by Lea David in the Diplomatic/International History Roundtable
H-Diplo Roundtable XXIII-7, 2021.

Roundtable-Review of “The Past Can’t Heal Us” by Lea David in the Diplomatic/International History Roundtable
Roundtable-Review of “The Past Can’t Heal Us” by Lea David in the Diplomatic/International History RoundtableH-Diplo Roundtable XXIII-7, 2021.

“Digitale Medien und Methoden“ (Reflections on the digital diary method)
Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaften, Open Media Studies blog, (8 Feb. 2021).

“Digitale Medien und Methoden“ (Reflections on the digital diary method)
“Digitale Medien und Methoden“ (Reflections on the digital diary method) Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaften, Open Media Studies blog, (8 Feb. 2021).

“Collaborative ethnography in the digital age: Towards a new methodological framework”
Digital Ethnography Initiative blog, (13 Nov. 2020).

“Collaborative ethnography in the digital age: Towards a new methodological framework”
“Collaborative ethnography in the digital age: Towards a new methodological framework”Digital Ethnography Initiative blog, (13 Nov. 2020).

“Relational Ambivalence: Exploring the social and discursive dimensions of ambivalence – the case of Turkish aging labor migrants”
In International Journal of Comparative Sociology (IJCS), 2019, Vol. 70, No. 1-2: 74-90.

“Relational Ambivalence: Exploring the social and discursive dimensions of ambivalence – the case of Turkish aging labor migrants”
“Relational Ambivalence: Exploring the social and discursive dimensions of ambivalence – the case of Turkish aging labor migrants”In International Journal of Comparative Sociology (IJCS), 2019, Vol. 70, No. 1-2: 74-90.

“Why Alternative Memory and Place-making Practices in Divided Cities Matter.“ In Giulia Carabelli et al. (eds.) of the Special Issue “Challenging the Representation of Ethnically Divided Cities: Perspectives from Mostar”
In Space and Polity, 2019, Vol. 23, No.2: 243-249.

“Why Alternative Memory and Place-making Practices in Divided Cities Matter.“ In Giulia Carabelli et al. (eds.) of the Special Issue “Challenging the Representation of Ethnically Divided Cities: Perspectives from Mostar”
“Why Alternative Memory and Place-making Practices in Divided Cities Matter.“ In Giulia Carabelli et al. (eds.) of the Special Issue “Challenging the Representation of Ethnically Divided Cities: Perspectives from Mostar”In Space and Polity, 2019, Vol. 23, No.2: 243-249.

Latest events ––––––––

Narrative practices across online and offline environments and the mobility of memories
Invited paper at the American Anthropological Association (AAA), Toronto, Canada

Narrative practices across online and offline environments and the mobility of memories
Narrative practices across online and offline environments and the mobility of memoriesInvited paper at the American Anthropological Association (AAA), Toronto, Canada

“Enacting (Digital) Citizenship From Below”
Invited presentation at the International Online Conference on World Refugee Day 2021 organized by the Refugee Outreach and Research Network (ROR-n) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 2021

“Enacting (Digital) Citizenship From Below”
“Enacting (Digital) Citizenship From Below”Invited presentation at the International Online Conference on World Refugee Day 2021 organized by the Refugee Outreach and Research Network (ROR-n) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 2021

“Anthropological perspectives on ageing in times of the pandemic: Narrating the pandemic in care institutions”
Invited paper (together with Barbara Götsch) at the conference Age and Care Graz 2023: Aging in a Caring Society? Theories in Conversation, organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care, Graz, Austria, 2023

“Anthropological perspectives on ageing in times of the pandemic: Narrating the pandemic in care institutions”
“Anthropological perspectives on ageing in times of the pandemic: Narrating the pandemic in care institutions”Invited paper (together with Barbara Götsch) at the conference Age and Care Graz 2023: Aging in a Caring Society? Theories in Conversation, organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care, Graz, Austria, 2023

“Digital media in the lives of young adult refugees: Taking on new responsibilities and new family roles.”
Invited paper at ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, 2023

“Digital media in the lives of young adult refugees: Taking on new responsibilities and new family roles.”
“Digital media in the lives of young adult refugees: Taking on new responsibilities and new family roles.”Invited paper at ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, 2023

“Ageing in times of the pandemic: Experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic in care institutions.”
Invited paper at ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, 2023

“Ageing in times of the pandemic: Experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic in care institutions.”
“Ageing in times of the pandemic: Experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic in care institutions.”Invited paper at ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, 2023

“Narrating hardship - Making sense of multiple crises"
Monika Palmberger is winner of the City of Vienna Research Grant for the research project

“Narrating hardship - Making sense of multiple crises
“Narrating hardship - Making sense of multiple crises"Monika Palmberger is winner of the City of Vienna Research Grant for the research project

“I would be nothing without my smartphone”: Refugees’ (digital) citizenship from below
December 5, 2022: Presentation by Monika Palmberger at the International Research Center for Cultural Studies (hybrid!)

“I would be nothing without my smartphone”: Refugees’ (digital) citizenship from below
“I would be nothing without my smartphone”: Refugees’ (digital) citizenship from belowDecember 5, 2022: Presentation by Monika Palmberger at the International Research Center for Cultural Studies (hybrid!)

Monika Palmberger is Research Fellow at the IFK
October 2022 – January 2023

Monika Palmberger is Research Fellow at the IFK
Monika Palmberger is Research Fellow at the IFKOctober 2022 – January 2023

Special Issue Launch and Cards against (Digital) Anthropology
December. 13, 2022: Invitation to the Meeting of the Digital Ethnography Initiative (DEI)

Special Issue Launch and Cards against (Digital) Anthropology
Special Issue Launch and Cards against (Digital) AnthropologyDecember. 13, 2022: Invitation to the Meeting of the Digital Ethnography Initiative (DEI)

Method workshop “Digital Ethnography” (together with Suzana Jovicic)
University of Vienna, 2022

Method workshop “Digital Ethnography” (together with Suzana Jovicic)
Method workshop “Digital Ethnography” (together with Suzana Jovicic)University of Vienna, 2022

“The In(ter)dependencies of Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on methods, practices, ethics” (together with Katja Kaufmann)
Invited Panel at the conference for Association of Internet Researchers, AoIR. Virtual 2021

“The In(ter)dependencies of Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on methods, practices, ethics” (together with Katja Kaufmann)
“The In(ter)dependencies of Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on methods, practices, ethics” (together with Katja Kaufmann) Invited Panel at the conference for Association of Internet Researchers, AoIR. Virtual 2021

“Master Class Participatory Digital Ethnography” (together with Sanderien Verstappen and Vlad Naumescu)
University of Vienna, Austria, 2021

“Master Class Participatory Digital Ethnography” (together with Sanderien Verstappen and Vlad Naumescu)
“Master Class Participatory Digital Ethnography” (together with Sanderien Verstappen and Vlad Naumescu)University of Vienna, Austria, 2021

“New Responsibilities and New Family Roles: Digital media in the lives of young refugees.”
Paper presented at the International Conference #YouthMediaLife 2021, Vienna, Austria.

“New Responsibilities and New Family Roles: Digital media in the lives of young refugees.”
“New Responsibilities and New Family Roles: Digital media in the lives of young refugees.” Paper presented at the International Conference #YouthMediaLife 2021, Vienna, Austria.

“Building Belonging and Enacting (Digital) Citizenship Through Everyday Care Practices”
Paper presented at the conference Migrants Belongings: Digital Practices and the Every Day, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2021

“Building Belonging and Enacting (Digital) Citizenship Through Everyday Care Practices”
“Building Belonging and Enacting (Digital) Citizenship Through Everyday Care Practices”Paper presented at the conference Migrants Belongings: Digital Practices and the Every Day, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2021

Keynote “Care as an Analytical Lens on Geopolitics and Transnationalism”
International conference “Geopolitics and Transnational Migration.” 2019, Prague, Czech Republic

Keynote “Care as an Analytical Lens on Geopolitics and Transnationalism”
Keynote “Care as an Analytical Lens on Geopolitics and Transnationalism”International conference “Geopolitics and Transnational Migration.” 2019, Prague, Czech Republic