Markus Hirnsperger, M.Phil.

Dept. of Social and Cultural Anthropology (Ethnology), University of Vienna, Austria

Contact information

email: markus.hirnspergersub-arctic.ac.at

Career

since 2004 PhD student at the Dep. of Social and Cultural Anthropolpgy (Ethnology), University of Vienna (Austria) and visiting student at the Dept. of Finno-Ugric Ethnology, University of Helsinki, Finland
2003 M.Phil., Dept. of Social and Cultural Anthropology (Ethnology) and Russian Language and Literature, University of Vienna, Austria
2000/2001 Arctic Studies Program, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland

Research areas/topics

areas: Finland, Russia
topics: research history, politics and science, representation of indigenous peoples in scientific works, nationalism, nationbuilding, Saami, Soviet ethnography

Current research/work

PhD thesis: Anthropology and Nationalism: Finno-Ugric Research in Russia and its Impact on Finnish National Consciousness
work in the Working Group Arctic and Subarctic

Publications

Hirnsperger, Markus (2009) Die Skolt-Samen und die Grenze. in Wrbka, T., Zmelik, K., Grünweis, F. M. (eds.). Das Grüne Band Europas: Grenze. Wildnis. Zukunft. Kataloge der Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen. pp. 44-46. Weitra: Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz.
Hirnsperger, Markus (2006)
"Was i woaß, bitte, jeder hat anderst goabat. Oana so, oana so." Getreideernte und Erntegeräte in der Gemeinde Burgauberg-Neudauberg und Umgebung/Bezirk Güssing. co-authored with S. Bauer. in Frieser, A., Kolm, E., Seiser, G. und Six-Hohenbalken, M. A. (eds.). Ethnologische Feldforschung im Südburgenland: Ein hochschuldidaktisches Experiment. pp. 180–199. Vienna. Online
Hirnsperger, Markus (ed.) (2005a)
Bruchlinien im Eis: Ethnologie des zirkumpolaren Nordens. co-edited with S. Bauer, S. Donecker and A. Ehrenfried. 316pp. Münster, Vienna: Lit-Verlag.
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Hirnsperger, Markus (2005b)
Rote Ethnographie: Strategien der Repräsentation indigener Völker in ethnologischen Werken der Sowjetunion. in Hirnsperger, Markus et. al. (eds.). Bruchlinien im Eis: Ethnologie des zirkumpolaren Nordens. pp. 245–262. Vienna: Lit-Verlag.
Hirnsperger, Markus (2005c)
Der Begriff der "Rasse" während und nach der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft. in Th. König & A. Wegscheider. Wilhelm Emil Mühlmann – Ergebnisse einer wissenschaftsbiographischen Untersuchung. pp. 23–32. Dep. of Social and Cultural Anthropolpgy (Ethnology), University of Vienna. Online
Hirnsperger, Markus (2003)
Rote Ethnographie: Die Repräsentation der Kola-Saami in der ethnographischen Literatur der Sowjetunion. English summary. 113pp. unpublished. M.Phil. Thesis. University of Vienna.
Hirnsperger, Markus (2000)
Conference: Siberia and the Circumpolar North, Contributions by Anthropologists and NGOs. 64pp. Vienna: Working Group Arctic and Subarctic.
Hirnsperger, Markus (1998)
Russischer Rock mit besonderem Augenmerk auf die Bands Akvarium und DDT. Wienzeile 27: 10–14.
Hirnsperger, Markus (in print)
Red Ethnography: The Representation of the Kola Saami in Soviet Ethnographic Literature. CARGO casopis pro kulturní/sociální antropologii. Prague.

Publications online

- Report from the 17th Saami Conference, held, September 28th-30th, Kiruna, Sweden Includes report from the conference as well as the "Kiruna Declaration" as well as overview on other resolutions
- "Pidgin - Russian" - The Example of "Russenorsk" (in German) Linguistic portrait of a mixed language of Russian and Norwegian that was used in northern Norway and Russia for the purpose of trade
- Legal Situation of Indigenous Peoples, Comparing the Situation of the Republik Sakha (Yakutia) and the Russian Federation (in German)
- Shamanism in Siberia and the relation to local myths, An Example of the Northern Reindeer Herding Yakuts (in German)
see details: http://www.sub-arctic.ac.at/articles.htm

Research trips

2004, May: British Columbia, Canada; Fairbanks, Alaska
2003, August: Lapland, Finland
2001, May: Kola Peninsula (Murmansk, Lovozero, Monchegorsk, Apatity, etc.), Russia
2001, February: Murmansk, Russia
1997, December: Excursion with field work to Burgenland, Austria to investigate ancient tools for corn harvest
1996, 1998, 2000, 2001: trips to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Helsinki, Ottawa, Quebec City, Rovaniemi, Tromsø to pursue research in local libraries

Conference and workshop participations/guest lectures

Etnologian näkymät ja asema 2000-luvulla: Paikallisuus, monikulttuurisuus ja jälkinationalismi ylikansallisessa kontekstissa, May 2008, Turku, Finland
Lectures: Ethnologie und Nationalismus in Finnland and
Rote Ethnographie - Strategien der Repräsentation indigener Völker in der ethnographischen Literatur der Sowjetunion, Dep. of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, November 2007, Vienna, Austria*
Nationalismi kulttuurien tutkimuksessa, March 2007, Helsinki, Finland
Research and Identity: Non-Russian Peoples in the Russian Empire 1800-1855, June 2006, Kouvola, Finland
Guest lecture: Ethnology and Nationalism: Finno-Ugric Research in Russia and its Impact on the National Consciousness of Finland, Dept. of European Ethnology, University of Turku, February 2005, Turku, Finland*
Struggling to Remember, Collective Memory in Finland and Ireland, October 2004, Helsinki, Finland
Monikulttuurisuus Keski-Venäjällä, Suomalais-ugrilaisen kansatieteen seminaari, October 2004, Helsinki, Finland
8th Biennial European Association of Social Anthropologists Conference, September 2004, Vienna, Austria**
Fifth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, May 2004, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA*
DOC-Scholarship Award, Austrian Academy of Sciences, April 2004, Vienna, Austria**
Who Owns Siberian Ethnography? Int. Workshop on Methods and Approaches to Ethnography in the Russian North, March 2002, Halle/Saale, Germany*
The Protection of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Canada and in Europe: Chances and Obstacles of Multiculturalism, November 2001, Vienna, Austria
DGV Tagung (Conference of the German Assoc. of Cultural Anthropology), October 2001, Göttingen, Germany*
First Working Seminar of Young European Scholars of Siberia, September 2001, Borek u Suchomast, Czech Republic*
Second World Reindeer Herders' Conference, June 2001, Inari, Finland***
Fourth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, May 2001, Quebec City, Canada*
Recite II, Learning Sustainability, Grazing and Land Use, October 2000, Rovaniemi/Kittilä, Finland
17th Saami Conference, September 2000, Kiruna, Sweden
Siberia and the Circumpolar North, Contributions by Anthropologists and NGOs, June 2000, Vienna, Austria***
Indigenous Peoples and Ecology, October 1998, Vienna, Austria
* paper presented
** poster presented
*** organizer/ conference assistant

Other related jobs

work at the World Reindeer Herders' Conference, June 2001, Inari, Finland
organization of the Conference "Siberia and the Circumpolar North, Contributions by Anthropologists and NGOs, June 2000, Vienna, Austria"
organzation of various events (lectures with scholars and representatives of NGOs, film sreenings, photo exhibitions, etc.)
work as speech-character for German online learning material
youth group leader in summer camp for handicapped youngsters
scientific consultant for newspapers, radio and film teams
creation of several online projects
scientific translations from English, Russian and Finnish to German

Language skills

Native language: German
Foreign languages: English, Russian, Finnish, French

links to other webprojects:
Layout Portfolio of Markus Hirnsperger
Beauty of Ordinariness, tavallinen/ordinary Helsinki
21st of February
India - Pictures from Delhi and Ladakh