Participation in the Cluster of Excellence
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Co-Head of the Working Group: Contesting Knowledge Formations in a Multi-Polar World
Dr. Victoria Sakti
Research Foci
The experiences of ageing in contexts of forced migration and protracted displacement
The dynamics of care, everyday life, and inequality in urban environments
The emotional and social dimensions of memory and violence
My research and teaching centre on three interconnected areas: the experiences of ageing in contexts of forced migration and protracted displacement; the dynamics of care, everyday life, and inequality in urban environments; and the emotional and social dimensions of memory and violence, including processes of social repair. My approach combines ethnographic, multi-modal, and creative methods to examine how individuals and communities navigate shifting social and political landscapes. With a regional focus on Southeast Asia—particularly Indonesia and Timor-Leste—I am also developing a new line of research at the University of Münster on faith-based practices and spiritual ecologies of care, exploring how belief, ritual, and intergenerational memory shape human relationships with urban environments.
CV
Academic Education
- PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Positions
- Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Research Group "Ageing in a Time of Mobility" at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
- PhD Candidate at the Freie Universität Berlin
- Research Assistant at the Cluster of Excellence "Languages of Emotions", Freie Universität Berlin