about

verena spilker

1980-11-16     born in Hamburg / Germany

school

1987 – 1991    Primary School Hamburg / Germany

1991 – 2000    High School Hamburg / Germany

1998    six month CV High School San Diego, CA / USA

university

2001 – 2005    University (Ethnology/Politics/Spanish) Göttingen / Germany

2005 – 2009    University (Ethnology/Politics/Russian) Leipzig / Germany

other

2000 –  2001    voluntary service Szernye, Transcarpathia / Ukraine

2002 one month San Diego / USA

2003    fieldstudy (religion) Szernye, Transcarpathia / Ukraine

2003    leader of the german delegation CISV summer camp Knoxville, TN / USA

2003    DAAD summer school Bishkek / Kirgistan

2004    german delegate for EU enlargement art project Dublin / Ireland

2005    DAAD summer school Lemberg and fieldstudy (economics) Szernye / Ukraine

2006    fieldstudy (music) Szernye and roundtrip / Ukraine

2006    organisation of a fieldtrip of the ethnology department, Uni Leipzig

Lemberg and Szernye  / Ukraine

2007    fieldstudy (homosexuality) Shutka, Skopje / Mazedonia

2008 – 2009    voluntary service  and fieldstudy Uzhgorod, Transcarpathia / Ukraine

2002 – 2008     radio show balm&creak Stadtradio Göttingen / Germany

2005 -2008    writing for Persona Non Grata, Leipzig / Germany

since 2003 DJing at various locations / Germany

lectures

2006    „The role of Roma/Gypsy women“ vocational training for teachers, Münster / Germany

2008    presentation of the book „Zigeuner am Schwarzen Meer“ Buchmesse Leipzig / Germany

2008    „Roma/Gypsies in Transcarpathia“ FTF workshop, Leipzig / Germany

2008    „Cultural differences: education and family relations of the Roma in Transcarpathia“ RGDTS seminar Oradea / Romania

2009    „Roma Economy in Transcarpathia“, RGDTS seminar Uzhgorod / Ukraine

2009    „Wert- und Wortverschiebungen als Abgrenzungsstrategie“ FTF workshop, Leipzig / Germany

2009 „Queer Diskotek – Grenzgänge zwischen Popkultur und Wissenschaft” Gender Kritik, Uni Leipzig / Germany

exhibitions

2008    „Shutka – Shukar. Bilder einer Zigeunerstadt. Fotografie. Film. Ton.“

Kultiviert Anders e.V., Leipzig / Germany

2008    „Shutka – Shukar. Bilder einer Zigeunerstadt. Fotografie. Film. Ton.

Mauritianum, Altenburg / Germany

2008    „Roma/Zigeuner – Ein aufklärender Blick über den Tellerrand“ with Gesellschaft für Völkerverständigung e.V. (Connewitz), Leipzig / Germany

publications

„Unter Anderen“ in Shutkar Shukar. Zu Gast bei Roma, Askali und Ägyptern. Hg. B. Streck (article)

Zigeuner am Schwarzen Meer“ (pictures/book)

„There is no revolution without sexual revolution“ (article/png)

Mehr als nur queere Utopien – Rhythm King and her Friends“ (article/png)

Tomlab – Warum nicht mal über den Tellerrand hinaus?“ (article/png)

Alter“ (article/png)

Buisness or otherwise – Electrelane“ (article/png)

Queermusic – Eine Einführung“ (article/png)

it´s a provinz when you are with the people not the power

it´s a palast when you can create your own world


provinzpalast is not ment to be a one-wo_man-show.

anyone interested in showing pictures, texts, music, art of any kind or anything else that adds a critical view to the world, is very welcome to contact me anytime so we can add to this platform.

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