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Sabrina Feickert

Creating Social Identities and Communities of Practice in the Multicultural Context of the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean, 1st century BCE – 3rd century CE

 

Personal Information

eMail: Sabrina.Feickert@grk-freundschaft.uni-freiburg.desabrina feickert
 

  • 1999: Graduation (Abitur), Gymnasium Neureut, Germany
  • 1999-2005: Studies of Roman Archaeology and Prehistoric Archaeology at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany, and Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
  • 6/2005: Magister Artium (M.A.); M.A. thesis "The Buildings D and E of the Villa Urbana at Heitersheim"
  • 2006-2010: Studies of English und History at Albert-Ludwigs- Universität Freiburg, Germany
  • 11/2010: State Board Exam in English and History
  • since 6/2011: PhD-student at the DFG research group (GRK 1288) "Friends, Patrons, Clients" at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany


Internships and Work Experience

 

  • 1998-2006: Various internships at archaeological excavations of the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and the Department of Roman Archaeology at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  • 2003-2005: Research assistant at the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg, Germany
  • 2007-2008: Internship at Bertha-von-Suttner-Schule Ettlingen, Germany
  • 2010: Student assistant at the Department of History at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg


Research Interests

 

  • Hellenism
  • Romanisation
  • Administrative history of the North-Western provinces of the Roman Empire
  • Northern European central place studies
  • Social structures of the Early Middle Ages


Publications

 

  • Meinzer, Sabrina: Mittelalterliche Siedlungsbefunde auf dem Areal des Glöcklehofs in Bad Krozingen, Kreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in: Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2003 (2004), S. 196-199.

 

PhD-projekt

Creating Social Identities and Communities of Practice in the Multicultural Context of the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean, 1st century BCE – 3rd century CE
 

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sitta von Reden

Tutor: Prof Dr. Sylvia Paletschek

 

Communities are the basic elements of social life, they play a crucial role in negotiating shared and individual identity and in generating a sense of belonging. My PhD project aims to explore the construction of communities and the establishment of collective practices and shared routines based on three major case studies involving the veterans of Roman Egypt, cultic associations and trading networks in the wider context of the late Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean.
Although traditional forms of friendship and patronage will be discussed as significant elements of establishing communities, the project will mainly focus on communities defined by shared objectives, joint practices and shared experiences. Analysing the evidence from papyri, ostraca and inscriptions and, to a lesser extent, archaeological data, I will apply the theoretical concept of Community of Practice, which was developed by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. According to Lave and Wenger, the term Community of Practice refers to a group of people defined by a shared domain of interest, who interact regularly to exchange experiences and expertise. In the process of their mutual engagement they develop relationships and establish a joint repertoire of resources of e.g. procedures, jargon, tools, symbols, mental categories, concepts, shared history etc. which provide a language of communicating meaning and a foundation for a sense of belonging.
Of particular interest is the role of cultural differences in the multi-layered and heterogeneous Graeco-Roman Mediterranean and, in particular, late Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. How were these differences dealt with in order to establish effective modes of cooperation and accomplish a common purpose? How did they influence the modes of interaction or the process of creating reputation, building trust, confidence and mutual accountability?
Approaching the topic of community on the basis of the concept of Community of Practice allows for a high level of comparability in widely different contexts and will add new aspects to the study of intercultural contacts in the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean.
 

Kontakt
  • Postadresse:

    Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
    DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1288
    c/o Historisches Seminar
    Rempartstr. 15 - KG IV
    79085 Freiburg 
     
  • Besuchsadresse:

    Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
    DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1288
    Erbprinzenstraße 13
    79098 Freiburg
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