• Formations of the political and the state
• Media anthropology and visual anthropology
• Transformations of technological and economic systems
• Image and genre theory, iconography
• Mediatization and (post-)representative power
• Communication in/by political, social, and identity movements
• Digital activism, digital abstinence, digital enforcement
• Surveillance, interpretation, appropriation, propaganda, hate speech
• Democracy, (post-)globalization, transnationalization
• (Neo-)nationalism, populism, majoritarianism, fascism
• Negotiations and dynamics of religion and secularism
• Legitimations and discourses of social/political inclusion and exclusion

Jakob-Welder-Weg 20
55128 Mainz
Philosophicum II (New Building), 2nd Floor
Room 02.310

Phone: +49 6131 39-3075
Email: briohm@uni-mainz.de

Office hours
by appointment via email

1. MA VL. Alltagskulturelle Forschungsperspektiven II: Medien und Faschismus
   Instructor: Dr. Britta Ohm
2. Ü. Lektürekurs
   Instructor: Dr. Elena Backhausen; Elena Kerdikoshvili; Dr. Julia Rabea Lind; Jonas Nestroy; Dr. Britta Ohm; Katrin Schmitz
3. VL. Forschungsfelder der Kulturanthropologie/Europäischen Ethnologie: Medien und Faschismus
   Instructor: Dr. Britta Ohm

WiSe 2026/27