Miriam Thaler

Kulturwissenschaften

Sales Agent - Tourismus

As Research Assistant at the Institute for Ethnology, LMU (Munich) I supported research done by professors, organized conferences and lately conceptualized, coordinated and implemented the remodelling of an online lecture series.

As a Junior Lecturer I developed and taught a one-semester course on ethnological Museum Studies at the Institute for Ethnology, LMU (Munich)

As a Trainee at the Exhibiton Centre Lokschuppen Rosenheim I gained insights into the conceptualization of cultural and historical exhibitions and was able to contribute with content related research, the coordination of project members as well as the organization of a day long visitors' event.

As an Intern at Exhibition Centre Lokschuppen Rosenheim I was mainly working in the Customer Service, but also supporting further areas in the planning and organization of exhibitions.

As a Student Trainee at AMS Advanced Medical Services GmbH I supported the research conducted, translated medical research documents from English into German language, and was responsible for the maintenance of the customer database and other forms of administrative support.

As an Intern at the TV Station Bayerischer Rundfunk I gained Insights into program development and other processes. I contributed with content related research as well as with the organization of props needed.

As a Volunteer I spent almost a year abroad in Chile working at a special needs center where I supported the teachers in class in their daily routine.

PhD Student

Visual Anthropology, Eight weeks of Field research on Ásatrú, a neopagan religious group in Iceland for Master's Thesis: Ásatrú - Return of the old Gods? An ethnographic study of a neopagan religious group in Iceland

Field research on Kurdish Diaspora in Paris for Bachelor's Thesis: "We are all Sakine!"- The three female activists murdered in Paris as symbolic figures of the PKK and their placement in existing discourses of the party