Durán-Merk, Alma
Occupation:
Research Associate, University of Augsburg, Department of European Anthropology
Translator of academical papers and books (English, Spanish, German)
Academic Degree(s):
Magister Artium, European Anthropology, Ibero-American Literature and Communications. Augsburg University, Germany.
Bachelor of Arts, Social Communications, Universidad Regiomontana, Monterrey, México
Academic Affiliation:
Universität Augsburg
Address:
Universitätstraße 10
D-86159
Germany
Phone:
+49-0821-598-54 83
alma.duran@phil.uni-augsburg.de; alma.duran@gmx.de
Website:
http://www.philhist.uni-augsburg.de/de/lehrstuehle/volkskunde/mitarbeiter/alma_duran_merk/
Area of Interest:
Migration, intercultural communication, transculturalism, mass media analysis.
Current Project:
Images of migration in Film
German Migration into México, specially into Yucatán
Yucatecan migration into the United States
Publications:
Villa Carlota: Colonias Alemanas en Yucatán durante el Segundo Imperio Mexicano. [Villa Carlota: German Colonies in Yucatán during the Second Mexican Empire]. Yucatán, México: Instituto de Cultura de Yucatán, programmed for 2009.
“La migración como experiencia en ‘Los detectives salvajes’ de Roberto Bolaño” [The Experience of Migration in Roberto Bolaño’s ‘The Wild Detectives’. In IBEROAMERICANA, Berlin, programmed for 2009.
“Die Demographische Herausforderung. Altsein in Deutschland im Jahr 2030” [The Demographical Challenge: Getting Old in Germany in 2030]. In: Augsburger Volkskundliche Nachrichten, Jg. 13, H. 25, 2007, pp. 21-41.
“An die Grenzen gegangen. Leonardo Padura über Kuba und die Schriftstellerei”, [Going to the Limit. Leonardo Padura about Writing in Cuba]. In: Augsburger Allgemeine, 05.07.2005.
“Intercultural Life at the Frontier: A Conversation with the British Poet David Whyte”. In: emag, 2nd. Year, no. 1, 2004, pp. 4-5.
