Work Stations
I currently teach sociology, political science, film, and history at the College of the Marshall Islands in Majuro.
2020 – 2022
Direction of the documentary “ Finding Europe” – a portrait of the European Union through the eyes of its citizens and a filmic search for the possible future of Europe
2020 – 2021
Instructor at the Weissensee College of Art (Berlin): “ Climate Change and Media Interaction”, together with Meitaka Kendall-Lekka and Prof. Hannes Brunner and “Mobile Reporting” (together with Prof. Ulf Aminde).
2020
Acquisition of the doctorate (PHD) at the University of Potsdam (Germany) with a thesis in the fields of Communication and philosophy. The work has also been published as book.
2019 – 2021
As a freelancer: Seminars and workshops in film making and editing (production and post production).
2018 – 2019
Editing and Direction of the documentary “ One Word” on Climate Change in the Marshall Islands
2018
Instructor on Majuro (RMI): “ A Marshallese Story” (Filming + Editing Workshops) for the movie ONE WORD on Climate Change in the RMI
2017
Instructor in Germany: participatory film project ”
Stadt-Land-Mut“.
As a freelancer: Several seminars and Workshops in (mobile) film making
2016
Giving lectures at the University of Magdeburg (Germany) ‘ Kommunikation als Menschenrecht. Reformprozess oder Revolution?‘ (Communication as a human right. Does it take a revolution?)
Several Seminars in mobile film making
2015
(Director) Release of the documentary ”
No Rest. No Haste.”
Curator of the cinema program at the
Solikon congress
External Consultant for the international “Radio Rosa” (a project of the German Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for an international Radio Station for social transformation)
2013 – 2014
maternity leave
2012
(Director) Release of the documentary ” Sachamanta“
Giving lectures at the University of Braunschweig (Germany) on Medienlandschaft und politische Prozesse’ / (alternative) media landscape and political processes
Giving lectures on ‘Introduction in one field of cultural, aesthetic or media social work’ in association with Dr. Andrea Ploeger at Alice Salomon College (Germany)
Founding of the Kameradist.org, an association of documentary filmmakers and photographers with a critical view on politics and society
Self-employed in videoproducing, audioproducing and documentary-photography
Designing and conducting seminars on empowerment within the media sector, covering theoretical and practical aspects.
Member of the Executive Board of the Media Academy LiMA (Linke Medienakademie)
2006 – 2011 (selected activities)
Giving lectures on ‘community radios and political processes in Latin America at the Institute of Arts and Media/ University of Potsdam (Germany)
Giving lectures on ‘Youth and Politics’ at the Institute of Sociology and Demography at the University of Rostock (Germany)
Giving lectures on ‘Political Sociology’ at the Institute of Sociology at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. http://www.jku.at/
Scholarship holder of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Graduate student at the Institute of Arts and Media of the University of Potsdam. Working title of thesis: ‘Community radios as a counter-hegemonial project in Argentina’
Member of the Board of Community Radios Germany (Bundesverband Freie Radios)
Representative of the scholarship holders of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and member of the working groups about Latin American topics
Member of NPLA (Newspool Latin America)
2008 – 2009 (selected activities)
Co-organizer of the conference Heiligendamm plus 1: One year after the G8-protests
Co-organizer and participant of the G-8-radio-forum in Japan (Spanish/German)
Co-organizer of the Attac congress on Latin America in Mannheim, Germany
2006 – 2007 (selected activities)
Research assistant at the Institute of Political and Administrative Sciences at the University of Rostock, Germany
Giving lectures on ‘Empirical research methods’ at the Institute of Sociology and Demography at the University of Rostock, Germany
Employment as coordinator and lecturer at Sobi (social education)
Co-organizer of the G8-Alternative Summit
Co-organizer of the congress ‘Solidarity and economy within globalized capitalism’, 2006, Berlin
Project management ‘ International Radio Forum‘ within the framework of the G8-Alternative Summit
Member of the coordinating group for the radio forum during the ‘Tribunal of the peoples’ in Lima, Peru
Member of the scientific advisory board of attac Germany (until 2009)
Member of the coordinating group of BuKo
Education
2020: PHD – “They are transmitting change. Community radio as a counter-hegemonial project; The example of Argentina.’
2012 – 2014: Advanced training course ‘Politic, Communication, Management’. Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
2008 – 2016: PhD-Student at the Institute of Arts and Media/ University of Potsdam
2005: Graduated in Political Science. Thesis: ‘Solidarity economy in Argentina after the crisis of 2001. Strategic debates and practical experiences’
2002 – 2005: Student of political science at the Institute Otto Suhr of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1998 – 2002: Student of political science, philosophy and history from Ibero America and Latin America at the University of Cologne, Germany
1997 – 1998: State College for Foreign Students at the University of Cologne, Germany
1992 – 1993: Pre-University in political science, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1992: High School in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Skills
Languages: Spanish (mother tongue), German (like mother tongue) English (very advanced), Portuguese and Italian (some knowledge)
IT and more: Various Sound- and Video-Cutting software (Final Cut, Premiere, Lightworks, Audacity, etc.), CMS, Photoshop, MS-Office, Libre-Office, Digital and analog cameras, audio recorders and photo-cameras