Mgr. Marie Heřmanová, Ph.D.

Department:

Gender & Sociology

Position:

postdoctoral researcher

E-mail: marie.hermanova@soc.cas.cz

ORCID:

0000-0002-2483-1699

Curriculum vitae

Education:

2018 - PhD, social and cultural anthropology, Charles University, Faculty of humanities

2010 - MA, social and cultural anthropology, Charles University, Faculty of humanities

Field of specialisation:

media studies, digital ethnography, digital anthropology, social media, internet culture, influencers, authenticity, applied social science, ethnographic methods

Teaching activities:

2018, 2019 UPCES – Undergraduate Programme in Central European Studies- kurz Human rights in Central and Eastern Europe

Foreign scholarships, fellowships or other academic study abroad:

2006 – 2007 Erasmus, Université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, France

2008 - 2009 research visit, Universidad Autonoma Mexicana, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Mexico City

2021 - visiting scholar, Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University, UK

Biographic information:

Marie Hermanova holds a PhD in social anthropology from Charles University. She finished her studies in 2018 with PhD thesis titled "Imagining the West - Marginality and Possible Lives at the Outskirts of a Mexican City". She conducted longterm ethnographic fieldwork in Chiapas, Mexico, from 2008 to 2015. She currently works as a postdoc researcher at the Gender and Sociology department at the Institute of Sociology, where she focuses on digital communication platforms, social media, internet culture, authenticity and gender norms. Her current project investigates gender stereotypes in influencer culture in the Czech Republic. From January 2021 Marie is a visiting scholar at the Centre for Research for Communication and Culture at Loughborough University, UK. Besides her academic work, she writes for various Czech and international media and she is a member of the studio of applied anthropological research Anthropictures.