Dr. Dominik Schieder
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Research activities
Dominik Schieder obtained his PhD at the University of Bayreuth. He specializes in the anthropology of Fiji. His research interests include transnational Fiji Islander mobility and migration, diaspora-building processes, sociality, politics and sport. He has conducted field and archival research in Fiji, Japan, the United Kingdom, India and Australia. He is a research associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) and the scientific coordinator of the Research Unit ‘Transborder Mobility and Institutional Dynamics’ (transMID, FOR5183) which is funded by German Research Foundation (2021 to 2026). He is based in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Siegen. Before joining the University of Siegen, he held postdoctoral positions at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan, and the Frobenius Institute at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, and he has been a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He currently serves on the board of the European Society for Oceanists (ESFO) and he has previously been a co-speaker of the Oceania Working Group of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology (GASCA). He is currently also involved in the CNRS International Research Network ‘Habitability of Pacific Environments’ (HOPE).
Research interests
- sociality
- mobility & migration
- social institutions
- diaspora, ethnicity & multi-ethnic communities
- sport
- politics
- Oceania (Fiji), Europe (United Kingdom), South Asia (India) & East Asia (Japan)
Teaching (list of selected courses on BA and MA levels)
- The Anthropology of Migration (in English)
- Familie und Verwandtschaft transnational: Ethnographische Perspektiven
- Diaspora and its political implications (in English)
- Sport und Migration: Ethnologische Perspektiven
- Sportethnologie: Einführung und weiterführende Fragestellungen
- Democracy in the Global South: Fiji, for example (in English)
- Jenseits von ‘Integration’: Streifzüge durch migrantische Lebenswelten
- Ethnizität im Kontext von Politik und Migration
- Einführung in die Politikethnologie
- Die Ethnographie: Eine ethnologische Einführung
Activities
Here you will find a selection of academic activities that I am currently carrying out or have carried out in the past.
Review activities
Here you will find information on institutions and publications for which I have acted as a reviewer.
- American Academiy Berlin
- American Anthropologist
- Anthropological Forum
- Anthropology Matters Journal
- Asian Journal of Social Psychology
- International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics
- Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies
- National Identities
- Pacific Geographies
- Paideuma
- The Australian Journal of Anthropology
- The International Journal for the History of Sport
- Sport in Society
- Springer (World Regional Geography Book Series)
Selected Publications
Rugby and Diasporic Fiji Islander Sociality
Rugby and Diasporic Fiji Islander Sociality
Fijian migrant athletes in the world of professional rugby
Fijian migrant athletes in the world of professional rugby
Fijians in Transnational Pentecostal Networks, by Karen J. Brison
Fijians in Transnational Pentecostal Networks, by Karen J. Brison
(Vaka)Vanua as Weakness, (Vaka)Vanua as Strength: Reflections on Fijian Sociality in Urban and Migrant Environments
(Vaka)Vanua as Weakness, (Vaka)Vanua as Strength: Reflections on Fijian Sociality in Urban and Migrant Environments
The 1961 British Military Recruitment Campaign in Fiji: Historical Circumstances, Discourses of Fijian Culture and Personal Narratives
The 1961 British Military Recruitment Campaign in Fiji: Historical Circumstances, Discourses of Fijian Culture and Personal Narratives
Bati as Bodily Labour: Rethinking Masculinity and Violence in Fiji
Bati as Bodily Labour: Rethinking Masculinity and Violence in Fiji
Community Life and Discourses among Fiji Islanders in Kantō, Japan
Community Life and Discourses among Fiji Islanders in Kantō, Japan
Contradictions and Complexities—Current Perspectives on Pacific Islander Mobilities
Contradictions and Complexities—Current Perspectives on Pacific Islander Mobilities
Sport Migration and Sociocultural Transformation: The Case of Fijian Rugby Union Players in Japan
Sport Migration and Sociocultural Transformation: The Case of Fijian Rugby Union Players in Japan
Fiji Islander rugby union players in Japan: Corporate particularities and migration routes
Fiji Islander rugby union players in Japan: Corporate particularities and migration routes