Sarah Ewald, M.A.
since 04/2018
Research associate at the department for ethnology, Institute for Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Tübingen
since 03/2016
Doctorate in ethnology at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg
Topic: Alltag, Arbeit und Prekarität im Politischen Ausnahmezustand
2004-2011
Master's degree in ethnology and geography, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Main focus: Political ecology, labor, visual media, South Asia.
Final thesis on migration between Europe and West Africa
(accompanying film: Dakar dem Dik - Dakar there and back, Senegal, Mali 2012, 32 min)
2002 – 2003
Diploma studies in Forestry and Environment, University of Freiburg
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Summer semester 2016
Practical film seminar on the topic of flight, experiences of flight and everyday worlds.
South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg
2012 – 2016
Conception and editing of scientific documentaries
South Asia Institute and Karl Jaspers Center - Asia and Europe in a Global Context, University of Heidelberg
Employed in the following research projects:
- Youth and Media (India)
- Negotiating religion (Pakistan)
since 2012
Freelance documentary filmmaker
2009 – 2011
Conception and editing of scientific documentaries in the SFB Ritual Dynamics 619, University Heidelberg
Employed in the research projects: Borders, Rituals, and Reflexivity (Pakistan) and Agency and Territorial Rituals (India).