{"id":23608,"date":"2025-04-07T12:28:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de\/?page_id=23608"},"modified":"2025-09-03T13:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:43:36","slug":"jan-knipping-m-a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de\/en\/jan-knipping-m-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile – Jan Knipping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader>\n
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since 10\/2024<\/strong>Academic staff member at the Department of Anthropology and African Studies, JGU Mainz<\/td><\/tr>
since 07\/2024<\/strong>Academic staff member Coordination & Curation in the BMBF-funded joint project “Counterhegemonic Voices in Music Archives” (JGU Mainz)<\/td><\/tr>
04\/2023; 09\/2023 – 06\/2024<\/strong>Graduate assistant in the subproject B02 “Contouring and blurring of linguistic human differentiation” of the CRC 1482 “Human Differentiation” (JGU Mainz)<\/td><\/tr>
04\/2022 –<\/strong><\/strong> 12\/2022<\/strong>Graduate assistant in the DFG project “Microvariation and Youth Language Practices in Africa” (JGU Mainz & University of Essex)<\/td><\/tr>
04\/20-04\/2021<\/strong>Academic staff member at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and African Studies, JGU Mainz<\/td><\/tr>
03\/2020<\/strong>Master’s degree in African Studies, University of Cologne (Thesis: Constructions of authenticity in heritage tourism in northern Uganda)<\/td><\/tr>
01\/2018 –<\/strong><\/strong> 03\/2020<\/strong>Graduate assistant (WHB) with Prof. Dr. Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, African Studies Cologne<\/td><\/tr>
02\/2017<\/strong>2-subject Bachelor of Arts in Languages and Cultures of the Islamic World and Languages and Cultures of Africa, University of Cologne<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n\n \n\n
To Appear. Language and Hospitality. In Hilary Nesi & P. Melin (ed.). Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics,3rd<\/sup> ed.<\/em> Amsterdam: Elsevier. <\/td><\/tr>
2025. With Nico Nassenstein. Afterword: Hospitable Linguistics. Thoughts on current directions. <\/a> In N. G. Faraclas, A. Storch & V. Velupillai (eds.). Hospitable Linguistics. Alternative, Indigenous and Critical Approaches to Language Research and Language Encounters, <\/em>pp. 316-324. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. <\/td><\/tr>
2024: “They look hostile from afar”: Language ideologies and representations of ‘Northernness’ in Uganda<\/a>. In A. Hollington, A. Mitchell & N. Nassenstein (eds.). Anthropological Linguistics. Perspectives from Africa, <\/em>pp.<\/em> 202-222. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n\n \n\n

Jan KnippingRoom 00-665 Forum universitatis 655099 MainzTel.: 06131-39-22779E-mail: j.knipping@uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portrait<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan Knipping works as a research assistant and doctoral candidate in the Department of African Studies at the Institute of Anthropology and African Studies at the JGU Mainz. He is also a research assistant in the Mainz part of the KOSTIMA research project in cooperation with the Mainz University Library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his transdisciplinary research, he is ethnographically dealing with processes of human differentiation through drinking and drinking practices mainly in Uganda's capital Kampala, but also beyond. His research interests in epistemology, anthropological linguistics, semiotic landscapes and sociolinguistics form the basis for this research. Another focus of his research is language and hospitality. He also teaches, among others, the course Media and Media Theory in the BA program African Media, Languages and Communication (ASMeK). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to his academic activities, he works as a freelance editor and lecturer on Africanist topics, including as a country analyst for Uganda on behalf of the Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

since 10\/2024<\/strong>Academic staff member at the Department of Anthropology and African Studies, JGU Mainz<\/td><\/tr>
since 07\/2024<\/strong>Academic staff member Coordination & Curation in the BMBF-funded joint project \"Counterhegemonic Voices in Music Archives\" (JGU Mainz)<\/td><\/tr>
04\/2023; 09\/2023 - 06\/2024<\/strong>Graduate assistant in the subproject B02 \"Contouring and blurring of linguistic human differentiation\" of the CRC 1482 \"Human Differentiation\" (JGU Mainz)<\/td><\/tr>
04\/2022 -<\/strong><\/strong> 12\/2022<\/strong>Graduate assistant in the DFG project \"Microvariation and Youth Language Practices in Africa\" (JGU Mainz & University of Essex)<\/td><\/tr>
04\/20-04\/2021<\/strong>Academic staff member at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and African Studies, JGU Mainz<\/td><\/tr>
03\/2020<\/strong>Master's degree in African Studies, University of Cologne (Thesis: Constructions of authenticity in heritage tourism in northern Uganda)<\/td><\/tr>
01\/2018 -<\/strong><\/strong> 03\/2020<\/strong>Graduate assistant (WHB) with Prof. Dr. Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, African Studies Cologne<\/td><\/tr>
02\/2017<\/strong>2-subject Bachelor of Arts in Languages and Cultures of the Islamic World and Languages and Cultures of Africa, University of Cologne<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n
To Appear. Language and Hospitality. In Hilary Nesi & P. Melin (ed.). Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics,3rd<\/sup> ed.<\/em> Amsterdam: Elsevier. <\/td><\/tr>
2025. With Nico Nassenstein. Afterword: Hospitable Linguistics. Thoughts on current directions. <\/a> In N. G. Faraclas, A. Storch & V. Velupillai (eds.). Hospitable Linguistics. Alternative, Indigenous and Critical Approaches to Language Research and Language Encounters, <\/em>pp. 316-324. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. <\/td><\/tr>
2024: \"They look hostile from afar\": Language ideologies and representations of 'Northernness' in Uganda<\/a>. In A. Hollington, A. Mitchell & N. Nassenstein (eds.). Anthropological Linguistics. Perspectives from Africa, <\/em>pp.<\/em> 202-222. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jan KnippingRoom 00-665 Forum universitatis 655099 MainzTel.: 06131-39-22779E-mail: j.knipping@uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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