{"id":25478,"date":"2025-02-24T13:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de\/?page_id=25478"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:38:34","slug":"prof-dr-markus-verne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de\/en\/prof-dr-markus-verne\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile – Markus Verne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader>\n
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07\/2017<\/strong> Professor of Anthropology with specialization in aesthetics at the University of Mainz<\/td><\/tr>
2015 – 2017<\/strong> Substitute for professorships in Anthropology at the universities of Freiburg, Cologne, Bayreuth and Mainz <\/td><\/tr>
06\/2014 – 03\/2017<\/strong> Senior Lecturer [Akademischer Oberrat] at the Chair of Anthropology, University of Bayreuth<\/td><\/tr>
01\/2014 <\/strong>Habilitation in Anthropology, University of Bayreuth (title of professorial dissertation: Heavy Metal in Madagascar. Anthropology, Aesthetics, and Popular Music)<\/td><\/tr>
11\/2010 – 10\/2012<\/strong> “Experienced Research Scholar” as part of a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship (EU funding program CORDIS) at the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA, 1st year) and at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth (2nd year) <\/td><\/tr>
07\/2006 – 50\/2014<\/strong> Temporary lecturer with tenure [Akademischer Rat] at the Chair of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth<\/td><\/tr>
11\/2005<\/strong> Doctorate in Anthropology, University of Bayreuth (title of doctoral dissertation: Der Mangel an Mitteln. Konsum, Kultur und Knappheit in einem Hausadorf in Niger)<\/td><\/tr>
07\/2000 – 06\/2006<\/strong> Researcher in the research project “Lokaler Konsum im globalen Kontext. Konsum und G\u00fcterbeschaffung in drei westafrikanischen Gesellschaften” (Gerd Spittler, Hans Peter Hahn), sub-project of the SFB\/FK 560 “Lokales Handeln in Afrika im Kontext globaler Einfl\u00fcsse” (Univ. Bayreuth); doctorate in Nov. 2005<\/td><\/tr>
08\/1999 – 03\/ 2000<\/strong> Researcher in the research project “Takt und Tabu. Selbst- und Fremdgestaltung in Deutschland” (Thomas Hauschild); sub-project of the SFB 511 Anthropology and Literature, University of Konstanz <\/td><\/tr>
07\/1999<\/strong> Magister Artium, University of T\u00fcbingen (Titel der Magisterarbeit: Allt\u00e4gliche Zauberei. \u00dcber Sinn und Symbolik magischen Handelns bei den Hausa in Niger)<\/td><\/tr>
1991 – 1999 <\/strong>Studies in Anthropology, Philosophy, Psychology, Geography, Musicology and African Languages at the Universities of T\u00fcbingen and Mainz<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n\n \n\n\n<\/jgu-base-imagegallery>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Markus VerneRoom 01-688Forum universitatis 655099 MainzTel.: 06131-3920526E-Mail: mverne(at)uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I am a professor of anthropology with specialization in aesthetics. I studied cultural anthropology, philosophy and psychology at the universities of T\u00fcbingen and Mainz, then did my PhD on consumption and scarcity in rural Niger. Since 2006, I strongly engage in research on popular music, with Madagascar being my main fieldwork site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my ongoing research, I try to understand aesthetic dimensions of music experience within the framework of \u201cexistential anthropology\u201d, asking how what is experienced in music is rendered meaningful in relation to everyday life. With this, I am striving to better understand how music and aesthetic experience more generally interrelate with individual as well as social practices. The regional foci of my work are Africa and the Indian Ocean, with a special focus on Madagascar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

07\/2017<\/strong> Professor of Anthropology with specialization in aesthetics at the University of Mainz<\/td><\/tr>
2015 - 2017<\/strong> Substitute for professorships in Anthropology at the universities of Freiburg, Cologne, Bayreuth and Mainz <\/td><\/tr>
06\/2014 - 03\/2017<\/strong> Senior Lecturer [Akademischer Oberrat] at the Chair of Anthropology, University of Bayreuth<\/td><\/tr>
01\/2014 <\/strong>Habilitation in Anthropology, University of Bayreuth (title of professorial dissertation: Heavy Metal in Madagascar. Anthropology, Aesthetics, and Popular Music)<\/td><\/tr>
11\/2010 - 10\/2012<\/strong> \"Experienced Research Scholar\" as part of a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship (EU funding program CORDIS) at the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA, 1st year) and at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth (2nd year) <\/td><\/tr>
07\/2006 - 50\/2014<\/strong> Temporary lecturer with tenure [Akademischer Rat] at the Chair of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth<\/td><\/tr>
11\/2005<\/strong> Doctorate in Anthropology, University of Bayreuth (title of doctoral dissertation: Der Mangel an Mitteln. Konsum, Kultur und Knappheit in einem Hausadorf in Niger)<\/td><\/tr>
07\/2000 - 06\/2006<\/strong> Researcher in the research project \"Lokaler Konsum im globalen Kontext. Konsum und G\u00fcterbeschaffung in drei westafrikanischen Gesellschaften\" (Gerd Spittler, Hans Peter Hahn), sub-project of the SFB\/FK 560 \"Lokales Handeln in Afrika im Kontext globaler Einfl\u00fcsse\" (Univ. Bayreuth); doctorate in Nov. 2005<\/td><\/tr>
08\/1999 - 03\/ 2000<\/strong> Researcher in the research project \"Takt und Tabu. Selbst- und Fremdgestaltung in Deutschland\" (Thomas Hauschild); sub-project of the SFB 511 Anthropology and Literature, University of Konstanz <\/td><\/tr>
07\/1999<\/strong> Magister Artium, University of T\u00fcbingen (Titel der Magisterarbeit: Allt\u00e4gliche Zauberei. \u00dcber Sinn und Symbolik magischen Handelns bei den Hausa in Niger)<\/td><\/tr>
1991 - 1999 <\/strong>Studies in Anthropology, Philosophy, Psychology, Geography, Musicology and African Languages at the Universities of T\u00fcbingen and Mainz<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Publications at a glance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Books, edited volumes, special issues <\/em> <\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2021. Die Handlungsmacht \u00e4sthetischer Objekte; Berlin\/Boston: De Gruyter (ed., mit Annika Schlitte und Gregor Wedekind)<\/td><\/tr>
2017. The Indian Ocean as Aesthetic Space (special section); Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East,<\/em>27.2 [ed. with Julia Verne].<\/td><\/tr>
2017. Lebensbez\u00fcge des Popul\u00e4ren; Baessler Archiv<\/em>, 64 (Themenschwerpunkt). [ed.] <\/td><\/tr>
2017. K\u00f6rper Technik Wissen. Kreativit\u00e4t und Aneignungsprozesse in Afrika. In den Spuren Kurt Becks <\/em>M\u00fcnster: Lit [ed. with Paola Ivanov and Magnus Treiber]<\/td><\/tr>
2014. Heavy Metal in Madagascar. Anthropology, Aesthetics, and Popular Music (unpubl. Professorial dissertation, School of Cultural Studies, University of Bayreuth). <\/td><\/tr>
2013. Astonishment and Evocation. The Spell of Culture in Art and Anthropology <\/em>. Oxford\/New York: Berghahn [ed., with Ivo Strecker].<\/td><\/tr>
2007. Der Mangel an Mitteln. Konsum, Kultur und Knappheit in einem nigrischen Hausadorf <\/em>M\u00fcnster: Lit (Bayreuther Beitr\u00e4ge zur Afrikaforschung, 29).<\/td><\/tr>
1999. Allt\u00e4gliche Zauberei. \u00dcber Sinn und Symbolik magischen Handelns bei den Hausa in Niger <\/em>; K\u00f6ln: K\u00f6ppe.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Articles in journals<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2022. 'On Standby': Malagasy Social Relatedness between 'On' and 'Off'; Journal of Southern African Studies<\/em>, 48 (4), 639-652.<\/td><\/tr>
2017. \"A Highland Thing. Heavy Metal and the Construction of Cultural Difference in Madagascar; Journal of World Popular Music<\/em>, 4.1, 58-77. <\/td><\/tr>
2017. The Indian Ocean as Aesthetic Space - Introduction; in: Julia Verne and Markus Verne (eds.): The Indian Ocean as Aesthetic Space (special section); Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East,<\/em>27.2, 314-320 (with Julia Verne).<\/td><\/tr>
2015. Music, Transcendence, and the Need for (Existential) Anthropologies of the Individual; Journal of Cultural Anthropology<\/em>, 140 (1), 75-89.<\/td><\/tr>
2013. The Limits of Contextualism: Malagasy Heavy Metal, \"Satanic\" Aesthetics, and the Anthropological Study of Popular Music; D\u00e9j\u00e0 Lu Translations<\/em>, 2013 (E-Journal of the World Council of Anthropological Associations). http:\/\/www.wcaanet.org\/dejalu\/<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2012. Die Grenzen des Kontextualismus: Madagassischer Heavy Metal, \"satanische\" \u00c4sthetik und die ethnologische Erforschung popul\u00e4rer Musik; Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Ethnologie<\/em>, 137 (2), 187-206.<\/td><\/tr>
2007. Die R\u00fcckkehr kultureller Stimmigkeit. Eine Kritik des Aneignungskonzepts \u2013 nicht nur in Hinblick auf den Verlauf von Mikrokreditprojekten; Sociologus<\/em>, 57 (2), 227-265. <\/td><\/tr>
2007. Armut als Lebensstil? Konsum und Besitz im l\u00e4ndlichen Niger; Paideuma<\/em>, 53, 221-242. <\/td><\/tr>
2004. Promotion, Expedition, Habilitation, Emigration. Franz Boas und der schwierige Prozess, ein wissenschaftliches Leben zu planen (1881-1887); Paideuma<\/em>, 50, 79-100. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Further essays, chapters in edited volumes<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2024. Musik, Ethnologie und \u00c4sthetik; in: Nowak, Adolf: Musik\u00e4sthetik. Einf\u00fchrung \u2013 Geschichte \u2013 Probleme <\/em>Lilienthal: Laber-Verlag, 253-285.<\/td><\/tr>
2023. Beyond the Dichotomy. Musical Relations between Africa and the West in the 1980s; Working papers of the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and African Studies<\/em>, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, No. 205 (with Hauke Dorsch and Tom Simmert) . <\/td><\/tr>
2023. Experience and Concepts: How Do They Relate?<\/em>; Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 148, 111-114.<\/td><\/tr>
2021. Die Handlungsmacht \u00e4sthetischer Objekte: Ein Aufriss; in: Annika Schlitte, Markus Verne und Gregor Wedekind (Hg.): Die Handlungsmacht \u00e4sthetischer Objekte<\/em>; Berlin\/Boston: De Gruyter, vii-xxiv (mit Annika Schlitte und Gregor Wedekind).<\/td><\/tr>
2021. Musikerfahrung und Kulturrelativismus: Heavy Metal in Madagaskar; in Annika Schlitte, Markus Verne und Gregor Wedekind (Hg.): Die Handlungsmacht \u00e4sthetischer Objekte<\/em>; Berlin\/Boston: De Gruyter, 167-196.<\/td><\/tr>
2021. Ein Wunder anderer Art? Heavy Metal in Madagaskar; in Pyritz, Lennart (Hg:) Madagaskar. Von Makis, Menschen und einem bedrohten Paradies <\/em>; Berlin: Springer, 305-308.<\/td><\/tr>
2020. 'Heavy Conditions. Power Metal in Madagascar', in Andy Brown and Kevin Fellezs (eds): Heavy Metal Generations; <\/em>Leiden: Brill, 37-47.<\/td><\/tr>
2019. Ist Kultur \u00e4sthetisch?<\/strong><\/a> Arbeitspapiere des Instituts f\u00fcr Ethnologie und Afrikastudien der Johannes Gutenberg-Universit\u00e4t Mainz, 182.<\/td><\/tr>
2017. Einleitung: Lebensbez\u00fcge des Popul\u00e4ren<\/strong><\/a>; Baessler Archiv<\/em>, 64, 3-11.<\/td><\/tr>
2017. In den Spuren Kurt Becks. Versuch einer akademischen W\u00fcrdigung; in: Markus Verne, Paola Ivanov und Magnus Treiber (Hg.): K\u00f6rper Technik Wissen. Kreativit\u00e4t und Aneignungsprozesse in Afrika. In den Spuren Kurt Becks <\/em>; M\u00fcnster: Lit, 9-29.<\/td><\/tr>
2017. Madagassischer Heavy Metal: Globale oder lokale Praxis? in: Claus Leggewie und Erik Meyer (Hg.): Global Pop. Das Buch zur Weltmusik <\/em>; Stuttgart\/Weimar: J.B.Metzler und Bonn: Bundeszentrale f\u00fcr politische Bildung, 359-365.<\/td><\/tr>
2015. Begeistert. Musikerfahrung im madagassischen Hochland; Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Kulturwissenschaften<\/em>, 12(2), 145-151. [=Themenheft \u201eBegeisterung und Blasphemie\u201c, hg. von Erhard Sch\u00fcttpelz und Martin Zillinger]. <\/td><\/tr>
2015. Popul\u00e4re Musik als Medium \u00e4sthetischer Erfahrung. Heavy Metal, Satan, und die Notwendigkeit \"klassischer\" Feldforschung auch in neuen Feldern; in: Bender, Cora und Martin Zillinger (eds.): Medienethnographie. Ein Handbuch <\/em>; Berlin: Reimer, 207-222.<\/td><\/tr>
2013. Introduction: Astonishment and Evocation; in: Strecker, Ivo & Markus Verne (eds.): Astonishment and Evocation. The Spell of Culture in Art and Anthropology <\/em>. Oxford\/New York: Berghahn. [tog. with Ivo Strecker] <\/td><\/tr>
2013. Sounds of the Past. Music, History, and Astonishment; in: Strecker, Ivo & Markus Verne (eds.): Astonishment and Evocation. The Spell of Culture in Art and Anthropology <\/em>. Oxford\/New York: Berghahn. download. http:\/\/www.germananthropology.com<\/strong><\/a> (review); Journal of Cultural Anthropology<\/em>, 138, 60-62. <\/td><\/tr>
2012. Heavy Conditions. Power Metal in Madagascar; in: Brown, Andy & Kevin Fellesz (eds.): Heavy Metal Generations<\/em>; Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 37-47 (eBook). <\/td><\/tr>
2008. How Many Things Does Man Need? Material Possessions and Consumption in Three West African Villages (Hausa, Kasena and Tuareg) Compared to German Students; in: Hahn, Hans Peter (ed.): Consumption in Africa. Anthropological Approaches <\/em>; Berlin: Lit, 173-200. [with Hans Peter Hahn and Gerd Spittler] <\/td><\/tr>
2005. Auf der Suche nach dem \u201eglobalen Gut\u201c. \u00dcber die Kategorisierung der G\u00fcterwelt in einem Hausadorf in Niger; in Loimeier, Roman, Dieter Neubert & Cordula Wei\u00dfk\u00f6ppel (Hg.): Globalisierung im lokalen Kontext. Perspektiven und Konzepte von Handeln in Afrika <\/em>; M\u00fcnster: Lit, 85-124.<\/td><\/tr>
2004. Das provozierte Geschenk. Rhetoriken des Schnorrens in einem Hausadorf in Niger: Formen, Folgen, und theoretische Implikationen; In Beck, Kurt, Till F\u00f6rster & Hans Peter Hahn (Hg.): Blick nach vorn. Festgabe f\u00fcr Gerd Spittler zum 65. Geburtstag <\/em>; K\u00f6ln: K\u00f6ppe, 171-185.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Lemmata, blog posts, reviews<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2019. Madagascar: Modern and Contemporary Performance Practice; in Janet Sturman (ed.): The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture<\/strong><\/a>Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1365-1366.<\/td><\/tr>
2019. Heavy Metal in Madagascar (Metaly Gasy); in David Horn, John Sheperd, Gabrielle Kielich and Heidi Feldman (eds.): Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World<\/strong><\/a>Volume 12: Genres: Sub-Saharan Africa; New York and London: Bloomsbury, 190-194.<\/td><\/tr>
2017. Kulturrelativismus, Gleichmacherei und verstimmte Gitarren<\/strong><\/a>; Kulturrelativismus und Aufkl\u00e4rung (Blogbeitrag).<\/td><\/tr>
2015. What is Existential Anthropology? Edited by Michael Jackson and Albert Piette (book review); Journal of Cultural Anthropology<\/em>, 140 (2), 269-272. <\/td><\/tr>
2015. Laura Bohannan - Return to Laughter; Kindlers Literaturlexikon Online<\/em>.<\/td><\/tr>
2015. Antananarivo; in: Hiery, Hermann (ed.): Lexikon f\u00fcr \u00dcberseegeschichte<\/em>; Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 37.<\/td><\/tr>
2015. Madagascar; in: Hiery, Hermann (ed.): Lexikon f\u00fcr \u00dcberseegeschichte<\/em>; Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 496-497 (with Dagmar Bechtloff).<\/td><\/tr>
2015 Radama I.; in: Hiery, Hermann (ed.): Lexikon f\u00fcr \u00dcberseegeschichte<\/em>; Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 670-671 (with Dagmar Bechtloff).<\/td><\/tr>
2014. Hunger \u2013 Ursachen, Folgen, Abhilfe. Eine interdisziplin\u00e4re Kontroverse. Wolfgang Liedtke, Georg Materna und Jochen Schulz (Buchrezension); Sociologus<\/em>, 64,1, 106-109. <\/td><\/tr>
2011. The End of Anthropology? Holger Jebens and Karl-Heinz Kohl (book review); Sociologus<\/em>, 62,2, 223-226. <\/td><\/tr>
2011. Nur eigene Armut sch\u00fctzt vor Hilferufen der Familie \u2013 Essay; Das Parlament<\/em>, Themenausgabe Afrika, Nr. 10-11.<\/td><\/tr>
2011. \"Schwarze Musik\" lagert in Mainz; Das Parlament<\/em>, Themenausgabe Afrika, Nr. 10-11 (gem. mit Hauke Dorsch).<\/td><\/tr>
2008. Ethnologie im Hinterland. Forschen und Studieren in Bayreuth; Ethnoscripts<\/em>, 10 (2), 175-183 [gem. mit Ulf Vierke] <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Prof. Dr. Markus VerneRoom 01-688Forum universitatis 655099 MainzTel.: 06131-3920526E-Mail: mverne(at)uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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