Maren Tomforde
Department of Anthropology
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
I have studied Sociocultural Anthropology in Münster, Paris and Hamburg. While doing my masters at the University of Hamburg, I also worked as a scientific assistant at the Museum of Anthropology in Hamburg and as a consultant for the GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) in Frankfurt. For my doctorate, I carried out a two and a half year field research (1999-2002) on cultural spatiality in Karen and Hmong communities in Northwestern Thailand.
Research Interest
I am a senior lecturer in Sociocultural Anthropology at the Department of Human and Social Sciences at the Staff and Command College of the German Armed Forces in Hamburg. For my habilitation treatise on Cultural Change among the Karen, I am affiliated with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hamburg. On occasion, I also lecture at the Anthropology Department at Humboldt University in Berlin.
Publications
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Tomforde M. Introduction: The Distinctive Role of Culture in Peacekeeping. International Peacekeeping. 2010 Aug 1;17(4):450-6.
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Tomforde M. The Hmong Mountains: Cultural Spatiality of the Hmong in Northern Thailand. Lit Verlag; 2006.
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Tomforde M. Motivation and self-image among German peacekeepers. International Peacekeeping. 2005 Dec 1;12(4):576-85.
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Tomforde M. The global in the local: contested resource-use systems of the Karen and Hmong in northern Thailand. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 2003 Jun;34(2):347-60.
