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Curriculum Vitae – Work History
Born in Vienna, in 1956. From 1977 – 1994 working as a Medical Laboratory Technician, specialized in human genetics and prenatal diagnosis
at the Department for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (General Hospital of Vienna). From 1983-1991 study in Ethnology, Social and Culture
Anthropology and in Humanbiology/ Genetics, University of Vienna (as a working student. 1992 graduation from the University
of Vienna; Ph.D. dissertation: "Pregnancy and birth among the New Zealand Maori". Since 1995 University lecturer at the Institute for
Ethnology, Social and Culture Anthropology, and since 1996 University lecturer at the Institute for History of Medicine, Dept. of
Ethnomedicine. Since1995 freelancing trainer for "Transcultural Nursing Care" (General Hospital of Vienna)
Previous Research
1986 Pilot study in New Zealand (1 month)
1988 Pilot study in Thailand on prostitution and AIDS (1 month)
1989 Field research study for Ph. D. thesis in New Zealand (6 months)
1996-1997 Field research in New Zealand (10 months) with financial support of The Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Past and Present Lectures at the Department
Transcultural aspects of women's sexual and reproductive health (Immigrants in Austrian Public Health Services)
Ethnomedical perspectives on the female life cycle (from menarche to menopause).
Lecture in Summer semester 2001; Begins 3 rd of May 2001
Women – Health – Migration: Transcultural aspects of Gynaecology and Obstetrics.
Future lectures and seminars at our Department
Contemporary discussion on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM ) (seminar)
Women's Mental Health (lecture)
Transcultural Nursing Care (seminar)
Current Project
Transcultural and Ethnomedical Aspects of Sexual & Reproductive Health and Women's Mental Health
As a lecturer and research assistant at our department my work focuses on transcultural aspects of women & health with special emphasis
on sexual and reproductive health issues and women's mental health. Ethnic minorities in Western societies and the development of specific,
gender-sensitive health care services that are based on "cultural awareness" are in the center of my research activities.
The documentation of New Zealand Maori's new initiatives in Public Health Care services, especially the integration of traditional
therapies (Rongoa Maori) in New Zealand´s health care system is the main target of my current research project (1999-2002), that has
been granted by the Austrian Science Funds (FWF). A related topic is the impact of New Zealand's postcolonial society on Maori mental
health and the psychotherapeutic effects of culture-linked therapies. Ethnobotany in New Zealand and Western Samoa are also of main
interest. Hereby the women's contemporary use of traditional plant medicine in the area of sexual and reproductive health will be questioned.
Due to the demand for more cross-cultural research on the issue of menopause, a closer look on Maori women's views on menopause and
their physical and social body will be taken during the current field research study (November 2000 – April 2001).
The outcome of this study in New Zealand should serve as a model of good practice for the Austrian Public Health system, as specific
services for ethnic minority women (immigrants and refugees) in Austria have to be developed. In the context of international migration the
subject of Female Genital Mutilation is also of evident significance and this topic has been of high actual relevance in Austria.
Publications
Book publication
1996 a. Whaka Whanau. Geburt und Mutterschaft bei den Maori in Neuseeland. (Birth and Motherhood among Maori of New Zealan) Peter Lang.
Verlag. Frankfurt.
Articles in magazines and collected editions
1992. Schwangerschaft und Geburt bei den Maori Neuseelands. (Pregnancy and Birth among Maori of New Zealand) Phil. Diss. University of Vienna.
1995 a. Der Wandel der Geburtshilfe bei den Neuseeländischen Maori. (Changes in Midwifery of the Maori in New Zealand) In: Gebären -
Ethnomedizinische Perspektiven. Schiefenhövel, W. Sich, D. Gottschalk-Batschkus, C.E. (Ed.) CURARE Sonderband.8/95: 93-103.
Verlag f. Wissenschaft und Bildung. Berlin.
1995 b. Wie betreut man kulturfremde Patienten? (How to care for migrant-patients ?) In: Labor aktuell. 3/95: 13-15. Boehringer Mannheim.
1995 c. Die Grenzen der Medizin. (Borderlines in Medicine.) In: Endlich leben. Zeitschrift der internationalen Gesellschaft für Sterbebegleitung
und Lebensbeistand. 2/95: 14-15. Wien.
1996 a. Der plötzliche Kindstod bei den Maori in Neuseeland. (Sudden Infant Death Syndrom among the Maori Population of New Zealand.)
In: Ethnomedizinische Perspektiven zur frühen Kindheit. Gottschalk-Batschkus, C.E:.Schuler, J. (Ed.) CURARE Sonderband 9/96: 133-142.
Berlin:VWB.
1997 a. Transkulturelle Patientenbetreuung in österreich. Ein aktuelles Thema in der Fortbildung für Krankenpflegepersonen.
(Transcultural Nursing Care in Austria. A Topical Theme in the Further Evocational Training for Nurses.) In: Transkulturelle Pflege. Uzarewicz,
Ch. Piechotta, G. (Ed.) CURARE Sonderband 10/97: 133-154. Berlin: VWB.
1997 b. Neue Wege in der Gesundheitsvorsorge für die weibliche Maori-Bevölkerung Neuseelands. (New Initiatives from Maori Health
Groups for Indigenious Women in Aotearoa, New Zealand.) In: Frauen und Gesundheit: Ethnomedizinische Perspektiven. Gottschalk-Batschkus,
C.E. Schuler, J. Iding. D. (Ed.) CURARE Sonderband 11/1997: 133-140. Berlin:VWB
1998 a. Traditionelle Therapeutische Konzepte der Maori Neuseelands. (Traditional therapies of Maori Medicine.) in: Ethnotherapien:
Therapeutische Konzepte im Kulturenvergleich. Tagungsband. CURARE Sonderband 14/1998: 105-108. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ethnomedizin.
Berlin: VWB.
1998 b. Maori Women´s Health in New Zealand: Cultural Barriers in Gynaecology, STD and HIV/AIDS Prevention.in: Book of Abstracts, 2 nd
European Congress on Tropical Medicine14 -18 September 1998, Clone, Cure and Control. Tropical Health for the 21 st century. Federation of
European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health. Liverpool.
1998 c. Theorie und Praxis der Transkulturellen Pflege in Österreich. (Theory and Practice of Transcultural Nursing Care in Austria) in: Book
of Abstracts, International Congress, Thursday 8 and Friday 9 October 1998, WHO Planning Health for Cities - Strategies, Concepts and Experiences,
Town Hall Vienna. WHO - Projekt: Wien - Gesunde Stadt.
1998 d. Neue Strategien der STD/HIV/AIDS Prävention in der adoleszenten Maori-Bevölkerung Neuseelands. (New Strategies of
STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention for the Adolescent Maori Minority in New Zealand.) in: Book of Abstracts, International Symposion, on Tropical
Medicine and Parasitology, 19.- 21. November 1998, Austrian Society for Tropical Medicine, Vienna
1998 e. Socio-cultural Factors for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrom among the Maori Population of New Zealand. in: DRAGOSITS, H. (Ed.)
Abstractband: Tagung der deutschsprachigen Ethnologen und Ethnologinnen. 25.- 29. September 1995 in Wien. Genralthema: Ethnien -
Kulturen - Identität. Band 3: 1-15. Wien.
1998 f. Transcultural Nursing Care in Austria. (Transkulturelle Pflege in Österreich). in: Österreichische Krankenpflegezeitschrift Nr. 12.
Dezember 1998. s. 4. Österreichischer Krankenpflegeverband. Wien.
1998 g. Soziokulturelle Aspekte der gynäkologischen Versorgung der weiblichen Maori Bevölkerung in Neuseelands. (Socio-cultural
aspects of gynaecological check-ups for Maori women) In: Kulturell Gefordert - Postulated by Culture, Follmer, W. & Schuler, J. (Ed. ) CURARE
Sonderband 15, Berlin (in print)
1999. Western Medicine Alone does not Cure Maori Sickness. A Discussion on the Integration of Traditional Maori Therapies in the Health Care
System of New Zealand. In: VEN 1,2:4-13.
1999. New Strategies of STD-, HIV/AIDS-prevention for adolescent Maori in New Zealand). In: Mitteilungen der Österreichischen
Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie 21:15-22.
2000. A Portrait of the Maori Healer Hohepa Kereopa. In: Wanderer between the Worlds. Shamanism in the 20. Century. Reichert Verlag.
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