Mgr. Marie Heřmanová, Ph.D.
Department: Gender & Sociology
Job: associate researcher
Email:
Phone: 210 310 212
Internal Line: 212
ORCID: 0000-0002-2483-1699
Themes: Gender, Identity, Media, Research Methodology, Social Inequalities, Lifestyle
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2018 - PhD, social and cultural anthropology, Charles University, Faculty of humanities
2010 - MA, social and cultural anthropology, Charles University, Faculty of humanities
Focus
media studies, digital ethnography, digital anthropology, social media, internet culture, influencers, authenticity, gender inequalities in digital space, disinformation and conspiracies on social media, applied social science, ethnographic methods
Teaching Activities
Faculty of Arts, Charles University - Introduction to Digital Ethnography
Undergraduate Programme in Central and Eastern European Studies, CERGE-EI - Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe
Foreign Study Visits and Internships
2021 - visiting scholar, Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University, UK
2008 - 2009 research visit, Universidad Autonoma Mexicana, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Mexico City
2006 – 2007 Erasmus, Université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, France
Medallion
Marie Hermanova holds a PhD in social anthropology from Charles University. She finished her studies in 2018 with PhD thesis titled "Imagining the West - Marginality and Possible Lives at the Outskirts of a Mexican City". She conducted longterm ethnographic fieldwork in Chiapas, Mexico, from 2008 to 2015. She currently works as an associate researcher at the Gender and Sociology department at the Institute of Sociology, where she focuses on digital communication platforms, social media, internet culture, authenticity and gender norms. From January to July 2021 Marie was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Research for Communication and Culture at Loughborough University, UK. Besides her academic work, she writes for various Czech and international media.
Selected Publications
Cultures of Authenticity
2022, Heřmanová, Marie, Skey, Michael, Thurnell-Read, Thomas (eds)
Projects
Instagramming the Self: Gender norms, authenticity strategies and Czech influencer culture“
Project Duration: 2020 - 2021
Instagramming the Self: Gender norms, authenticity strategies and influencer culture
Project Duration: 2020 - 2022