As a filmmaker and Visual Anthropologist, I am constantly striving to establish links to other forms and areas of anthropological research. As a student I developed an interest in Urban Anthropology as well as Studies of Poverty and Homelessness. Additionally, I received thorough training in qualitative and quantitative research methods, especially ethnographic and visual methods. My geographical interests include West Africa, southern Africa and the urban space. I am currently preparing for a PhD-Project in the field of Visual Anthropology.
Selected Publications
Gruber, Martin (2010): Film making as an instrument of research communication and capacity development. – In: Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. [Eds.]: Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale: pp. 326–331, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek. (download as pdf)
Gruber, Martin (2008): Aufklärungsfilme als Beispiel angewandter Ethnologie? Ethnoscripts 10 (2): 184-190. (download as pdf)
Gruber, Martin (2007): Platzverweis. Obdachlose in der Hamburger Innenstadt. Saarbrücken.
Kokot, Waltraud & Martin Gruber (2007): Betroffene von Räumungsklagen und Verbleib von Zwangsgeräumten: Eine ethnologische Untersuchung zu Lebenssituation und Verbleibsalternativen. Hamburg.
Gruber, Martin (2006): Street Magazine, Social Welfare, Soup Kitchen: The Income Strategies of Urban Homeless People in Hamburg/Germany. Ethnoscripts 8 (1): 79-92. (download as PDF)
Kokot, Waltraud & Felix Axster & Martin Gruber & Jochen Becker (2004): Kultur der Obdachlosigkeit in der Hamburger Innenstadt. Eine ethnologische Felduntersuchung. Hamburg.
Gruber, Martin (2002): Parallelwelten. Eine Feldforschung über Obdachlosigkeit in der Hamburger Innenstadt. Ethnoscripts 4 (1): 61-81.
Kokot, Waltraud & Felix Axster & Martin Gruber (2002): Kultur der Obdachlosigkeit in der Hamburger Innenstadt. Hamburg.
Presentations and Projects
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Workshop: “Ethnographic film as a method in the communication of research and development-cooperation” during the Worldfilm Festivals in Tartu. Judge at the Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival. Commentary on the paper “A European perspective on the use of qualitative methods in the study of homelessness” at the CUHP conference in Brüssel. Presentation „An Example of Visual Methodology in Action” at the geographic workshop „Visual Materials: Between Representation and Experimentation” at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. Presentation „Visual Anthropology in Germany and the UK” at the “Visual Culture Conference” in Chicago. Conception, organisation and moderation of the workshop „Visual Methods – Visual Theory” at the DGV (German Society for Anthropology) annual conference in Hamburg.
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