Team > MA Valerie V. V. Gruber
MA Valerie V. V. Gruber
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Research Group Social Geography
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Research Group Social Geography
Research priorities
- Social and moral geographies of global inequalities
- (Post)coloniality and racism
- Inter- and transculturality
- Social arts and cultural projects
- Transdisciplinary coproduction of knowledges and artistic research methods
- Latin America and the African diaspora (in particular Brazil and Colombia)
Biography
Valerie V. V. Gruber is a research associate in the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth since December 2019 and a Junior Fellow at the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) since February 2020. As part of her PhD project, she develops transdisciplinary methods of knowledge co-production and carries out Participatory Action Research on questions of a good life with young artists and community actors from the African diaspora in Brazil and Colombia. During her Bachelor's and Master's degree in International Cultural and Business Studies at the University of Passau (Germany), she specialised in the Ibero-Romance cultural area and gained professional experience at the BMW Group in Munich, Audi in Mexico and the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Brazil, among others. Thanks to several grants and scholarships, she spent exchange semesters and research stays at the University of La Laguna (Spain), the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) and the University of Valle (Colombia). Before starting her doctorate, she also served as a lecturer at the Chair of Social and Population Geography at the University of Bayreuth. After that, she worked as a research associate at the Institute of African Studies, conducting a pilot study on creative industries in Africa on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Currently, she is dedicating herself to the following three projects:
- Research project “Moral Geographies of Re-Existence” as part of the Research Section Moralities at the Cluster of Excellence “Africa Multiple: Reconfiguring African Studies”
- PhD project “Moral Geographies of (Re-) Existence: A Comparative Analysis of Socio-cultural Projects from Afro-descendant Communities in Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) and Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)“ at the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)
- Transdisciplinary project “DjumbaiALA: Dialogues of African and Afro-diasporic Knowledges in the Multimedia Age“ sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Awards and Scholarships
2022 | 1st Prize in the Ideas Competition for Early Career Researchers on the Brazil Day of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
2018 - 2019 | DAAD Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service) |
2013 - 2016 | Studienstiftung Scholarship (German Academic Scholarship Foundation) |
2013 - 2016 | Max Weber Scholarship (Max Weber Programme of the Free State of Bavaria) |
2014 | Award for the Best Bachelor Thesis in International Cultural and Business Studies (donated by Sparkasse Passau) |
2011 - 2012 | Erasmus Scholarship (European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) |
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Research Group Social Geography
Publications
Book/Monograph
Patrimônios e Identidades em (Re)Construções : Tensões, Embates e Negociações
publ: Gruber, Valerie V. V.; Santos de Jesus, Fernando
Rio de Janeiro : Telha, 2020. - 276 pp.
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Der Habitus der brasilianischen Favelas : Ein städtischer Kulturraum?
München : GRIN Verlag, 2015. - 41 pp. . - (e-fellows.net stipendiaten-wissen; 3977)
https://www.grin.com/document/1143426
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Nachwachsende Rohstoffe als Treibstoff : Brasilien als Vorbild für die Welt?
München : GRIN Verlag, 2014. - 41 pp. . - (e-fellows.net stipendiaten-wissen; 2645)
https://www.grin.com/document/386145
Article in a journal (peer-reviewed)
Banguero Velasco, Rigoberto; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Emancipatory Methodologies : Knowledge Production and (Re)existence of the Misak People in ...
in PACHA vol. 3 (2022) issue 8. - pp. 1-15
doi:10.46652/pacha.v3i8.95 ...
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Identidades multiterritorializadas : Una mirada relacional sobre los procesos de construcc ...
in Entorno Geográfico (2018) issue 16. - pp. 24-49
doi:10.25100/eg.v0i16.7132 ...
Santos de Jesus, Fernando; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
O mestre de capoeira : fortalecendo filosofias e práticas de (re)existência negra perante ...
in Outros Tempos vol. 15 (2018) issue 26. - pp. 126-146
doi:10.18817/ot.v15i26.659 ...
Gruber, Valerie V. V.; Rothfuß, Eberhard
Interkulturelle Managementforschung : Reflexive Gedanken über eine unreflektierte Denkschu ...
in Interculture Journal vol. 15 (2016) issue 26. - pp. 117-137
https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/jportal_jpart ...
Article in a journal (not peer-reviewed)
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Transdisciplinary Connections : Afro-Latin America meets Bayreuth
in Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth vol. 20 (2021) . - pp. 92-93
https://www.ias.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumente/NAB ...
Duarte de Souza, Cláudio Manoel; Gruber, Valerie V. V.; Mignano, Diana Carolina; Ndi, Gilbert Shang
DjumbaiALA : Contributing to Polyphonic Dialogues across the Middle Passage
in Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth vol. XVIII (2020) . - pp. 82-83
https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/do ...
Woischnik, Jan; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Kommunalwahlen im Land der Politikverdrossenheit
in Tópicos vol. 55 (2016) issue 4. - pp. 16-18
http://topicos.de/fileadmin/user_upload/topicos_ar ...
Article in a book (peer-reviewed)
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Relational Geographies of Afro-Brazilian Identities : What Can We Learn from the Candeal N ...
In: Depkat, Volker ; Waldschmidt-Nelson, Britta ; Falk, Jasmin (ed.): Cultural Mobility and Knowledge Formation in the Americas - Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2019. - pp. 95-119 . - (Publikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie; 20)
Article in a book (not peer-reviewed)
Banguero Velasco, Rigoberto; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
El muntu afrodiaspórico en el mundo-vida del Chocó, Colombia
In: Banguero Velasco, Rigoberto (ed.): Historicidad y culturalidad afro en el norte del Cauca - Cali, Kolumbien: Poemia, 2020. - pp. 64-83
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Identificando Pesquisadores Pesquisando Identidades : Rumo a uma Análise Reflexiva dos Pro ...
In: Gruber, Valerie V. V. ; Santos de Jesus, Fernando (ed.): Patrimônios e Identidades em (Re)Construções : Tensões, Embates e Negociações - Rio de Janeiro: Telha, 2020. - pp. 19-49
Conference item (peer-reviewed)
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Artistic Quests for Dignity : Researching (Re-)Existence across the Black Atlantic
2022
The ALARI Second Continental Conference on Afro-Latin American Studies, Cambridge (Massachusetts), USA
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Co-producing video performances across the Black Atlantic : an approach to participatory r ...
2022
VAD 2022 "Africa-Europe: Reciprocal Perspectives" (Conference of the Association for African Studies in Germany), Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
DjumbaiALA : Dialoge afrikanischer und afro-diasporischer Wissensformen im multimedialen Z ...
2022
Science Slam am Brasilientag des BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung), Bonn, Deutschland
Beleño Garcia, Carolina; Gruber, Valerie V. V.; Ndi, Gilbert Shang; Zango, Matchume
O que é bom? Memórias de uma geração com cheiro de café
2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGurlHnN_TI
VII Congresso Internacional sobre Culturas "Reencantar as Culturas", Online
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Reciprocity in Diversity : Doing Collaborative Research with Afro-Diasporic Communities
2021
Solidarity in Diversity : Highlighting Marginal Voices in Academia, Practice and Society, Melbourne, Australia (online)
Fendler, Ute; Gruber, Valerie V. V.; Ndi, Gilbert Shang
Relational Transdisciplinarity and Artistic/Academic Knowledge Production
2021
Annual Conference of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence “Africa*n Relations : Modalities Reflected”, Bayreuth, Deutschland , online
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Moralgeographien der (Re-)Existenz : Soziale Kulturprojekte in Salvador (Brasilien) und Ca ...
2021
ADLAF-Tagung 2021 : Wissen, Macht und digitale Transformation in Lateinamerika, München, Deutschland (online)
Gruber, Valerie V. V.; Martí, Sandra Amelia
Intersticios de frontera : artivismos en Tijuana y Salvador de Bahía
2021
LASA 2021 : Crisis global, Desigualdades y centralidad de la vida (XXXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association), Vancouver, Kanada / online
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Epistemologies of the Body : Cultural Resistance in Salvador (Brazil) and Cartagena (Colom ...
2021
XXIV Biennial Graduate Student Colloquium : Hegemonic Ideologies and Resistance in Iberian, Latin American, and Latinx Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Austin, USA / online
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Weltkulturerbe, Widerstand und Multiterritorialität : Künstlerische Praktiken marginalisie ...
2019
Deutscher Kongress für Geographie 2019 : Umbrüche und Aufbrüche – Geographie(n) der Zukunft, Kiel, Germany
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Crossing the Walls of Cartagena : Resistance and (Re-)Existence through Afro-Colombian Mus ...
2019
6th Biannual Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples’ Conference : ERIP 2019 “Bridges and Walls Across the Americas : Dialogues of Survivance, Endurance, and Resistance”, Spokane, USA
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
¿De la inclusión urbana a la inclusión social? El caso de la comunidad de Candeal en Salva ...
2019
LASA2019 "Nuestra América : Justice and Inclusion" (XXXVII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association), Boston, USA
Patiño Gómez, Zaida Liz; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Rumbo a una geografía emancipatoria
2019
XVII Encuentro de Geógrafos de América Latina, EGAL 2019, Quito, Ecuador
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Emprendimiento social en comunidades socialmente excluidas : Salvador da Bahia (Brasil) y ...
2017
Diálogos Étnico-Raciales : África, América, Europa, Cali, Kolumbien
Santos de Jesus, Fernando; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
A estética da (re)existência : olhares filosóficos sobre o mestre de capoeira
2017
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-3 ...
XIII ENECULT : Encontro de Estudos Multidisciplinares em Cultura, Salvador da Bahia, Brasilien
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
A construção de identidades afro-brasileiras na comunidade do Candeal em Salvador da Bahia ...
2017
XVIII Fábrica de Ideias : Patrimônio, Desigualdade e Políticas Culturais (Escola Doutoral Internacional), São Luís do Maranhão, Brasilien
Conference item (not peer-reviewed)
Ndi, Gilbert Shang; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
L’héritage culturel de l’UNESCO et ses « autres » : analyse critique des traces de l’afric ...
2022
Workshop "L'Atlantique noir revisité: Espaces occultés et (in)visibles de la mémoire performative", Dakar, Senegal
Banguero Velasco, Rigoberto; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Participatory Action Research : The Persistence of Utopias
2021
Participatory Action Research Workshop at the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies - BIGSAS, Bayreuth, Deutschland
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Fluid Fields : The Un/Making of the Research Field in Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Produ ...
2021
Workshop of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research and the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence : Fielding the Field, Johannesburg, Südafrika ; Bayreuth, Deutschland
Gruber, Valerie V. V.; Rothfuß, Eberhard
Co-Creating Knowledge with Afro-Diasporic Communities : Reflections on a Participatory Res ...
2021
Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence : Research Retreat, Bayreuth, Deutschland
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Moral Geographies of (Re-)Existence : Glimpses of Afro-Latin American lifeworlds
2020
Research Section Moralities Meeting, Bayreuth, Deutschland / online
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Movimiento social creativo : (Re-)construyendo identidades en la Roma Negra
2020
Capacitación docente de la Institución Educativa San Antonio, Santander de Quilichao, Kolumbien / online
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
(Un)Masking Afro-Brazilian Carnival Groups : Machtbeziehungen und die Rolle der Frauen in ...
2019
Neither black nor white? Schwarzenbewegungen in den USA und Brasilien im 20. Jahrhundert, Regensburg, Deutschland
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Emprendimiento social, multiterritorialidad y el potencial de intercambios interculturales
2019
Oportunidades de estudiar becados en Alemania, Universidad del Valle - Sede Pacífico, Buenaventura, Kolumbien
Fendler, Ute; Gruber, Valerie V. V.; Norck, Sebastian
Förderung von Kreativwirtschaft in Afrika durch die deutsche entwicklungspolitische Zusamm ...
2018
Abschlusstreffen zur Pilotstudie "Kreativwirtschaft in Afrika", Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), Berlin
Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Desafíos metodológicos entre la investigación de campo y la formulación de la tesis : expe ...
2017
Curso de Posgrado en Sociología en la Universidad del Valle : Diseño Etnográfico, Cali, Kolumbien
Online post
Woischnik, Jan; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Kommunalwahlen im Zeichen der Krise : Der erste Wahlgang der landesweiten Kommunalwahlen i ...
in Länderberichte der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
06. Oktober 2016
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_46623-1522-1-30.pdf?1 ...
Woischnik, Jan; Gruber, Valerie V. V.
Municipal elections overshadowed by crisis : Amid a severe crisis of confidence the first ...
in Country Reports of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
06. Oktober 2016
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_46623-544-2-30.pdf?16 ...
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Research Group Social Geography
MA Valerie V. V. Gruber
Project Staff (Cluster of Excellence)
Room: 2.22, NW III
Office hours: upon appointment
Phone: +49 (0) 921 / 55-7894
E-mail: Valerie.Gruber@uni-bayreuth.de