Larissa Förster
Biographic Data
| ID | 658220 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larissa Förster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Förster |
| SIGNATURE | FÖRSTER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Resist, Reclaim, Retrieve: The Long History of the Struggle for the Restitution of Cultural Heritage and Ancestral Remains Taken under Colonial Conditions
Re-individualising human remains from Namibia
In 1885, the Berlin pathologist Rudolf Virchow presented three human skeletons from the colony of German South West Africa to the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory. The remains had been looted from a grave by a young German scientist, Waldemar Belck, who was a member of the second Lüderitz expedition and took part in the occupation of colonial territory. In an attempt to re-individualise and re-humanise these human remains…
Influence without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response
The use of military force is not restricted to fighting; it can also be employed to shape and influence events.1 During the October Arab-Israeli War of 1973, neither superpower was directly engaged in the fighting, but both heavily supported their client states. The deployment of naval forces sent a strong signal, not only to the direct crisis participants but also to the other superpower. The Soviet navy initiated movements of assets into proxim…
The Soft Power Currencies of US Navy Hospital Ship Missions
The Tsunami in South-East Asia in 2004 prompted the largest military disaster response in history. Encouraged by the success, increasing attention has been paid to the various humanitarian assistance and disaster relief activities conducted by US armed forces. Since 2006, the US Navy deploys one of its two large hospital ships in annual missions to either Central and South America or the Asia-Pacific region to provide people in need with free car…
Congo River: 4700 Km Bursting with Nature and Culture . April 24, 2010–January 9, 2011. Fetish Modernity . April 8–September 4, 2011. Uncensored: Vivid Tales from Behind the Scenes . September 23, 201…
The war next door: Peace journalism in US local and distant newspapers’ coverage of Mexico
This study explores the relationship between proximity to a conflict and the tendency to use peace journalism rather than war journalism modes of reporting. In the context of the current drug war occurring in Mexico, articles from both local, border region US newspapers and distant US newspapers were coded according to their usage of war or peace journalism frames. Analyses revealed that local newspapers utilized more peace journalism frames over…
From `General Field Marshal' To `Miss Genocide: The Reworking of Traumatic Experiences among Herero-Speaking Namibians
The colonial war of 1904-8 in Namibia still features prominently in contemporary Namibian memory culture. Above all, Herero-speaking Namibians have created various practices by which the war is commemorated annually. Seminal are commemorative rituals held in different areas of Namibia and organized by a ritual and social network established in the aftermath of the war. These commemorations provide a stage for the continuous reworking of the memor…
From `General Field Marshal' To `Miss Genocide: The Reworking of Traumatic Experiences among Herero-Speaking Namibians
The colonial war of 1904-8 in Namibia still features prominently in contemporary Namibian memory culture. Above all, Herero-speaking Namibians have created various practices by which the war is commemorated annually. Seminal are commemorative rituals held in different areas of Namibia and organized by a ritual and social network established in the aftermath of the war. These commemorations provide a stage for the continuous reworking of the memor…
The war next door: Peace journalism in US local and distant newspapers’ coverage of Mexico
This study explores the relationship between proximity to a conflict and the tendency to use peace journalism rather than war journalism modes of reporting. In the context of the current drug war occurring in Mexico, articles from both local, border region US newspapers and distant US newspapers were coded according to their usage of war or peace journalism frames. Analyses revealed that local newspapers utilized more peace journalism frames over…
The Soft Power Currencies of US Navy Hospital Ship Missions
The Tsunami in South-East Asia in 2004 prompted the largest military disaster response in history. Encouraged by the success, increasing attention has been paid to the various humanitarian assistance and disaster relief activities conducted by US armed forces. Since 2006, the US Navy deploys one of its two large hospital ships in annual missions to either Central and South America or the Asia-Pacific region to provide people in need with free car…
Re-individualising human remains from Namibia
In 1885, the Berlin pathologist Rudolf Virchow presented three human skeletons from the colony of German South West Africa to the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory. The remains had been looted from a grave by a young German scientist, Waldemar Belck, who was a member of the second Lüderitz expedition and took part in the occupation of colonial territory. In an attempt to re-individualise and re-humanise these human remains…
Congo River: 4700 Km Bursting with Nature and Culture . April 24, 2010–January 9, 2011. Fetish Modernity . April 8–September 4, 2011. Uncensored: Vivid Tales from Behind the Scenes . September 23, 201…
From `General Field Marshal' To `Miss Genocide: The Reworking of Traumatic Experiences among Herero-Speaking Namibians
The colonial war of 1904-8 in Namibia still features prominently in contemporary Namibian memory culture. Above all, Herero-speaking Namibians have created various practices by which the war is commemorated annually. Seminal are commemorative rituals held in different areas of Namibia and organized by a ritual and social network established in the aftermath of the war. These commemorations provide a stage for the continuous reworking of the memor…
The war next door: Peace journalism in US local and distant newspapers’ coverage of Mexico
This study explores the relationship between proximity to a conflict and the tendency to use peace journalism rather than war journalism modes of reporting. In the context of the current drug war occurring in Mexico, articles from both local, border region US newspapers and distant US newspapers were coded according to their usage of war or peace journalism frames. Analyses revealed that local newspapers utilized more peace journalism frames over…
Influence without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response
The use of military force is not restricted to fighting; it can also be employed to shape and influence events.1 During the October Arab-Israeli War of 1973, neither superpower was directly engaged in the fighting, but both heavily supported their client states. The deployment of naval forces sent a strong signal, not only to the direct crisis participants but also to the other superpower. The Soviet navy initiated movements of assets into proxim…
The Soft Power Currencies of US Navy Hospital Ship Missions
The Tsunami in South-East Asia in 2004 prompted the largest military disaster response in history. Encouraged by the success, increasing attention has been paid to the various humanitarian assistance and disaster relief activities conducted by US armed forces. Since 2006, the US Navy deploys one of its two large hospital ships in annual missions to either Central and South America or the Asia-Pacific region to provide people in need with free car…
Congo River: 4700 Km Bursting with Nature and Culture . April 24, 2010–January 9, 2011. Fetish Modernity . April 8–September 4, 2011. Uncensored: Vivid Tales from Behind the Scenes . September 23, 201…
Re-individualising human remains from Namibia
In 1885, the Berlin pathologist Rudolf Virchow presented three human skeletons from the colony of German South West Africa to the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory. The remains had been looted from a grave by a young German scientist, Waldemar Belck, who was a member of the second Lüderitz expedition and took part in the occupation of colonial territory. In an attempt to re-individualise and re-humanise these human remains…
Resist, Reclaim, Retrieve: The Long History of the Struggle for the Restitution of Cultural Heritage and Ancestral Remains Taken under Colonial Conditions
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)