Dafina Gashi, M.A.

E-Mail: gashidaf@uni-mainz.de
PhD Subject: Anthropology
Dissertation title / work title: Exploring the Interplay Between Movement, Neoliberalism, and Gender in Kosovo.
Mentor at the JGU: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Čarna Brković
Dissertation topic:
The project aims to explore links between movement, migration, open borders and perceptions among women in Kosovo in the light of the possible changes in the political landscape, namely the liberalization of the Visa towards Europe. The focus will be on women’s future-making practices and imaginaries and how these are influenced and may differ due to the changes planned to be implemented in the movement policy.
10/2020 – 06/2023 Master: Anthropology and Visual Studies. University of Siena, Italy,
Thesis: Border Dwelling Bodies: An Ethnographic study of migrant women in Siena, Italy.
10/2012 – 03/2016 Bachelor: Humanities. University of Siena, Italy.
Thesis: A cultural analyses of the summer Journey to the country of origin: Exploring the significance of Return Visits in the context of migration through Ethnography.
10/2013 – 07/2014 Erasmus for Studies: Humanities. University of Gottingen, Germany.
14 – 16/12/2023  Conference presentation: Exploring the Use of Ethnographic Research in Photography: A New Narrative Paradigm. National Convention of Applied Anthropology (SIAA - Società Italiana di Antropologia Applicata) Perugia, Italy.
Border Dwelling Bodies: an ethnographic research in Siena, Italy. Visual Ethnography, n.2 2023. dx.doi.org/10.12835/ve2022.1-101