Nora Küttel

Vita

• since June 2021 Postdoctoral research fellow in Digital Geography at the University of Halle
• 2016-2021 Doctoral studies at the University of Münster; Title: “When Art and Space meet … An ethnographic approach to the relationship of artistic practices and space in the city of Detroit”
• 2016-2021 Research associate in Urban and Regional Geography at the University of Münster
• 2012-2015 Master’s program at the HafenCity University Hamburg (Urban Design)
• 2008-2012 Bachelor’s program at the University of Hamburg and the University of Southampton (Geography & Sociology)

• Member of the Network ‘Visualisierung qualitativer Geographien’ | ‘Visualizing qualitative geographies’
• Member of the workgroup ‘Qualitative Methoden in der Geographie und der raumsensiblen Sozial- und Kulturforschung’

Presentations and Workshops

• Küttel, N. & Michel, B.: “Teaching visual methods and critical mapping: On constructing and reflecting partial knowledges and contested urban histories”. Presentation, Counter-mapping the Cuty International Virtual Conference, 2022, online.
• Küttel, N.: “The ‘accidental’ and the ‘failed’: Turning silent/ced moments in the field into data”. Presentation, (Re)defining fieldwork: a virtual workshop, 2022, online.
• Küttel, N. & Peterson, M.: “‘Collage, Cut & Paste’. Zines als alternative Form der Kommunikation, Publikation und des Wissenstransfers”. Workshop organization, Annual Conference of the ÖGS branch Urban Studies ‘Arts-Based Research in der Stadt- und Raumforschung’, 20.02.2021, online.
• Küttel, N. & Peterson, M.: “Ist das Forschung oder kann das weg? Zufall und Scheitern im Forschungsprozess”. Presentation, annual conference of the workgroup Qualitative Methoden in der Geographie und der raumsensiblen Sozialforschung, Goslar, Germany, 09.03.2020.
• Küttel, N. & Hoening, M.: “Weg von der Wahrheit, hin zur Geschichte. Eine autoethnographische Reflexion zu Persönlichkeiten des Feldes”. Presentation, Conference Neue Kulturgeographie 2020, Bonn, Germany, Session: “Differenz, Vermittlung, Begegnung”, 31.01.2020.
• Küttel, N. & Peterson, M.: “‘Mehr als Worte’: Workshop zu kreativen Methoden und Forschungsansätzen in der Geographie”. Workshop organization, Conference Neue Kulturgeographie 2020, Bonn, Germany, 31.01.2020.
• Küttel, N.: “Das Feld im Kopf oder der Kopf im Feld? Eine Auseinandersetzung mit einem gewohnten Begriff”. Presentation, German Congress of Geography, Kiel, Germany, Session: “The critical social practice of doing research – positions on the relationship of field work and responsibility”, 28.09.2019.
• Küttel, N. & Niemann, K.: “Kunst als soziale Stabilisationsstrategie des urbanen Raumes?”. Session organization and chair, German Congress of Geography, Kiel, Germany, 26.09.2019.
• Küttel, N.: “Thinking reflexive photography autoethnographically”. Annual Meeting AAG 2019, Washington, DC, USA, Lightning Paper Session: “Urban Cultural Studies”, 03.04.2019.
• Küttel, N.: “The Artist and/in the City of Detroit”. Graduate Students’ FREE SPACE Workshop in the Context of Biennale Sessions, Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy, 24.10.2018.
• Küttel, N.: “(Reflexive) Fotografie autoethnografisch denken? Ausschnitte meiner Feldforschung aus Detroit, MI”. Presentation, annual conference of the workgroup Qualitative Methoden in der Geographie und der raumsensiblen Sozialforschung, Goslar, Germany, 07.09.2018.
• Küttel, N.: “The Artist and/in the City of Detroit – an ethnographic approach”. Presentation, Annual Meeting AAG, New Orleans, USA, Session: “Recovery and Change in City Spaces”, 14.04.2018.
• Küttel, N.: “The artist and/in the city of Detroit – an ethnographic approach”. Presentation, German Congress of Geography, Tübingen, Germany, Session: “Geographie als Erkenntnispraxis – Wege aus dem Fliegenglas”, 3.10.2017.
• Küttel, N.: “Creative networks and creative spaces in Detroit, Michigan”. Poster presentation, Annual Meeting AAG, Boston, USA, April 7, 2017.

Teaching