Research of Urmila Goel / Research Project: The virtual second generation

Publications in English:

• "The Indernet: From Internet Portal to the Social Web", in: International Journal of E-Politics, Vol. 7, Issue 3, July-September 2016, 1-14.
• "‘Indian’ clubbing in Germany – on the constructions of natio-ethno-cultural belongingness and otherness", in: Sylvia Hahn and Stan Nadel (eds., 2014), Asian Migrants in Europe - Transcultural Connections, Göttingen: V&R unipress.
• "‘From the German Periphery – On Ethnographic Explorations of Indian Transnationalism Online’, in Ajaya K. Sahoo & Johannes G. de Kruijf, eds. Indian Transnationalism Online: New Perspectives on Diaspora (Farnham: Ashgate, 2014), pp. 63–80.
• "The virtual space of belongingness Indernet - A long-term observation", Paper presented at Digital Crossroads, Utrecht, 29.06.12.
• “The German internet portal Indernet – A space for multiple belongingness”, Gerard Goggin and Mark McClelland (eds., 2009), Internationalizing Internet Studies, New York: Routledge, 128-144.
• "The Indernet - A German network in a transnational space" in: Remus Gabriel Anghel, Eva Gerharz, Gilberto Rescher und Monika Sazlbrunn (2008, Hrsg.), The Making of World Society - Perspectives from Transnational Research, Bielefeld: transcript, 291-309
• "Imagining India Online: Second-Generation Indians in Germany" (as pdf), in: Jörg Esleben, Christina Kraenzle and Sukanya Kulkarni (eds., 2008), Mapping Channels between Ganges and Rhein: German-Indian Cross-Cultural Relations, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 210-232.
• "Indians in Germany’ - The imagination of a community" (as pdf) in: UNEAC Asia Papers, No. 20, 2007.
• "Germany", in: Brij Lal (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora, Singapore: Edition Didier Millet, 358-360.
  Disclaimer: The published version contains changes to my original version, which were not authorised by me and from which I distance myself.
• "The virtual second generation - An own space on the internet" (as pdf), in: Klaus Voll and Doreen Beierlein (Hrsg. 2006), Rising India - Europe's Partner?, Berlin: Weißensee Verlag, 1154-1160 (also on: http://www.migrationeducation.org/).
• "The virtual second generation: negotiating ethnicity on the internet" (as pdf), in: IIAS Newsletter, 39, December 2005, 19.
• "Fatima and theinder.net - A refuge in virtual space" (as pdf), in: Angelika Fitz, Merle Kröger, Alexandra Schneider und Dorothee Wenner (2005), Import Export - Cultural Transfer - India, Germany, Austria, Berlin: Parthas Verlag, 201-207.
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Presentations in English

• "Lost in the Feed - The development of the virtual space Indernet", Working conference: (H)activism or participation? On the political dimension of the digital, Kommission für Digitalisierung im Alltag in der DGV, Marburg, 30.09.16.
• "The Indernet - From internet portal to Facebook", Research Factory, Viadrina Centre B/Orders in motion, Frankfurt/Oder, 04.11.15.
• Heteronormativity and natio-ethno-cultural belongingness - (implicit) norms on the internet portal Indernet, Konferenz: Transnationale Räume und Geschlecht, Universität Paderborn, 04.04.13.
• "The virtual space of belongingness Indernet - A long-term observation", Digital Crossroads, Utrecht, 29.06.12.
• Discussant in the Forum on Online Research in Practice, International seminar on “Indian Transnationalism Online: Ethnographic Explorations”, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, A.P., India, 27th March 2012.
• "Indernet 2011 – reactivated and changed", International seminar on “Indian Transnationalism Online: Ethnographic Explorations”, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, A.P., India, 26th March 2012.
• "Using the internet in research - Methodological challenges" (as pdf), Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, Bayreuth, 02.02.12
• "Representing the Other - Spaces of Belongingness in an Othering Society" together with Synnøve Bendixsen (as pdf), 14th Nordic Migration Researchers' Conference, University of Bergen, 14.11.07.
• "Using the internet in research - Methodological challenges" (as pdf), Seminar: Religionsvitenskaplege forskingsmetodar Masterprogram i religionsvitskap, University of Bergen, 14.09.07.
• “The Indernet - An own space in a racist society“ (as pdf), IMER/Bergen Exploring Diversity –seminars, University of Bergen, 19.06.07.
• "Arranged marriages' - Dealing with racist and heteronormative discourses in Germany" (as pdf), Monday Seminar, CULCOM, University of Oslo, 16.04.07.
• "Partying in a Sari - The dilemma of 'white' presence at 'Indian' dance parties in Germany" (as pdf), Conference: The Borderpolitics of Whiteness, Sydney, 13.12.06.
• "Shifting boundaries on the internet: Strategies of 'second generation Indians' in Germany" (as pdf), Malaysia and Singapore Society, 14th Colloquium, Boundaries and Shifting Sovereignities: Migration, Security Issues and Regional Cooperation, UNE, Armidale. 01.12.06.
• "Dealing with experiences of racism: The German internet portal Indernet" (as pdf), UTS: Transforming Cultures, Sydney, 15.11.06.
• "Classical, dance, bollywood and the Indernet - Cultural practices among 'Indians of the second generation' in Germany" (as pdf), CAPSTRANS workshop: Culture, identity and performance: Diaspora South Asians, University of Wollongong, 13.11.06
• "Indians in Germany - The imagination of a community" (as pdf), Asia Centre, UNE, Armidale, 07.11.06.
• "The Indernet - Negotiating 'Indianness' in German" (as pdf), CAPSTRANS, University of Wollongong, 19.10.06.
• 'Indianness' as refuge - Constructions of belongingness among 'migrants of the second generation" (as pdf), Workshop Landscapes of Meaning, Trans/forming Cultures, University of Technology Sydney, 18.10.06.
• "The Indernet - Negotiating 'Indianness' in German" (as pdf), Internationalizing Internet Studies, Brisbane, 27.09.06.
• "Black or White or something else? - Subjective Attempts at Positioning" (as pdf), Black European Studies in Transnational Perspective, 2nd International interdisciplinary Conference, Berlin, 29.07.06
• "Critical Whiteness Studies - Relevance for the research project" (as pdf), Forschungskolloquium: Postcolonial Theory and Anthropology, Collegium Polonicum Slubice, 25.01.06.
• "Continued significance of the national - The internet portal www.theinder.net" (as pdf), Conference: The Making of 'World Society': Transnational Practices and Global Patterns, University of Bielefeld, 24.11.05.
• "The virtual second generation - On the negotiation of ethnicity in the internet" (as pdf), Leverhulme Programme on Migration and Citizenhip, University of Bristol, 17.03.05
• "The virtual second generation - On the negotiation of ethnicity in the internet" (as pdf), Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 15.03.05
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