since 04/2008

Research Assistant at the Cluster of Excellence Language of Emotion, Freie Universität Berlin

01/2007 – 04/2008 

Traineeship in Public Relations, we care communications GmbH, Hamburg

10/2000 – 07/2006  

Cultural Anthropology (Major)/ Sciences of Theatre-, Film and Television/ Sociology: Magister Artium, University of Cologne

Research interests

• Psychological Anthropology and the Anthropology of Emotions
• Concepts of ‚Honor and Dishonor’
• Migration Studies
• Media Anthropology

Current research project

• Prof. Dr. M. Eid, Prof. Dr. T. Lischetzke, Prof. Dr. B. Röttger-Rössler, Prof. Dr. H.H. Uslucan, Martin Wertenbruch: „Honor and dishonor – shame, pride and anger. Norms for experiencing and regulating self-related emotions in German and Turkish population groups.“

Journal
Articles

• Wertenbruch, M., Röttger-Rössler, B. (2011). Scham und Schule. Emotionsethnologische Untersuchungen im schulischen Kontext. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaften. Sonderband 2/2011, 241-257.

Diploma Thesis

• Wertenbruch, Martin. (2006). Geschichte gestalten durch indigene Medien: Das Beispiel einer Inuit-Produktion aus Nunavut, Kanada. Unpublished magister thesis, Universität zu Köln.

Presentations

• Wertenbruch, M. (2011). Living here and feeling there: emotion, culture and migration. Society for Psychological Anthropology Biennial Meetings. Santa Monica, CA, USA.
• Wertenbruch, M. (2011). Examining shame at school: insights from a trancultural german classroom. Poster presentation, European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul.