Annette Strauch

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Annette Strauch
Academic Worker (Digital Preservation of e-Sciences)
Museums and Institutions | Shrewsbury, United Kingdom, GB

Summary

Europäische Ethnologin - Cultural Anthropologist working in the field of Digital Preservation and Digital Humanities.

I am interested in digital and electronically storable data that results from a research project. Emulation is useful because by using today’s emulators an authentic reproduction of current digital workflows can be verified and long-term access is guaranteed for a defined feature-set.

To participate to the development of projects for the access and presentation of cultural heritage within Archives, Museums and Institutions is one of my objectives.

Studied "Volkskunde" and "Englische Literaturwissenschaft" for 8 years in Göttingen and other German universities (field research, oral history, museological research, modern, Old English and mediaeval literature (studying vowel shifts), linguistics, phonetics and more).

Expert in Cultural Studies of Europe - and Wales Studies, now combining culture with IT (web 2.0). Fields of interest are international collaboration, the media, event management, record management (archives, libraries, museums), cultural sponsoring, marketing, fundraising, user experience and promoting, strategic planning.
Travel.
Specialties: One speciality is the heritage industry. Also web management, digital preservation, 6 languages; IT; journalist; Web 2.0 expert; user experience; Wales; art photography - setting up international art exhibitions from scratch (event planning always resulting in a good vernissage or finissage); key-note speaker at international conferences regarding cultural studies, easy to get on with (good team player / social skills), information management ...

Experience

  • Jul 2012 - Present
    bwFLA project / University of Ulm
    The bwFla project (Baden-Wuerttemberg Functional Longterm Archiving and Access) is a project with the goal of defining and providing a practical implementation of archival workflows for the rendering of digital objects (i.e. easily accessed by users) in its original environment (i.e. application). To maintain the accessibility of the objects in the future, additional information beside the technical meta-data – such as knowledge of the contextual environment, manuals and documentation – can be gathered and stored alongside other meta-data. The project builds on existing digital preservation knowledge by using and possibly extending frameworks such as Planets.
  • Apr 2009 - Present
    Information Architect, UXP, Digital Humanities / Freelance
    Researching the future of the working environment in the enterprise 3.0., Open Access, Grid, Digital Humanities, 3D technology
  • May 2006 - Present
    Photographic Agent / MRDGALLERY
    Working on international photographic exhibitions, in the field of arts and contemporary art photography. Very much interested in promoting the work of Mark Robert Davey - and in museum and in gallery work in general. Experienced in museum work, research, archival work, university libraries and in setting up exhibitions in Europe. Managed to raise funds. Also, work as a journalist and as a translator. Work with web 2.0 - and in the field of media. Wrote magazines and essays for European journals and newspapers.
  • Jan 2003 - Present
    Project Officer for the Archives Network Wales / National Library of Wales
    Created a web resource to allow easy searching of the collections of documents held by record offices, universities, museums and libraries in Wales, so that users will be able to identify which repositories hold information relevant to their research or interest.
  • Oct 2000 - Present
    Museum Assistant / Amgueddfa Werin Cymru
  • 1987 - Present
    Schuelerin / Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium, Goettingen

Education

  • 1990 - 1998
    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
    M.A. in Anglistik & Europäische Ethnologie
    Activities: English Workshop on Wednesday nights; dance classes, cinema club, Magistrandenkolloquium (meetings for M.A. canditates once a week for a year with Prof. R.W. Brednich - yearly walk to Burg Plesse). Read many papers and gave many presentations as part of the course.

Additional Information

Websites:
Blog, Portfolio
Honors:
Certificate for learning Welsh (Lampeter University)
Interests:
Interested in money, travel, art, exercising, health issues (incl. food and psychology), wellness, walking (incl. Nordic Walking), contemporary literature, literature in translation, music, films, and making friendly and honest contacts...
My LinkedIn
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Cultural Anthropologist from Germany in Wales. Siarad Cymraeg.

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