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Dr. Katharina Bock is a sociologist and ethnographer currently serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher in subproject A03 of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1472, specializing in youth subcultures with dual expertise in skateboarding and gangsta rap scenes. Her work examines how cultural meanings are communicatively constructed through embodied practices and digital media, while investigating intersections of gender, authority, and power relations within institutional settings like schools.
Her academic foundation includes:
- Doctorate in Sociology
- Background in Linguistics
- Professional training in Journalism
- Specialized studies in Communication
Dr. Bock's research centers on ethnographic methodologies applied to youth cultural production, with particular focus on aesthetic practices in gangsta rap, materiality of cultural appropriation, and cognitive dimensions of embodied activities. She analyzes how norm violations and virtual realities function as expressive tools for negotiating social orders, bridging cultural sociology, media studies, and subcultural theory through rigorous fieldwork.
Analysis of her 2019-2025 publications reveals sustained investigation into gangsta rap's sociocultural mechanics, emphasizing narrative appropriation, virtuality concepts, and somatic dimensions. Her work demonstrates methodological innovation through rap video self-productions and confessional ethnography, with increasing attention to digital media's role in cultural knowledge transmission and the physicality of popular culture.
Dr. Bock has been integral to the Collaborative Research Center 1472 since 2021, first contributing to subproject AG2 on social media common ground (2021-2024), and currently leading ethnographic research in subproject A03 on somatics of the popular. Her collaborative network includes significant work with Friederike Schmidt and Bernd Dollinger on ECHO Awards case studies and cognitive aspects of fieldwork.
No information is available regarding student advising, research grants, or laboratory facilities beyond her documented project affiliations.
