Biography

Kathrin Wildner (born 1965) is an Urban Anthropologist. She has done fieldwork in New York, Mexico City, Havana, Istanbul and other urban agglomeration. In her research she focuses on the constitution of public space, urban identity construction, and ethnographic methodology in urban research. As a free-lance urban scholar she lectures, publishes, and participates in expositions. In 2003 she founded the „Büro für Raumfragen“, since 2007 she is a member of „metroZones – Center for Urban Affairs“, Berlin. Currently she is assistant professor at European-University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder.