Dr. phil. Irina Turner

African Linguistics

2/2006 – 7/2008	Master's studies in Media Theory and Practice, University of Cape Town; degree: Master of Arts; supervisor: Dr. Andre Wiesner
9/2001 – 7/2005	Diplom studies in Cultural Work; FH Potsdam; degree: Diplom-Kulturarbeiterin (FH), supervisors: Prof. Nicola Lepp, Dr. Rita Schäfer

2013 Doctorate: English Linguistics, Bayreuth International School of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth; Disputation: July 2013 (Dr. phil. Summa cum laude); supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen; mentors: Prof. Dr. Keyan G. Tomaselli, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sommer

5/2014 – 4/2017	Akademische Rätin (fixed-term); Institute of African Studies I (Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sommer), University of Bayreuth
10/2012 – 4/2014	Research Associate, Institute of African Studies I (Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sommer)
2/2011 – 6/2012	Head of Personnel and Assistant to the Director, SR Webatex GmbH, Bayreuth
5/2009 – 1/2011	International Office Staff Member, University of Bayreuth
6/2008 – 4/2009	Employment Agency Staff Member, Bayreuth
1/2007 – 3/2008	Client Liaison Agent DTP Services, Pixelfaerie Visual Services, Cape Town

cultural and media studies
applied linguistics
communication practices and linguistic processes of transformation in South Africa

2023

2021

Turner, Irina; Merron, James; Lamoureaux, Siri
Indiscipline as Method : From Telescopes to Ventilators in Times of Covid
in Filosofia Theoretica : Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions volume 10 (2021) issue 3. - page 79-101
doi:10.4314/ft.v10i3.6 ...

Rudwick, Stephanie; Sijadu, Zameka; Turner, Irina
Politics of Language in COVID-19 : Multilingual Perspectives from South Africa
in Politikon : South African Journal of Political Studies volume 48 (2021) issue 2. - page 242-259
doi:10.1080/02589346.2021.1917206 ...

2020

Decolonisation of Higher Education in Africa : Perspectives from Hybrid Knowledge Production
publ: Brahima, Abraham; Turner, Irina; Woldegiorgis, Emnet Tadesse
London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. - 244 page . - (Routledge Contemporary Africa Series)
doi:10.4324/9780429355288 ...

Brahima, Abraham; Turner, Irina; Woldegiorgis, Emnet Tadesse
Epilogue : A long way towards a decolonial future in African higher education
Decolonisation of Higher Education in Africa : Perspectives from Hybrid Knowledge Production
London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. - page 230-240 . - (Routledge Contemporary Africa Series)
doi:10.4324/9780429355288 ...

Turner, Irina
What is the point of studying Africa in Europe? : A micro-ethnographic study of decolonising Af ...
Decolonisation of Higher Education in Africa : Perspectives from Hybrid Knowledge Production
London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. - page 78-99 . - (Routledge Contemporary Africa Series)
doi:10.4324/9780429355288 ...

2019

2015

Turner, Irina; Tchokothe, Rémi Armand
Editorial: The cultural economy of contemporary aesthetic production : a focus on the breach be ...
in Critical Arts : South-North Cultural and Media Studies volume 29 (2015) issue 4. - page 437-445
doi:10.1080/02560046.2015.1078537 ...

2013

Turner, Irina
The Changing State of the South African Nation : political Proximity to Business from a Rhetori ...
New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa
Hershey : IGI Global, 2013. - page 168-186

Turner, Irina
Opposing the Developmental State online : how do South Africans make use of online platforms to ...
Challenging notions of development and change from everyday life in Africa
Bayreuth : Inst. für Afrikastudien, 2013. - page 22-48 . - (Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers; 11)
https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/113

2008

Dr. phil. Irina Turner

University of Bayreuth

95440 Bayreuth