Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin?
an der Professur für Dynamiken virtueller Kommunikationsr?ume (Prof. Dr. Astrid Ensslin)

Sabine Slowik is a research assistant at the Professorship for Digital Cultures and Communication for the interdisciplinary German-British project “StoryMachine: Exploring Implications of Recommender Based Spatial Hypertext Systems for Folklore and the Humanities”, which is generously funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) to develop a digital interactive platform for preserving, exploring and providing access to folklore.?
She completed a Bachelor's degree in Japanese Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t München, followed by a Master's degree in Comparative European Ethnology at the University of Regensburg. Her research, which is based on ethnographic and qualitative methods, has investigated the representation of history in digital games and the construction of urban identity through intangible cultural heritage. Since then, she has set her focus on the fields of Contemporary Folklore, Digital Humanities and Game Studies.
E-Mail: Sabine.Slowik@ur.de
Phone: +49 941 68522
Office: BA.823 , Bajuwarenstr. 4
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CV
Academic Positions
since April 2025 | Research Assistant at the Professorship for Digital Cultures and Communication,?(DIMAS), University of Regensburg |
Academic Training
2018 - 2023 | Master of Arts in Comparative European Ethnology, University of Regensburg |
2012 - 2015 | Master’s Studies in Japanese Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t München |
2009 - 2012 | Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies and Sprache, Literatur, Kultur (SLK) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t München |
Research
Main interests
- Contemporary Folklore
- Digital Humanities
- Game Studies
- Representation of history in digital games
- Urban identity constructions through intangible cultural heritage
Ongoing research project
“Project StoryMachine: Exploring Implications of Recommender Based Spatial Hypertext Systems for Folklore and the Humanities”, bilaterally funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
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Publications
Review: "Vep?ek, Libu?e Hannah (2019): Ludwigsfeld – (Un?)Gleichzeitigkeiten eines Münchner Viertels, Vom Kampf um Anerkennung und Deutungshoheit über einen st?dtischen Raum, Münchner ethnographische Schriften", Bd. 30, In: Bayerisches Jahrbuch für Volkskunde, utzverlag, München, 2020, pp. 227-228.