Annekathrin Kohout is a freelance writer and cultural scientist. She studied German literature, art history, media theory, philosophy, and photography in Dresden, Karlsruhe, and Leipzig. She has worked at the ZKM | Karlsruhe until 2015 and later served as a research assistant at the Department of German Studies at the University of Siegen from 2016 to 2022, where she completed her doctorate on the nerd as a social figure in May 2021. In addition to her freelance writing, she co-edits the book series Digitale Bildkulturen (Klaus Wagenbach Publishers) and the journal POP. Kultur und Kritik. She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Global Pop Cultures, AICA (Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art), and the Goethe-Institut. As a non-fiction author, she has written books on internet feminism, nerd culture, and K-Pop, and frequently teaches as a guest professor and lecturer at various colleges and universities.

 

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Links zu den Projekten der Autorin/Links to the author's projects:

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Publikationen/Publications

Vorträge, Radio, Fernsehen, Livestream/Lectures, radio, television, livestream

Digitale Bildkulturen (Herausgeberin)/Digital Image Cultures (Editor)

Pop-Zeitschrift (Herausgeberin und Redakteurin)/Pop magazine (publisher and editor)

Global Pop Journal (Member of the Editorial Board)

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Jury-Tätigkeit/Jury activity:

 

Mitglied der Jury des C/O Berlin Talent Award, 2025.

 

Mitglied der Jury des Bernhard-August-von-Lindenau-Förderpreis, 2024.

 

Mitglied der Jury der Stipendienausschreibung des Künstlerhauses Schloss Balmoral und der Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Kultur, 2022.

 

Mitglied der Jury des deutschen und internationalen Musikvideopreises der Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 2021.

 

Mitglied der Jury der Stipendienausschreibung des Künstlerhauses Schloss Balmoral und der Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Kultur, 2019.

 

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Foto: Neven Allgeier