Martin ZillingerMartin Zillinger is Assistant Professor at the Research Lab ''Transformations of Life'' at the University of Cologne. A former graduate student of the University of Constance, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Tubingen and was a postdoctorl research fellow in the research project ''Trance Mediums and New Media 1900/2000'' and a Lecturer at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Siegen. He conducted extensive fieldwork in North Africa, especially in Morocco, and in Europe, particularly in Belgium. His research interests include media anthropology, anthropology of religion, and migration, with a special focus on the Mediterranean. He has published several articles and edited volumes. His dissertation, ''Die Trance, das Blut, die Kamera. Trance-Medien und Neue Medien im marokkanischen Sufismus, '' received the Frobenius Research Award of the Frobenius Society. Read More Read Less