Mirjam Tröster
Senior Lecturer,
Goethe University Frankfurt
Mirjam Tröster teaches at the Department of Sinology, Goethe University Frankfurt and coordinates the interdisciplinary M.A. programme Modern East Asian Studies (MEAS) as well as the MA Sinology. Her research focuses on performance cultures, especially Taiwanese theatre, extended reality, mobility and translocality, and cultural networks. In the first phase of the CEDITRAA project, she studied transregional, especially Korean – Taiwanese (film) festival collaboration in the realm of extended reality. Being particularly interested in the interplay of virtual and physical reality, she now analyses extended reality experiences (co)produced in Taiwan which interweave virtual reality and (on-site) live performance. Mirjam puts particular emphasis on combining the research done in the CEDITRAA project and teaching.
Mirjam Tröster primarily contributes to the work in Working Area A: Forms, Formats and Contents, in Working Area D: Regional and Transregional Circulation(s) and in Project 1.4 on South Korean Cinema and Taiwan.
My CEDITRAA story
“Ambiguities inherent in translocal mobility have spurred my curiosity for many years. The twists and turns in the response to the Korean Wave in East Asia have thus immediately caught my attention.
Having worked on translocal theatre networks across the Taiwan Strait in my PhD, I was eager to expand the regional scope of my research to include further regions in East Asia and beyond. With the first project phase leading me into the realm of extended reality, I am intrigued by the extent to which art forms interweave and production crosses borders in many of the extended reality projects, merging several of my research interests. What is more, I appreciate the transregional approach of CEDITRAA, providing me with some insights and perspectives beyond the region I am most familiar with.”
