Publications, podcasts, lectures
Podcast (July 4, 2024): Trek Nights #34: Gisela and the Gossip on Board. Available at: Trek Nights #34
Dissertation (2023): Pilgrimage. Posting. Participation. Physical Travel and Digital Participation on the Way of St. James. Available at: https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/data/241384
Zimmermann, Gisela, and Büchler, Simona (2022): The Impact of COVID-19 on the Aviation Industry. The Lufthansa Group in Riyadh: An Exemplary Case Study. In: Kreuzer-Seiler, Brigitta, and Neumann, Veit (eds.): Influencing Society. Festschrift for Richard Weiskorn. Paderborn.
Radio contribution/podcast (5 July 2021): Guest contribution on Radio Bayern2 in the program Theo.Logik – Religion inside “The Power of Pilgrimage”.
YouTube video. Church in Europa-Park channel (June 28, 2021): The Shell in Europe 2021. Longing triumphs. Pilgrimage is everywhere. Contribution: Pilgrimage with hashtags. Pilgrimage narratives reflected in social media. Online at https://youtu.be/BUrB-Tw6KAM
Winsky, Nora, and Zimmermann, Gisela (2020): Instagram research on the #westweg in the Black Forest – how digitally represented hiking experiences on Instagram can be investigated using quantitative and qualitative methods. In: Journal of Tourism Studies (ZfTW), 12(3); 317–342.
Radio broadcast (July 25, 2017): Guest contribution on SRF 1 radio in the Doppelpunkt program "From St. Gallen to Santiago: In the Footsteps of Modern Pilgrims." Online at https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/doppelpunkt/von-st-gallen-bis-santiago-auf-den-spuren-der-modernen-pilger
(Rec.) Ian Reader: Pilgrimage A Very Short Introduction. Online at: http://readingreligion.org/books/pilgrimage
FedCon 32, Bonn (May 10, 2024): Gossip on the Enterprise.
FedCon 30, Bonn (June 3, 2022): Welcome to Quarks.
Intercultural communication on Deep Space 9 and what it has to do with our everyday lives.Workshop leader (April 23, 2021): Using hashtags on the Way of St. James – Pilgrimage through the lens of social media. At the Pilgrimage Conference of the Baden-Württemberg State Working Group for Church and Tourism: “The longing is greater – rediscovering pilgrimage.”
British Museum London (June 4–7, 2020): Panel MV07 "On the Move: Performativity, Identity and Cultural Practice in Digital Culture" with Dr. Fatma Sagir. Anthropology and Geography Conference: Dialogues Past, Present and Future (conference canceled due to Covid-19)
British Museum London (June 4–7, 2020): Talking about pilgrimage experience online. Anthropology and Geography Conference: Dialogues Past, Present, and Future (Conference canceled due to Covid-19)
Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences (November 14-16, 2019): Instagram research on the #westweg in the Black Forest. With Nora Winsky, Research Group "New Travel - New Media." Annual Conference of the German Society for Tourism Studies (DGT): "The Future of Tourism in Rural Areas"
Univerzitet Singidunum, Belgrade (June 26–29, 2019): Camino Stories online and offline. With Dr. Christian Kurrat, Fernuniversität Hagen. 11th annual International Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Conference
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge (June 16, 2019): What pilgrims say. How pilgrims stage their pilgrimage experience on social media. London International Research College. Pilgrimage and Tourism Conference
Santiago de Compostela (April 14-17, 2019): Pilgrimage and Social Networks. SIEF 14th Biannual Conference “Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World”
FedCon 28, Bonn (7-10 May 2019): Pilgrim motifs in Star Trek.
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (May 23, 2019): Digitally on pilgrimage. How pilgrims use the internet on the Camino de Santiago. Poster presentation at the conference "Touristification of Urban Spaces" organized by the Urban Futures Working Group and the Tourism Research Working Group.
Fernuniversität Hagen (October 25, 2018): Way of St. James 2.0 – Pilgrimage Rituals in Virtual Space. Presentation at the Pilgrimage Research Workshop of the Pilgrimage Working Group.
