Welcome to the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Social and cultural anthropology adopts a comparative perspective to focus on the variety of forms that human coexistence takes in various places and at various times. In the past the field's attention was primarily given to small-scale societies outside of the industrial world. Nowadays, the focus of research is frequently on the processes related to colonialism, globalisation and the worldwide flows of migration seen in the present day, for example the redefinition of identities and cultural distinctions. The classical themes of local cultural interactions, organisational forms and world views are simultaneously developed, and intensive field research remains the field's defining characteristic in connection with the "participant observation" method.
Beyond scientific research, the practical application of cultural and social anthropological expertise is useful and sought after in many fields, including refugee work and integration, development cooperation, international missions, cultural mediation, exhibition and media work, tourism, and health care systems.

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Calls
 

Call for Papers

31.01.-02.02.2025

IKSA, UniVie

Einreichungsfrist: 30.11.2024

Neuerscheinung
 

Die Max-Planck-Forschungsgruppe Alpine Geschichten präsentiert in diesem Band die Ergebnisse aus vier Jahren Forschung im alpinen Raum - u.a. sind drei der Verfasserinnen Herta Nöbauer als ehemalige Mitarbeiterin sowie Annika Lems und Christine...

Presse & Medien
 

Gabriele Weichart zu Gast bei Sandy Arief von der Universitas Negeri Semarang (Central Java) für den Uni-eigenen Kanal UNNES TV

UNNES TV, In Conversation Ep.7

YouTube, 17.10.2024

Event
 

every Friday, 18:30h

@Indonesian Embassy

free of charge

Event
 

Stephan Dudeck

13.11.2024, 17:00 Uhr

Übungsraum, IKSA

hybrides Event

Presse & Medien
 

Anlässlich der aktuellen Semsterfrage spricht Janina Kehr in Interviews über die Verschreibung und Konsum von Antibiotika, den ökologischen Fußabdruck des Gesundheitssektors, und darüber, was die Forschung für eine gerechtere Gesundheit tun kann.


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Online Lecture Series of ICC Sophia University and the Free University of Berlin

Hosted by Megha Wadhwa & David H. Slater

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 Jobs

within the project Circulating Knowledge in the Caucasus in the Caucasus Studies

research group, led by Prof Mathijs Pelkmans

application deadline:...

within the framework of the project Circulating Knowledge in the Caucasus in the research group

Caucasus Studies, led by Prof Mathijs Pelkmans ...

within the Research Training Group 2686 “Contradiction Studies - Constellations, Heuristics and Concepts of the Contradictory”, Universität Bremen ...


 Calls

Call for Papers

31.01.-02.02.2025

IKSA, UniVie

Einreichungsfrist: 30.11.2024

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