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.
News & Events
within the project team "Enacting (digital) citizenship from below: A study on care and the uses of digital infrastructure by refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina" lead by Monika Palmberger
application deadline: 09.12.2024
within the project "Enacting (digital) citizenship from below: A study on care and the uses of digital infrastructure by refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina" led by Monika Palmberger
application deadline: 09.12.2024
Veronika Siegl und Ayo Wahlberg im Interview
19.11.2024, Rudolphina
Medical Anthropology Europe Conference Vienna, 16.-19.09.2025
Call for Panels open until 15.01.2025
Special issue: Anthropos
Sabina Cveček, Barbara Horejs (eds.)
u.a. mit Beiträgen von Andre Gingrich, Lisa Francesca Rail, Peter Rohrbacher, Peter Schweitzer
Health Matters in Collaboration with Artist Frida Robles
04. & 05.12.2024
HS-C, IKSA
registration until November 22nd
Event Tips
Buchvorstellung von Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager
26.11.2024, 19 Uhr
Weltmuseum Wien
Hier finden sich die aktuellen Events des Instituts an der ÖAW
Jobs
Australian National University
application deadline: 27.01.2025
within the project "Enacting (digital) citizenship from below: A study on care and the uses of digital infrastructure by refugees in Bosnia and...
within the project team "Enacting (digital) citizenship from below: A study on care and the uses of digital infrastructure by refugees in Bosnia and...
Calls
Call for Papers
31.01.-02.02.2025
IKSA, UniVie
Einreichungsfrist: 30.11.2024
Medical Anthropology Europe Conference Vienna, 16.-19.09.2025
Call for Panels open until 15.01.2025
established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics
Deadlines three times a...
