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
Das interdisziplinär angelegte Projekt Nunataryuk untersuchte die Auswirkungen des klimawandelbedingten Tauens der Permafrostböden sowie damit verbundene Risiken für Menschen, Umwelt und Gesellschaft
30.04.-11.05.2025
Anmeldeschluss: 28.02.2025
Vier Berichte über die Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojekts, an dem Susanna Gartler maßgeblich beteiligt ist.
Robert Böhm und Janina Kehr leiten das "WHO Collaborating Centre for Social and Behavioural Research in Antimicrobial Resistance"
Tania Marray Li
25.03.2025, 17:15 Uhr
ÖAW Festsaal
Vincent Dubois
Wednesday Seminar & Paul Lazarsfeld Lecture
26.03.2025, 17:00 Uhr
HS-A, IKSA
hybrides Event
in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Soziologie
Event Tips
Christoph Kühberger
12.12.2024, 18:30 Uhr
HS-A, IKSA
Hier finden sich die aktuellen Events des Instituts an der ÖAW
Hier finden sich die aktuellen Events des Instituts an der CEU
Jobs
im Projekt „Postkoloniale Nachbarschaften“
Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Bewerbungsfrist: 19.02.2025
in the research project “Medium-scale farmers in rural Africa: Transformations in belonging, property, kinship and power"
Global South Studies...
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI)
applications until 28.02.2025
Calls
30.04.-11.05.2025
Anmeldeschluss: 28.02.2025
WAU Congress 2025
submission deadline: 31.05.2025
fascion – the far-right’s weaponization of style
submission deadline: 15.04.2025