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
Special issue: Anthropos
Sabina Cveček, Barbara Horejs (eds.)
u.a. mit Beiträgen von Andre Gingrich, Lisa Francesca Rail, Peter Rohrbacher, Peter Schweitzer
Peter Rohrbacher
in: Zeitschrift für Ethnologie / Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology 149, 2 (2024): 313–340
eine Kampagne der Uni Wien zur Prävention von geschlechtsbasierter Gewalt und sexueller Belästigung
Medical Anthropology Europe Conference Vienna, 16.-19.09.2025
Call for Panels open until 15.01.2025
every Friday, 18:30h
@Indonesian Embassy
free of charge
Tania Marray Li
25.03.2025
ÖAW Festsaal
Event Tips
Christoph Kühberger
12.12.2024, 18:30 Uhr
HS-A, IKSA
Agnieszka Pasieka
04.12.2024, 16:15 Uhr
Seminar Room SG2, Sensengasse 3, 1090 Vienna
Hier finden sich die aktuellen Events des Instituts an der ÖAW
Jobs
within the project team "Enacting (digital) citizenship from below: A study on care and the uses of digital infrastructure by refugees in Bosnia and...
within the project "Enacting (digital) citizenship from below: A study on care and the uses of digital infrastructure by refugees in Bosnia and...
Australian National University
application deadline: 27.01.2025
Calls
Medical Anthropology Europe Conference Vienna, 16.-19.09.2025
Call for Panels open until 15.01.2025
Interessierte (Jung-)Wissenschafter*innen können sich wieder für zahlreiche Preise, Förderungen und Stipendien bewerben.
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