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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Wie gerecht ist Gesundheit?

Lisa Lehner und Lukas Kaelin zu Gast in "Punkt Eins". Sie sprechen über Versorgungslücken, Verteilungsfragen und Antworten aus ethischer Sicht.

13.01.2025, Ö1

Welcome to the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

News & Events

Wie gerecht ist Gesundheit?

Filmscreening: The Journey of the Bees – Nomadic Beekeeping in Europe

CfP: Redefinitions of Health and Well-Being

Conspiring Cities: How South Asian Cities Inspire and Suffocate (More Than) Human Life Worlds

My Anthropology: That's Anthropology - Performance

Vernissage: Kollaborative Ethnographie

Event Tips

Portrayals of Women in Early Islamic Society: An Anthropolinguistic Study of Women Lexicon in the Prophetic Tradition of Hadith

Ausstellung: Die Marie Curies des Mittelmeers

Ethnoepistemologische Erkundungen zum Umgang mit Vergangenheit in Hawai’i

Jobs

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Lecturer in Medical Anthropology

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Calls

CfP: Redefinitions of Health and Well-Being

Photo Contest: Women doing Fieldwork

Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of Fashion Theory - The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture