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
Peter Rohrbacher
in: History of Anthropology Review 48 (2024)
Event Tips
„Am Puls“-Wissenschaftstalk mit Denise Trippold und Rupert Lanzenberger
16.04.2024, 18:30 Uhr
Kabarett Simpl
Ausstellung im Gedenken an die Feuerland-Expeditionen von P. Martin Gusinde SVD vor 100 Jahren
Eröffnung: 07.04.2024, 16 Uhr
Missionshaus St....
Kontinuität von Antimuslimischem Rassismus in Österreich
19.-20.04.2024
Wien
in Kooperation zwischen dem Institut für Orientalistik und der...
Jobs
im VW-Forschungsprojekt „Transformationswissen für die Katastrophenhilfe“
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Verbundprojekt mit der Hochschule...
im Bereich der Sozialen Arbeit / angewandten Sozial-, Bildungs- oder Kulturwissenschaften
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
Deadline:...
within the framework of the new interdisciplinary FWF doc.funds program "The Dynamics of Change and the Logics of Transformation: State, Society, and...
Calls
special issue of UXUC – User Experience and Urban Creativity Journal
Deadline: 08.04.2024
Marie Jahoda Summer School of Sociology
08.-12.07.2024
Applications until 29.03.2024
established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics
Deadlines three times a...