Universität Wien

080090 VO STEOP: B121 Introduction to European Ethnology (2025W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
STEOP

Am Montag, 6. Oktober 2025 findet um 13:00 Uhr eine verbindliche Orientierungsveranstaltung zur Begrüßung der Studienanfänger*innen im Seminarraum 1/2. Stock statt.
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Tu 18.11. 11:00-12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 07.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 14.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Tuesday 21.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Tuesday 28.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Tuesday 04.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Tuesday 11.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Tuesday 25.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Thursday 27.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Tuesday 02.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Thursday 04.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Tuesday 09.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Thursday 11.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Tuesday 16.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Thursday 18.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture introduces the perspectives and methods of European Ethnology in history and present, familiarizes with different theoretical approaches, central terms and concepts and presents exemplary research fields of the subject. In doing so, not only the keywords and topics of today's academic life are presented and reflected upon, but also those that have played a prominent role in the subject's tradition and history. The perspectives characteristic of the subject today will be examined, as well as why and how bodies of knowledge are replaced and transformed or even discarded in the history of a discipline.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam, closed book. Only printed dictionaries allowed for students whose first language is not German.

Please be sure to note:
StEOP 1a module exam
ATTENTION when registering for the examination to the selection:
FACHPRÜFUNG for students of European Ethnology who take the exam as part of the STEOP.

COURSE EXAMINATION:
Only for students taking the exam as part of an EC or as part of the requirements as part of admission.

Location and/or exam modality will be announced on moodle.

Deadlines:
1st written exam:
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2nd written exam:
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3rd written exam:
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Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

A minimum of 50 points out of a possible 100 must be earned for successful completion of the course.

Grading scale:
1: 100 to 92 points
2: > 92 to 80 points
3: > 80 to 65 points
4: > 65 to 51 points
5: < 51 points

Examination topics

Knowledge and comprehension questions about the contents of the lecture (concepts/theorems, history of the subject, special research theories and fields) that serve to inform the summary and contextualization of a given text excerpt.

Reading list

Zur Einführung empfohlen:

Bausinger, Hermann [u.a.]: Grundzüge der Volkskunde, 4. durchgesehene und um ein Vorwort erweiterte Auflage. Darmstadt 1999.

Bendix, Regina/Gisela Welz (Hg.) (2002): Volkskunde und Öffentlichkeit. Amerikanische und deutschsprachige Volkskunde im Dialog. Notizen, Bd.70. Frankfurt/M.

Brednich, Rolf W. (Hg.): Grundriß der Volkskunde. Einführung in die Forschungsfelder der Europäischen Ethnologie, 3., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Berlin 2001.

Kaschuba, Wolfgang: Einführung in die Europäische Ethnologie. München 1999.

Moser, Johannes / Irene Götz /Moritz Ege (Hg.) (2015): Zur Situation der Volkskunde 1945-1970. Orientierungen einer Wissenschaft zur Zeit des Kalten Krieges. Münster: Waxmann Verlag.

Warneken, Bernd Jürgen: Die Ethnographie popularer Kulturen: eine Einführung. Wien [u.a.] 2006.

Weber-Kellermann, Ingeborg / Andreas C. Bimmer/Siegfried Becker (1969/2003): Einführung in die Volkskunde/Europäische Ethnologie. Stuttgart/Weimar.

Eine detaillierte Literaturliste mit Angaben zu jeder Sitzung findet sich im Seminarplan (siehe Handapparat, Fachbereichsbibliothek Europäische Ethnologie)

Association in the course directory

EC Methoden kulturw. Alltagsforschung

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