Florian Purkarthofer, BA MA
- Mail: florian.purkarthofer@univie.ac.at
- Phone: +43-1-4277-17553
- Mobile: +43-660-8960785
Business Card: vCard
Research Profile: u:cris
Office Hours: upon request (via email)
Short Bio
Florian Purkarthofer is employed at the University of Vienna in the communications department and as a researcher and lecturer at the Department of East Asian Studies. He is a member of the website team, delivers training courses for TYPO3 editors and is providing support for the relaunch process of the new CMS. His academic interests lie in the domain of urban research, spatial forms of criticism and the social dimension of multisensory perception processes.
Florian Purkarthofer is employed at the University of Vienna in the communications department and as a researcher and lecturer at the Department of East Asian Studies. He is a member of the website team, delivers training courses for TYPO3 editors and is providing support for the relaunch process of the new CMS. His academic interests lie in the domain of urban research, spatial forms of criticism and the social dimension of multisensory perception processes.
Affiliations
Teaching (iCal)
2025W
- 150025 UE Architecture and Metaphor - Constructions, Narratives and Interactions of/in the Built Environment in Modern East Asia
- 150031 UE u:japan Lecturecise (Focus Sustainability, Diversity, Democracy) - Interdisciplinary Takes on Pressing Topics Regarding Contemporary Japan
- 150115 VO Theories and Methods in the Research on Japan
Last modified: Tu 14.07.2026 13:00
- TYPO3 training courses
- Website design
- Relaunch support
Main areas of research (East Asian Studies):
- Urban studies & urban anthropology
- Sensory anthropology, multisensory methods (machiaruki)
- Spatial forms of critique (heterotopias, utopias, counter-spaces)