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
2025S
2024W
- 150110 PS Basic training in research and paper writing I
- 150115 VO Theories and Methods in the Research on Japan
2024S
- 150079 UE STEOP: Introduction to Japanese Studies - Preparatory Course for the StEOP-examination
- 150111 UE Scientific Writing in Japanese Studies
2023S
- 150079 UE STEOP: Introduction to Japanese Studies - Preparatory Course for the StEOP-examination
2022W
- 150078 SE Methods in Social Sciences Research: Critical Urban and Spatial Methods for Japanese Studies - Deep Mapping, Geo-referencing, Mobile Ethnography and Experimental GIS Usage
- 150115 VO Theories and Methods in the Research on Japan
2022S
- 150018 UE Scientific Writing in Japanese Studies
- 150079 UE STEOP: Introduction to Japanese Studies - Preparatory Course for the StEOP-examination
2021W
- 150011 VO STEOP: Introduction to Japanese Studies
- 150115 VO Theories and Methods in the Research on Japan
2021S
- 150012 UE Intercultural Learning
- 150079 UE STEOP: Introduction to Japanese Studies - Preparatory Course for the StEOP-examination
2020W
- 150082 UE Monitoring Class for STEOP-Mentoring
- 150115 VO Theories and Methods in the Research on Japan
2020S
- 150231 UE Scientific Writing in Japanese Studies
2019W
- 150043 UE Intercultural Learning
- 150082 UE Monitoring Class for STEOP-Mentoring
2019S
- 150039 SE Seminar II
- 150079 UE STEOP: Introduction to Japanese Studies - Preparatory Course for the StEOP-examination
2018S
- 150018 UE Scientific Writing in Japanese Studies
2017W
- 150095 UE Intercultural Learning
2017S
- 150065 UE Aso 2.0. Past, present and future of a rural region in Japan (part 6)
- 150252 UE Intercultural Learning
2016W
- 150095 UE Intercultural Learning
- 150124 PS Basic training in research and paper writing I
Last modified: Tu 24.03.2026 11:40
- 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)