Directorate of Studies 24 - Social and Cultural Anthropology

Bachelor Degree Programme in Social and Cultural Anthroplogy

1. Introductory Phase

1.1 Basics of Sociological Methods

• EXAM Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 230001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: VO Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences

1.2 Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology

• EXAM STEOP: Subject-Specific Introduction
• 240001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology
• 240002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Propaedeuticum - Social and Cultural Anthropology

2. Basics

2.1. Basics of Social Sciences: Social and Cultural Anthropology

• 210003 VO BAK2.2: VO Social sciences and social change
• 230005 VO Social Sciences and Social Change
• 240003 VO Basics of Social Theory
• 240004 PS Introduction to scientific working in socio-scientific contexts

2.2. Core Issues

• 240005 VO Introduction into the Gender Anthropology
• 240006 VO Introductory course: anthropological studies in colonialism, racism and ethnicity
• 240007 VO Introduction in forms of social organization

2.3 Central Fields of Research

• 240008 VO Economic Anthropology (Introduction)
• 240009 VO Anthropology of Law: An Introduction
• 240017 VO Introduction to anthropological migration research (3.2.2)

2.4 History of Theory in Anthropology

• 240010 VO Introduction to the History of Theory in Cultural and Social Anthropology
• 240011 VO Introduction to Ethnohistory and Historical Anthropology
• 240012 PS [ de en ] Reading Anthropological Texts

3. Advanced Phase

3.1 Methods of Social and Cultural Anthropology

• 240013 PS Scientific Writing for Social and Cultural Anthropologists
• 240014 PS [ en de ] Qualitative Research Methods
• 240015 PS Introduction to quantitative research methods

3.2 Application-Oriented Fields of Research

3.2.1 Intercultural applied Fields in Organisations and Projects

3.2.2 Migration - Integration - Asylum

• 240016 VO Beyond Flight: Anthrop0logical Research and Perspectives (3.2.2)
• 240017 VO Introduction to anthropological migration research (3.2.2)
• 240018 VS Racism in Theory and Practice. On the relevance of Racism Studies in Anthropology (3.2.2) - Zur Relevanz der Rassismusforschung für die Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
• 240019 VS Theories and examples of transnational migration (3.2.2)
• 240020 VS Anthropological Approaches to Refugee Studies: Theories, Methods and Policies (3.2.2)
• 240041 VS Anthropology for the practice (3.2.2) - Students as knowledge mediators in the work for and with Asylseekers and refugees

3.2.3 Anthropology and Development Cooperation

3.2.4 Museum and Educational Work

• 240021 VO Introduction to Anthropology of Education (3.2.4)
• 240022 VO Museum new: creative dialogue between visitors and artefacts (3.2.4)
• 240023 VS School - University - Education: Anthropology and the Study of Education (3.2.4) - Zur interaktiven Vermittlung kultureller Inhalte
• 240024 VS [ en ] Making Ethnographic Exhibitions: Theory and Practice (3.2.4)

3.2.5 Medical Anthropology - Body Awareness - Transculturality

3.2.6 Visual Anthropology

3.3 Current Issues in Social and Cultural Anthropology

3.3.1 Politics - Globalisation

• 240025 VO (Post)colonial Fantasies. Representations of Self and Other in a Globalised World (3.3.1)
• 240026 VS Globalization, Neoliberalism and the New Right (3.3.1)
• 240027 VS Anthropology of Globalization (3.3.1)
• 240028 VS [ de en ] The Politics of Resistance (3.3.1)

3.3.2 Law - Peace - Conflict

• 240009 VO Anthropology of Law: An Introduction
• 240029 VO What is legal pluralism? (3.3.2)
• 240030 VO Anthropology and war (3.3.2)
• 240031 VS Applied Peace Studies - Anthropological Approaches of Conflict Analysis (3.3.2)
• 240032 VS Legal Pluralism in the Caribbean: Maroon Legal Cultures in the Postcolony
• 240033 VS [ en ] Indigenous Peoples and Conflict/Resolution (3.3.2)
• 240034 VS The Anthropology of War (3.3.2)

3.3.3 Town - Space - Environment

3.3.4 Economy - Tourism

• 240008 VO Economic Anthropology (Introduction)

3.3.5 Religion - World View - Ritual

3.3.6 Art - Media - Narration

3.4 Regional Specialisations

• 240037 VO Introduction to the Anthropology of Oceania
• 240038 VO History of Russian and Soviet Anthropology

4. In-Depth Study Phase

4.1 Theoretical Discourses

• 240039 SE Theoretical discourses

4.2 Fieldwork and Analysis of Data

• 240040 SE Bachelor Seminar: Empiric Data Collecting and Analysis

Master Degree Programme in Cultural and Social Anthropology

P1 Methods

• 240501 PR [ de en ] Field Trip to Indonesia: Kampung Research in the Smart City of Surabaya (P1)
• 240502 PR [ de en ] "Welcoming Refugees" (P1)
• 240503 SE [ de en ] After the fieldwork in Indonesia: Reflections, data processing and writing (P1)
• 240504 SE [ de en ] "Welcoming Refugees" (P1)

P2 Theories

• 240505 VO [ en ] Nationalism in Times of Globalization (P2)
• 240506 VO Anthropological Theories of Higher Complexity (P2)
• 240507 VS Practice, materiality, sensibility, affectivity (P2) - new approaches in social and cultural anthropology
• 240508 SE Feminist Anthropology (P2)

P3 Regional Fields of Research

• 240509 VO Indigenous Cultures in Latin America - The New Millennium (P3, P4)
• 240510 VO Anthropological aspects and patricularities in Melanesia (P3)
• 240511 VO Basic Elements of Mesoamerican Religion II (P3)
• 240512 SE Easter Island: Myths and Reality (P3)
• 240513 SE Technology and Infrastructure in African Contexts (P3)
• 240527 SE [ en ] Borders, Frontiers, Borderlands (P3, P4) - Anthropological Perspectives on (Eastern) Europe and the Mediterranean
• 240528 SE Sustainability and the Cities in Africa (P3, P4)

P4 Thematic Fields of Research

• 240041 VS Anthropology for the practice (3.2.2) - Students as knowledge mediators in the work for and with Asylseekers and refugees
• 240509 VO Indigenous Cultures in Latin America - The New Millennium (P3, P4)
• 240515 SE Teachers and their Canon: Selected texts from the institute's history, 1917-2017 (P4)
• 240516 SE Anthropology of Childhood and Parenthood (P4)
• 240517 SE Tourist Spaces and Practices (P4)
• 240518 VO [ en ] Why does art matter? (P4)
• 240519 SE Animism: theoretical perspectives and ethnographic approaches (P4)
• 240520 SE Foundations in the history and sociology of science for the production of knowledge (P4) - in transnational and trans-cultural spaces with examples of current project activities in East Africa
• 240521 SE [ en ] Art and Globalization (P4)
• 240522 SE [ en ] Visual Representation of Violence (P4)
• 240523 SE [ en ] Selling/Consuming Ethnicity - Material culture in the context of anthropological debates (P4)
• 240524 SE [ en ] The Thing: Between Materiality and Symbol (P4)
• 240525 SE [ en ] Human Betterment Utopias (P4) - eugenic ideas and concepts from the political left and the political right
• 240526 SE [ en ] The ‘South’? (P4)
• 240527 SE [ en ] Borders, Frontiers, Borderlands (P3, P4) - Anthropological Perspectives on (Eastern) Europe and the Mediterranean
• 240528 SE Sustainability and the Cities in Africa (P3, P4)
• 240535 SE [ en ] "Indigenous Media": Self-Representation, Identity Politics and Cultural Activism (P4)
• 240536 SE [ en ] Slaves, Gold & Starbucks: Local Lifeways and Global Entanglements (P4)
• 240537 SE [ en ] Anthropological approaches to myth and ritual (P4) - Lessons from 18th-century Kamchatka and new perspectives
• 240538 SE [ en ] Anthropological Writing Genres (P4)
• 240539 SE [ en ] Dynamics of Migration and Mixedness in Spain (P4)
• 300351 VO The Use and Abuse of Biology - Darwin und die Humanwissenschaften

APA Alternative mandatory modul A

• 240041 VS Anthropology for the practice (3.2.2) - Students as knowledge mediators in the work for and with Asylseekers and refugees
• 240509 VO Indigenous Cultures in Latin America - The New Millennium (P3, P4)
• 240515 SE Teachers and their Canon: Selected texts from the institute's history, 1917-2017 (P4)
• 240516 SE Anthropology of Childhood and Parenthood (P4)
• 240517 SE Tourist Spaces and Practices (P4)
• 240518 VO [ en ] Why does art matter? (P4)
• 240519 SE Animism: theoretical perspectives and ethnographic approaches (P4)
• 240520 SE Foundations in the history and sociology of science for the production of knowledge (P4) - in transnational and trans-cultural spaces with examples of current project activities in East Africa
• 240521 SE [ en ] Art and Globalization (P4)
• 240522 SE [ en ] Visual Representation of Violence (P4)
• 240523 SE [ en ] Selling/Consuming Ethnicity - Material culture in the context of anthropological debates (P4)
• 240524 SE [ en ] The Thing: Between Materiality and Symbol (P4)
• 240525 SE [ en ] Human Betterment Utopias (P4) - eugenic ideas and concepts from the political left and the political right
• 240526 SE [ en ] The ‘South’? (P4)
• 240527 SE [ en ] Borders, Frontiers, Borderlands (P3, P4) - Anthropological Perspectives on (Eastern) Europe and the Mediterranean
• 240528 SE Sustainability and the Cities in Africa (P3, P4)
• 240535 SE [ en ] "Indigenous Media": Self-Representation, Identity Politics and Cultural Activism (P4)
• 240536 SE [ en ] Slaves, Gold & Starbucks: Local Lifeways and Global Entanglements (P4)
• 240537 SE [ en ] Anthropological approaches to myth and ritual (P4) - Lessons from 18th-century Kamchatka and new perspectives
• 240538 SE [ en ] Anthropological Writing Genres (P4)
• 240539 SE [ en ] Dynamics of Migration and Mixedness in Spain (P4)
• 300351 VO The Use and Abuse of Biology - Darwin und die Humanwissenschaften

P5 Research Design and Practical Skills

• 240532 UE Anthropology in the archives (P5) - Zur Geschichte ethnographisch-anthropologischer Wissenschaft und Forschung in Wien

P6 Anthro Lab

• 240533 AL [ en ] Anthro Lab (P6)
• 240534 AL Anthro Lab (P6)

Master Degree Programme CREOLE - Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes

Thematic Modules

Material Culture and Consumption

• 240517 SE Tourist Spaces and Practices (P4)
• 240523 SE [ en ] Selling/Consuming Ethnicity - Material culture in the context of anthropological debates (P4)
• 240524 SE [ en ] The Thing: Between Materiality and Symbol (P4)

New Identities

• 240509 VO Indigenous Cultures in Latin America - The New Millennium (P3, P4)
• 240525 SE [ en ] Human Betterment Utopias (P4) - eugenic ideas and concepts from the political left and the political right
• 240526 SE [ en ] The ‘South’? (P4)
• 240527 SE [ en ] Borders, Frontiers, Borderlands (P3, P4) - Anthropological Perspectives on (Eastern) Europe and the Mediterranean
• 240528 SE Sustainability and the Cities in Africa (P3, P4)
• 240535 SE [ en ] "Indigenous Media": Self-Representation, Identity Politics and Cultural Activism (P4)
• 240536 SE [ en ] Slaves, Gold & Starbucks: Local Lifeways and Global Entanglements (P4)

Visual Culture, Popular Culture

• 240518 VO [ en ] Why does art matter? (P4)
• 240521 SE [ en ] Art and Globalization (P4)
• 240522 SE [ en ] Visual Representation of Violence (P4)

History of Theory and Methods in Cultural and Social Anthropology

• 240505 VO [ en ] Nationalism in Times of Globalization (P2)
• 240506 VO Anthropological Theories of Higher Complexity (P2)
• 240507 VS Practice, materiality, sensibility, affectivity (P2) - new approaches in social and cultural anthropology
• 240508 SE Feminist Anthropology (P2)

Scientific Methods

• 240501 PR [ de en ] Field Trip to Indonesia: Kampung Research in the Smart City of Surabaya (P1)
• 240502 PR [ de en ] "Welcoming Refugees" (P1)
• 240503 SE [ de en ] After the fieldwork in Indonesia: Reflections, data processing and writing (P1)
• 240504 SE [ de en ] "Welcoming Refugees" (P1)

Erasmus Module

Teacher Exchange

• 240535 SE [ en ] "Indigenous Media": Self-Representation, Identity Politics and Cultural Activism (P4)
• 240536 SE [ en ] Slaves, Gold & Starbucks: Local Lifeways and Global Entanglements (P4)
• 240537 SE [ en ] Anthropological approaches to myth and ritual (P4) - Lessons from 18th-century Kamchatka and new perspectives
• 240538 SE [ en ] Anthropological Writing Genres (P4)
• 240539 SE [ en ] Dynamics of Migration and Mixedness in Spain (P4)

CREOLE Thesis Module 2

• 240533 AL [ en ] Anthro Lab (P6)
• 240534 AL Anthro Lab (P6)

24.05. Extension Curriculum: Basics of Social and Cultural Anthropology (241)

Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

• 240100 VO Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology for EC

Basic Approaches of Social and Cultural Anthropology

• 240005 VO Introduction into the Gender Anthropology
• 240006 VO Introductory course: anthropological studies in colonialism, racism and ethnicity
• 240007 VO Introduction in forms of social organization
• 240010 VO Introduction to the History of Theory in Cultural and Social Anthropology
• 240011 VO Introduction to Ethnohistory and Historical Anthropology

24.06. Extension Curriculum: Thematic and Regional Perspectives of Social and Cultural Anthropology (242)

Regional Perspectives

• 240037 VO Introduction to the Anthropology of Oceania
• 240038 VO History of Russian and Soviet Anthropology

Thematic Perspectives

• 240008 VO Economic Anthropology (Introduction)
• 240009 VO Anthropology of Law: An Introduction
• 240017 VO Introduction to anthropological migration research (3.2.2)

24.07. Doctoral Degree Programme (New Curriculum according to UniStG)/Social and Cultural Anthropology

Courses of the Doctoral Degree Programme

• 400007 SE [ en ] Ethnographic methods - SE Methods for Doctoral Candidates
• 400009 SE [ en ] Cultural Performance: Local Identities and Global Flows - SE Theory for Doctoral Candidates
• 400012 FK [ en ] Critical urban and migration studies - Colloquium for Doctoral Candidates