Master Social and Cultural Anthropology (810 [2] - Version 2023)

MM1 Introduction to the Master's Programme (20 ECTS)

• 240501 VO [ en ] MM1 Orientation in the Study Programme and anthropological research fields
• 240502 SE MM1 The Postcolonial City - Theories and Debates
• 240503 SE [ en ] MM1 Anthropology’s Concepts: Key Debates and Structural Contradictions
• 240504 SE [ en ] MM1 Social movements and protest in late capitalism
• 240505 VU MM1 Research Ethics and Reflexivity
• 240506 SE [ en ] MM1 Defining an MA Thesis Project

MM2 Field School (15 ECTS)

• 240507 SE [ en ] MM2 Environment and Care in Galati (Romania)
• 240508 SE MM2 Borderland: Perceptions of the Environment Between Leithagebirge and Hanság
• 240509 SE [ en ] MM2 Urban Elements
• 240510 PR [ en ] MM2 Environment and Care in Galati (Romania)
• 240511 PR MM2 Borderland: Perceptions of the Environment Between Leithagebirge and Hanság
• 240512 PR [ en ] MM2 Urban Elements

MM3 Disciplinary Specialization (15 ECTS)

• 240513 SE MM3 Anthropology and/of AI
• 240514 VO MM3 Decolonizing Methodologies in the context of post- / decolonial research approaches - Post- und dekoloniale Ansätze in anthropologischen Forschungszusammenhängen
• 240515 VO MM3 Anthropology of Inner Asia
• 240516 SE MM3 Oceania as a field of research for ethnologists/anthropologists - Case Studies and Theoretical Discussions
• 240517 SE [ en ] MM3 Crip Anthropology: Ethnographies of Disability and Ableism
• 240518 SE [ en ] MM3 Power and Inequality in a Global World
• 240519 SE [ en ] MM3 Cosmology - Ideology - Ontology: Anthropological Approaches and Debates
• 240520 SE MM3 New Challenges for Sustainable Cities and Climate Crisis
• 240521 VO [ en ] MM3 Anthropology of Religion
• 240522 SE [ en ] MM3 Indigeneity - Identity, Politics and Culture in a globalized World
• 240523 SE [ en ] MM3 Anthropologies of the self and subjectivity
• 240524 SE [ en ] MM3 Anthropology of Citizenship - Theorizing Belonging, Power and Deservingness
• 240525 SE [ en ] MM3 Multispecies studies
• 240526 SE [ en ] MM3 Diverse Food Economies
• 240527 VO [ en ] MM3 Introduction to Museum Anthropology
• 240528 SE [ en ] MM3 Ergology and technology, explained using selected examples from the material culture of Oceania
• 240529 SE [ en ] MM3 Anthropology of Heritage
• 240530 SE [ en ] MM3 Digital Visuality and Popular Culture
• 240531 SE [ en ] MM3 Politics of (In)visibility
• 240532 SE [ en ] MM3 Visual Ethnography
• 240541 VO MM3 Migrants as entrepreneurs - Critical perspectives on the nexus of migration and development
• 240552 SE [ en ] MM3 The Politics of Education. Anthropologies and Ethnographies of Schooling and Learning
• 240554 SE [ en ] MM3 Why don’t Anthropologists like children? An Introduction to the Anthropology of Childhood
• 240555 SE [ en ] MM3 An Anthropology of Work and Pleasure

MM4 Specialized and In-Depth Treatment of Methods (10 ECTS)

• 240535 VU MM4 Introduction to the methods of archival work
• 240536 VU MM4 Ethnohistorical approaches to dealing with different source genres - illustrated with using examples of historical popular media
• 240537 VU MM4 Oral history and narrative interviews - ethnic-religious tensions in the Middle East

MM5 Alternative Compulsory Modules (15 ECTS)

MM5A Specialization within the Discipline (15 ECTS)

• 240513 SE MM3 Anthropology and/of AI
• 240514 VO MM3 Decolonizing Methodologies in the context of post- / decolonial research approaches - Post- und dekoloniale Ansätze in anthropologischen Forschungszusammenhängen
• 240515 VO MM3 Anthropology of Inner Asia
• 240516 SE MM3 Oceania as a field of research for ethnologists/anthropologists - Case Studies and Theoretical Discussions
• 240517 SE [ en ] MM3 Crip Anthropology: Ethnographies of Disability and Ableism
• 240518 SE [ en ] MM3 Power and Inequality in a Global World
• 240519 SE [ en ] MM3 Cosmology - Ideology - Ontology: Anthropological Approaches and Debates
• 240520 SE MM3 New Challenges for Sustainable Cities and Climate Crisis
• 240521 VO [ en ] MM3 Anthropology of Religion
• 240522 SE [ en ] MM3 Indigeneity - Identity, Politics and Culture in a globalized World
• 240523 SE [ en ] MM3 Anthropologies of the self and subjectivity
• 240524 SE [ en ] MM3 Anthropology of Citizenship - Theorizing Belonging, Power and Deservingness
• 240525 SE [ en ] MM3 Multispecies studies
• 240526 SE [ en ] MM3 Diverse Food Economies
• 240527 VO [ en ] MM3 Introduction to Museum Anthropology
• 240528 SE [ en ] MM3 Ergology and technology, explained using selected examples from the material culture of Oceania
• 240529 SE [ en ] MM3 Anthropology of Heritage
• 240530 SE [ en ] MM3 Digital Visuality and Popular Culture
• 240531 SE [ en ] MM3 Politics of (In)visibility
• 240532 SE [ en ] MM3 Visual Ethnography
• 240541 VO MM3 Migrants as entrepreneurs - Critical perspectives on the nexus of migration and development
• 240552 SE [ en ] MM3 The Politics of Education. Anthropologies and Ethnographies of Schooling and Learning
• 240554 SE [ en ] MM3 Why don’t Anthropologists like children? An Introduction to the Anthropology of Childhood
• 240555 SE [ en ] MM3 An Anthropology of Work and Pleasure

MM6 Ethnographic Data Analysis, Presentation and Communication (10 ECTS)

• 240538 SE MM6 Data Analysis

MM7 Master's Thesis Project (8 ECTS)

• 240540 SE [ en de ] MM7 Research Design Workshop