Directory of Programs

The Americo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies (APCCS) has a long history of fostering interdisciplinary approaches to the study of varied cultural forms. APCCS is located in UT Austin's Department of Anthropology, the only anthropology program in the US that offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees with a graduate concentration in Folklore and Public Culture. Graduates leave the program with a degree in Anthropology and a doctoral portfolio in Cultural Studies. APCCS offers graduate students unique and creative outlets for their research, including a journal and yearly research colloquia.

ANU offers a variety of courses in visual anthropology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) is a one year masters degree emphasizing practice led research utilising visual methods and critical visual studies. From within the program a variety of thematic interests may be pursued. Strong relationships with Australia's national cultural institutions give students unique opportunities to undertake research and internships working with internationally significant collections. The Centre for Visual Anthropology fosters a dynamic arena of scholarly interaction among staff and postgraduate students.

The Center for Visual Anthropology (CVA) at the University of Southern California is happy to announce a new one-year MA in Visual Anthropology. Continuing the tradition of ethnographic documentary production that the Center has had for 25 years (with over 60 documentaries produced by students, and over 20 by faculty), this new program updates its format by moving into the digital age.

A grant from the NSF has allowed the Department of Anthropology at CSU, Chico to create an Advanced Laboratory for Visual Anthropology built around the Red One 4k Digital Cinema system. We are now looking for graduate students interested in receiving a four-fields MA in anthropology who want to make movies with this revolutionary new equipment. Please visit our website at http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/index.shtmlfor more information

We are a video production unit within the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The Film Unit draws upon the combined strengths of anthropologists, filmmakers, students, and community members.We use the language of documentary video to explore issues of environmentally and socially responsible resource use that prioritizes collaborative community-based practise. The videos are an active research tool; a catalyst for conversation and for deeper enquiry. They are also an end product, a broadcast-quality video for use in highschool and university classrooms, conferences, workshops, and film festivals.

Se propone la edición de la Maestría en Antropología Visual y Documental Antropológico de FLACSO-Ecuador. Se considera que los métodos antropológicos son sumamente importantes para conocer mejor la realidad nacional e internacional, ya que los antropólogos enfatizan el contacto directo y prolongado con las poblaciones que estudian, trabajo que va aunado al uso de métodos históricos de archivo.

The Department of Political and Social Science (Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology) at the Freie Universität Berlin is offering an innovative new Master's (M.A.) program in Visual and Media Anthropology.The two-year-full-time Master's program comprises 120 ECTS.It is an advanced graduate degree program educating both researchers and media professionals.The language of instruction is English.It is a web-based distance learning M.A. program.The program is highly international. Our students come from countries all over the world.

The Anthropology Department offers a one-year (two-year part-time) MA in Visual Anthropology as well as Research Degrees in Visual Anthropology (Mres/MPhil/PhD). The MA is practice-based in conjunction with formal lecture/seminar courses. There is a 20-minute final film project in lieu of dissertation. Goldsmiths is a College of the University of London specializing in the arts and social sciences.

Alle zwei Jahre konnen sich Studierende fur den Masterstudiengang Kulturanthropologie - Europaische Ethnologie (KAEE) mit Schwerpunkt Visuelle Anthropologie, genannt Curriculum Visuelle Anthropologie (CVA) bewerben. Fur Interessierte stehen 10 Platze bereit. Im 2-jahrigen Turnus ist das CVA fester Bestandteil des Masterstudiengangs KAEE der Universitat Gottingen.

In addition to a Secondary Field in Film & Visual Studies, the Department of Anthropology now offers a PhD in Social Anthropology (with Media) for students who wish to undertake practice-based research, and make substantial ethnographic use of audiovisual media in their doctoral work. This track is open to all Social Anthropology doctoral students. Media anthropology students are regular members of the graduate program in social anthropology, and all requirements for the Ph.D. in anthropology pertain to those specializing in media anthropology. Application to the program is the same as for application to the Social Anthropology Ph.D. program, and follows the usual procedures for applications to the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, including GRE examinations.

The Master’s Program in Visual Anthropology seeks to generate research on issues related to visual, material, and sound practices in Peru and around the Andean region. Therefore, it takes into account the interrelationship between visual media and other types of media, how the visual relates to the senses and to the aesthetic experience, and its potential as a mechanism for mediation between different actors and cultures. The program aims to rescue visuality as a fundamental aspect of social, economic and political life, and of the interaction between culturally and socially diverse groups. The master’s program provides the students with an education in visual research, production and applied visual methodologies that are based on an intercultural perspective and ethnographic research.

The Departments of Anthropology and Cinema Studies offer a specialized joint course of study leading to a New York State Certification in Culture and Media for NYU graduate students who are also pursuing their MA or PhD degrees in Anthropology or Cinema StudiesThe program's philosophy takes a broad approach to the relationships between culture and media in a number of domains including: ethnographic film's significance for the fields of anthropology and cinema and media studies; problems in representation of cultures through media; the development of media in indigenous, Diaspora, and non-Western communities; the emerging social and cultural formations shaped by new media practices; and the political economy shaping the production, distribution and consumption of media worldwide.

The art laboratory Sound Image Culture (SIC) helpsvisual anthropologists, anthropologists and artists to develop their art orfilm projects which are inspired by either anthropological methods orsubjects. The SIC master class involves nine months of coaching throughcollective seminars, individual advising, group critiques, and inter-artistdialogue. For additional perspectives, we occasionally host visiting artistsand critics. The workshops take place in the art centres Netwerk (Aalst) andLes Brigittines (Brussels) in Belgium.

Temple University's Department of Anthropology has long been known, both nationally and internationally, for its specialization in the anthropology of visual communication. We offer this specialization to undergraduate majors and minors as well as to graduate students in anthropology at the master's and doctoral levels. The anthropology of visual communication is concerned with the production, distribution, reception, circulation, and transformation of visual forms, both within and across communities. Areas of ethnographic and theoretical focus include events such as rituals, spectacles, and performances; works of art, architecture, clothing, and the body; museums, displays, and expositions; films, videos, and photography; indigenous media; and "new media."

Culture, Communication and Media Studies (CCMS) is the Southern African region's premier graduate research and educational unit in media studies. The unit consists of both graduate and undergraduate components. The staff, research and publications of CCMS are internationally renowned and read, and its leading staff members have been visiting professors in a variety of universities allover the world.

The Visual Anthropology Graduate Certificate program is an interdisciplinary program offering courses through Anthropology, Media Arts, and Film and Media Studies to graduate students interested in strengthening both the conceptual and technical aspects of incorporating visual analysis into their research.

Certificate, Visual AnthropologyThe certificate is an interdisciplinary program, with training in digital video production provided by the USC School of Cinema-Television. Professional skills in video production are designed to help students present their research results to a wider audience and to use visual media effectively in communicating ideas about anthropology. After completing fieldwork, students take a year-long editing sequence and practicum (ANTH 576 and 577) to finish a visual project, which will complement the written dissertation.) Students can be admitted to the certificate program in visual anthropology after they have completed their Ph.D. qualifying examinations.