Social and Cultural Anthropology

["DescriptionThe MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology is a research-focused Master’s programme that offers students an advanced orientation in sociocultural anthropology and guides them through an ethnographic research project. Students engage with enduring and contemporary questions in the field of anthropology and learn to use ethnography as a reflexive lens onto a particular research problem. The programme is informed by its emphasis on the multiplicity of human experience and on its global entanglements. Students benefit from a close working relationship with academic staff and may take advantage of the University of Bayreuth’s distinction as a centre of African Studies. Because of its specific research-oriented design and great networking opportunities, the programme attracts many international students, leading to discussions that are shaped by their different perspectives on anthropology itself.ProfileThe MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology is an internationally oriented degree that builds on BA-level training in anthropology or related disciplines. At the heart of the programme is the "guided research" component, in which students develop independent research projects in close conversation both with teaching staff and the other students in their cohort. Fieldwork, which often takes place in collaboration with institutions abroad, usually lasts at least six weeks and can be conducted either as part of a group or individually. The guided research project is co-sponsored by the University of Bayreuth."]