Paper: Anthropologies of sociotechnical mediation in Austria
Budka, P. (2021). Anthropologies of sociotechnical mediation in Austria. Paper at EASA Media Anthropology Network Workshop: “Media Anthropologies in Europe”, Online (hosted by European As…
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Paper: Indigenizing digital futures
Budka, P. (2021). Indigenizing digital futures: The case of a web-based environment for remote First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Paper at German Anthropological Association Co…
Interview: Quo vadis, Feldforschung?
In April 2021, I was interviewed by German news outlet Forschung & Lehre (Research & Teaching) about anthropological fieldwork in times of a global health crisis. Interview for…
Reviews: Theorising Media & Conflict
This post compiles extracts of published reviews of the edited volume Theorising Media & Conflict (eds. P. Budka & B. Bräuchler, Berghahn Books, 2020). Younes Saramifar (Free University…
Interview: Theorising Media & Conflict
In an interview for the University of Vienna’s Uni:view Magazin, I am talking about the edited volume Theorising Media and Conflict (Berghahn Books, 2020), its purpose, conclusions and…
Seminar: The Materiality and Visuality of Social Media
This online course for the summer semester 2021 at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna gives a critical overview about the material…
MyKnet.org: Traces of digital decoloniality in an indigenous web-based environment
This blog post is a shorter version of a paper presented at the Engaging with Web Archives (EWA20) conference in September 2020 (Book of Abstracts). Budka, P. (2020).…
Interview: On COVID-19 & digital technologies in everyday life
In May 2020, I was asked by the European Science-Media Hub of the European Parliament to participate in a short written interview about COVID-19 and digital technologies in…
Panel: Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts & Methodological Approaches
Panel “Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts & Methodological Approaches” @ Vienna Anthropology Days 2020 (VANDA2020, Sept. 28 – Oct. 1), convened by Philipp Budk…
Films & videos on media activism & more
This is a selection of films and videos on mediated activism, anthropological perspectives on media and culture, and globalization and (de)colonization in relation to media.Compiled by Philipp Budka…
Blog Post Series: Von der Cyberanthropologie zur Digitalen Anthropologie – Teil 4
Diese Serie von Blogeinträgen beschreibt die Relevanz kultur- und sozialanthropologischer Zugänge in der Untersuchung digitaler Technik und Technologien, dargestellt anhand wissenschaftstheoretischer…
Blog Post Series: Von der Cyberanthropologie zur Digitalen Anthropologie – Teil 4
Diese Serie von Blogeinträgen beschreibt die Relevanz kultur- und sozialanthropologischer Zugänge in der Untersuchung digitaler Technik und Technologien, dargestellt anhand wissenschaftstheoretischer…
CfP: Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches
Call for Papers for Panel “Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches” at Vienna Anthropology Days (VANDA), 28 Sept. – 1 Oct. 2020, Universit…
Blog Post Series: Von der Cyberanthropologie zur Digitalen Anthropologie – Teil 3
Diese Serie von Blogeinträgen beschreibt die Relevanz kultur- und sozialanthropologischer Zugänge in der Untersuchung digitaler Technik und Technologien, dargestellt anhand wissenschaftstheoretischer…
Blog Post Series: Von der Cyberanthropologie zur Digitalen Anthropologie – Teil 2
Diese Serie von Blogeinträgen beschreibt die Relevanz kultur- und sozialanthropologischer Zugänge in der Untersuchung digitaler Technik und Technologien, dargestellt anhand wissenschaftstheoretischer…
Blog Post Series: Von der Cyberanthropologie zur Digitalen Anthropologie – Teil 2
Diese Serie von Blogeinträgen beschreibt die Relevanz kultur- und sozialanthropologischer Zugänge in der Untersuchung digitaler Technik und Technologien, dargestellt anhand wissenschaftstheoretischer…
Blog Post Series: Von der Cyberanthropologie zur Digitalen Anthropologie – Teil 1
In dieser Serie von Blogeinträgen werde ich in den kommenden Wochen die Relevanz kultur- und sozialanthropologischer Zugänge in der Untersuchung digitaler Technik und Technologien, dargestellt anhand…
Digital and Online Ethnography – A Selection of Resources
Below you find a selection of resources on digital and online ethnography – with a slight focus on anthropological research – compiled by Philipp Budka. To add and…
Publications: E-learning & blended learning in anthropology & the social sciences
Here a collection of publications that discuss the development and utilization of e-learning and blended learning tools and models for sociocultural anthropology and the social sciences. These public…
Seminar: Digital Technologies as Material Culture 2020
In this MA seminar at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, we explore digital media technologies from an anthropological/ethnographic perspective in the context o…
Book: Theorising Media and Conflict
Budka, P., & Bräuchler, B. (Eds.). (2020). Theorising media and conflict. Anthropology of Media. New York & Oxford: Berghahn Books. Cover Theorising Media & Conflict Theorising Me…
CfP: Engaged media anthropology in the digital age
The EASA Media Anthropology Network is organizing an official network panel at the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) 2020 conference in Lisbon (21-24 July). Find the call…
Lecture/Seminar: Ethnography and Digital Media 2019
In this lecture/seminar at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, we discuss how ethnography contributes to the exploration, description and understanding of digitally mediated processes…
Lecture: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 2019
In this year’s introductory lecture at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna, we will investigate and discuss sociocultural anthropology’s key top…