Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes (CREOLE) (Master)

The Joint Master's programme CREOLE – Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes at the University of Vienna provides an in-depth understanding of the interweaving of local lifeworlds with transnational and global processes from a social and cultural anthropological perspective. In three core subject areas – (1) New Identities, (2) Material Culture and Consumption, and (3) Visual Culture – cultural diversity, transnationalism and new forms of community are examined both theoretically and through empirical examples. Graduates have skills in independent academic work, transnational analysis, application of qualitative methods, problem-solving, and international cooperation.

Study Programme

The programme consists of the following compulsory modules: Scientific Methods; History of Theory and Methods in Social and Cultural Anthropology; CREOLE Thematic Module 1 and 2; followed by either the CREOLE Erasmus Module option at the University of Vienna or the CREOLE Erasmus Module option with mobility at a partner university. To successfully complete the programme, students are required to write a master’s thesis and pass a public defense.