Lecture, The 4th Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture

Festival

Lecture, Book presentation

From Roma standing up for their rights in Ghent, to the comeback of African fashion in Ghana. The documentaries from Visual Ethnography students showcase the beautifully diverse world we live in. On UNESCO Audiovisual Heritage Day, they show why it's so important to document.

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Promotores: G. Persoon, R. Schefold

Conference, Film screening

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An informal discussion

LUC students got an immersive newsroom experience on a field trip to Dutch broadcasting company NOS. Five students who took the LUC course Multimedia Journalism in block 3 got a three-hour tour of the NOS newsroom in Hilversum.

Lecture, Film screening

Lecture, Research Seminar

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Lecture, Seminar

Dr. Mark Westmoreland (Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology) and Dr. Francesco Ragazzi (Institute of Political Science) have been awarded a Seed grant for their project, ‘Other “ways of knowing”: should we prepare for a post-textual turn in the social sciences?’. The grant amounts…

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Lecture, The 8th Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture

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The process of doing ethnographic research enables you to develop the capacity to engage, analyse and report from a social science perspective.

Visual Ethnography combines anthropological theory and hands-on audiovisual practice.

Dennis C. Nieweg finished his MA thesis in 2000 on “Shells in archaeology”

Essays in archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography of the Amerindian circum-Caribbean

Within the Visual Ethnography specialisation, you can develop your own research project or make use of the research opportunities offered by our staff members listed below.

From theory to practice: follow courses, write a research proposal, go on fieldwork and present your data.

Find out how to apply for Global Ethnography at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

The master's specialisation in Visual Ethnography emphasises a strongly hands-on, empirical approach, which requires students to play an active role in mastering the audiovisual toolbox.

Find out how to apply for Global Ethnography at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

The Anthropology and Sociology network brings together researchers of LIAS and LUCSoR working from an anthropological and sociological perspective and researchers of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

The master's specialisation in Visual Ethnography enables you to combine technical mastery of audiovisual production with ethnographic research skills. Your experience ranges from project design to field studies, to scholarly output.

Part of ‘Moralising Misfortune: A Comparative Anthropology of Commercial Insurance’, an ERC Consolidator project of Erik Bähre.

Do you have any questions about the master's specialisation Visual Ethnography? Please contact us!

Do you have any questions about the master's specialisation in Global Ethnography? Please contact us!

Do you want to know more about the master's specialisation in Visual Ethnography and what it's like to study at Leiden University? Visit us on the next Master's Open Day!

Cultural anthropology development sociology, visual methods, policy in practice, global ethnography.

Visual Ethnography is an intensive programme. However, if you are a highly motived student you can consider applying for the Leiden Leadership Programme.

Global Challenges is the research programme of the Leiden Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology.

Learn how to conduct policy-oriented research, join one of our field schools and gain relevant working experience.

Jifeng Liu defended his thesis on 2 February 2017

Part of ‘Moralising Misfortune: A Comparative Anthropology of Commercial Insurance’, an ERC Consolidator project of Erik Bähre.

Graduates of the master's specialisation in Global Ethnography are proficient in analysing and reporting global vulnerabilities and local forms of resilience.