“The New Orientalism: Understanding the Paradoxes of Mass Tourism in Southeast Asia,” will explore the complex rise and consequences of large-scale tourism in the region.

Department of Anthropology opened a new class with the title “Reflecting your Life – a turn towards Social Theory!”

Reflecting Your Life – A Turn Towards Social Theory is a practice-based class designed to prepare undergraduate and postgraduate students for academic discussions and thesis writing by linking social theory to everyday experiences.

Department of Anthropology opened a new class with the title “Framing Sustainable Tourism on the Ground : Perspectives and Imaginations of Residents and Actors in Watu Kodok, Gunungkidul”

The global challenge of environmental and societal sustainability has become a key guiding principle in both human relevance and academic discussions.

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam is currently seeking three PhD candidates for the project ‘Activist Techtopias: Crafting Alternate Infrastructures of Resistance in Asia’ (‘AlterTech’), led by Dr Yatun Sastramidjaja.

To Anthropology Alumni, Berlin University Alliance is looking for a research assistant for the following project:

Anthropology / Medical Anthropology for the interdisciplinary project “Codesigning Digital Technologies to Enhance Youth Mental Wellbeing in Tanzania and Uganda”! The researcher will investigate how environmental, digital, and socio-cultural factors intersect to shape youth mental health across rural and urban settings in Uganda, using a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods.

The Department of Anthropology at UGM, in collaboration with the Plant Production Systems Group at Wageningen University & Research, through the SoilCare Research Project, is offering thesis research grants to two Master’s students in Anthropology at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University.