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MSc Digital Anthropology

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 2 years

Masters Degree Description

Digital anthropology studies the development, use and consequences of digital technologies for humans, social relations and society, including social media, artificial intelligence and the relationship between our online and offline lives. This one-year (or two-year if part-time) Digital Anthropology MSc encourages practical explorations of the digital world to develop the next generation of understanding about the impact, consequences, aesthetics and politics of digital technologies and infrastructures. You will graduate an expert in using anthropological research, analysis and theory to assess the consequences of digital technologies on society, including data, algorithms and smartphones.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Graduates of this programme will be equipped to pursue a range of careers, including design and user experience, consultancy, policy and advocacy in governmental, non-governmental (NGOs) and intergovernmental (IGOs) organisations, academic publishing, marketing and communications, media and journalism, including TV, radio and publishing, project management and research facilitation in universities, research centres and funding bodies.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Digital Anthropology
  • Digital Anthropology : Dissertation
  • Informatic Cultures: The Anthropology of Data, Algorithms and Computation
  • The Anthropology of Social Media
  • Multimodal Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Religion
  • Biosocial Anthropology, Health and Environment
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Nutrition, Health and Culture
  • Anthropology of Technics and Technology
  • Design Anthropology
  • Art in the Public Sphere
  • The Anthropology of Fashion
  • Visualizing Others: Colonial and Postcolonial Visual Culture
  • Anthropology of Crime
  • The Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
  • The Anthropology of Violent Aftermaths
  • Multispecies Ethnography in the Anthropocene
  • Anthropology of Platform Economies
  • Anthropology and Policy
  • Queer Anthropology

Optional modules

  • Informatic Cultures: The Anthropology of Data, Algorithms and Computation
  • The Anthropology of Social Media
  • Multimodal Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Religion
  • Biosocial Anthropology, Health and Environment
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Nutrition, Health and Culture
  • Anthropology of Technics and Technology
  • Design Anthropology
  • Art in the Public Sphere
  • The Anthropology of Fashion
  • Visualizing Others: Colonial and Postcolonial Visual Culture
  • Anthropology of Crime
  • The Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
  • The Anthropology of Violent Aftermaths
  • Multispecies Ethnography in the Anthropocene
  • Anthropology of Platform Economies
  • Anthropology and Policy
  • Queer Anthropology

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