Digital Anthropology MSc/PG Dip

Students gain skills training in digital technologies, from internet and digital film editing to e-curation and digital ethnography; study the anthropological theories of virtualism, materiality/immateriality and social networks; and develop an understanding of the consequences of digital culture through the ethnographic study of its social and regional impact in a global and comparative context.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of one core module (45 credits), three optional modules (45 credits) and a research dissertation (90 credits).

• Digital Anthropology and Digital Anthropology Practical
• Anthropology Methods

• Art in the Public Sphere
• Mass Consumption and Design
• The Anthropology of the Built Environment
• Advanced Topics in Digital Cultural
• Documentary Film and the Anthropological Eye
• Practical Ethnographic and Documentary Filmmaking
• Digital Infrastructure: Materiality, Information and Politics
• Anthropology and Photography
• Social Construction of Landscape

All MSc students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a 15,000-word dissertation.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, practicals and laboratory sessions. It includes a weekly seminar series, with invited international speakers. Assessment is through essays, methodology practicals, written examination and the substantial research dissertation.