Global Ethnography Leiden University

Overview

Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology: Specialisation Global Ethnography
Are you eager to conduct your own three-month research project? Do you have excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills? Are you creative, flexible and hard-working? Then Global Ethnography is the right specialisation for you!

Today people are increasingly connected across places, which redefines the local in terms of the global. Our globalising world demands comparative and holistic approaches to cultures and societies. In this specialisation you will acquire the methodological skills for a localised study of global connections, both in far away places but also closer to home in your own society.

Experienced scholars will teach you how to investigate, analyse and report on pressing and contemporary societal issues, by using in-depth ethnographic research methods. You will learn how to situate the everyday practice of individuals within the complex processes of the social changes and global challenges that confront societies worldwide today.

What you will learn

The Global Ethnography specialisation provides students with the academic and professional skills required to independently design and execute research projects. Students will follow several courses to consolidate the research process.

Students of Global Ethnography are proficient in analysing and reporting global vulnerabilities and local forms of resilience, thereby specifically studying environmental challenges and issues of sustainability, economic precariousness, and the impact of media culture. Your analytical qualifications and social science skills are a highly desirable asset in various sectors, ranging from business and non-profit organisations to the governmental sector.

Career prospects

Our graduates are well represented in certain areas, such as the media industry, development organisations, the government, education, municipalities, scientific institutes, and the art and culture industry.

Some examples:

* Research projects commissioned by ministries or private institutes;
* Development projects in foreign countries, like the Junior Professional Officers Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the United Nations;
* Staff member in non-profit organisations like NOVIB and SNV;
* Ethnological museums: as education officers or as conservator involved in collecting, examining and presenting material culture;
* Communication consultant in a commercial company;
* Municipalities; as policy advisor dealing with issues concerning the multi-cultural society;
* Universities; teaching and doing scientific research;
* Secondary education: as a teacher in social science for which you can qualify after finishing a post…

Accreditation

Accredited by NVAO, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.