What if you could see the world through different perspectives?
What can we learn from cultural differences? How can these insights
contribute to understanding local, regional and global
challenges?
In a world of religious
and cultural diversity, understanding cultural differences is key
to addressing challenges like migration and climate change. This MA
equips you with the skills to explore specific lifeworlds across
various contexts in order to gain a thorough understanding of the
role of religion and culture in different societies.
This MA in the
anthropology of religion is unique, and is characterised by its
holistic, comparative and ethnographic approach. Holistic because
it investigates themes as they are embedded within
the totality of local
lifeworlds, for example in the topics of food, sexuality and
religion. Comparative research helps in understanding differences
and similarities, and through ethnographic research you get a deep
insight into the complex worlds of the people living them. It gives
you a better understanding of the other, as well as of
yourself.
The
ethnographic hands-on experience is an integral part of the
programme. The MA also critically reflects on the 'traditional'
anthropological method itself (i.e. from 'global north' to 'global
south').
Anthropology
challenges yourself by making the strange familiar, and the
familiar strange.
