Sommerschulen
Die Abteilung für Sozialanthropologie organisiert regelmäßig Sommerschulen, sowohl in der Schweiz als auch im Ausland. Ziel dieser Sommerschulen ist es, die methodologischen und theoretischen Kenntnisse der Studierenden in die Praxis umzusetzen, in Form von Feldforschung zu verschiedenen Themen.
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY initiated, coordinated, and organized since 2012 by Dr. Andrea Boscoboinik (UniFR) and Dr. Melinda Dincă (UVT) in the frame of the Inter-University Convention 80099/10.07.2000 between Fribourg University (UniFR) and the West University of Timișoara (UVT).
In Switzerland:
2024 – 9th Edition – Cohabitation with the Other-Than-Human Entities: Exploring Human-Wildness Interactions.
This Summer school is focused on the exploration of cohabitation between humans and other-than-human entities through the lens of social anthropology, with a particular emphasis on using ethnography as a research method. It seeks to offer participants an interdisciplinary experience in understanding the complex relationships between humans and various non-human entities in the Swiss Alps.
It is open to BA and MA students of Social Anthropology from the University of Fribourg, West University of Timişoara, Romania, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. It will take place from 9 to 16 June 2024.
Inscriptions must be addressed to Andrea Boscoboinik until the 28th of February 2024.
In Romania:
2024 – 10th Edition – Urban anthropology: Exploring Timisoara.
This summer school includes field visits to different living areas of Timisoara and cultural points of interest, where students document and collect information through visual research instruments and participatory observation for their team-based projects (observation grid, transect walks, social resources map, cultural resources map, documentary photos). 1– 5 July 2024.
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2023 (8th edition) - The polycentric city of the 2023 European Capital of Culture Timisoara.
24 students and 7 teachers from UVT, UniFR, NTNU, field research in the historic neighborhoods and cultural heritage sites of the city of Timisoara, and lectures at the West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, Romania, 19-30 June 2023.
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2022 (7th edition) - Insights from social inclusion real-life cases. Onsite visits and fieldwork in Timisoara.
24 students and 6 teachers from UniFR, UVT, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), field research and visits in five living areas of the city of Timișoara, and lectures at the West University of Timișoara, Romania, 6-10 June 2022.
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2019 (6th edition) - La mobilité et les frontières dans les Alpes.
15 students and 5 teachers and local experts from UniFR, UVT and CREPA, field research and lectures in Sembrancher, Champex-Lac, Saint Bernard - Route Napoleon, Trient, Saint-Rhemy-en-Bosses, and Aosta (Italy), Valais Region, Switzerland, 3-8 June 2019.
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2018 (5th edition) - Urban anthropology. Transformations in the city: Exploring Timisoara.
11 students and 4 teachers from UniFR and UVT, field research in Timișoara and Commune of Dumbrăvița/ Újszentes, and lectures at the West University of Timișoara, Romania, 16-20 July 2018.
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2015 (4th edition) - Local governing of aging and shrinkage in rural communities.
16 students and 4 teachers from UniFR and UVT, field research in rural communities from the communes of Racovița, Uivar, Vălcani, and Bogda, Timiș County, and lectures at the West University of Timișoara, Romania, 5-15 June 2015.
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2014 (3rd edition) - Vivre à la montagne : défis économiques, légaux, environnementaux et touristiques.
16 students and 5 teachers and local experts from UniFR, UVT and University of Lyon, field research in rural and mountain communities in Valais Region, Switzerland, 9-16 June 2014.
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2013 (2nd edition) - Social development of rural communities: economy, traditional occupations, and tourism.
19 students and 4 teachers from UniFR and UVT, field research in rural communities from Zăvoi, and Gărâna from Caraș Severin County, and lectures at the West University of Timișoara, Romania, 8-14 June 2013.
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2012 (1st edition)
Sembrancher, Valais Region, Switzerland, 2012.