The Vienna Visual Anthropology Lab is a hub for visual and multimodal anthropology at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna. 

The Vienna Visual Anthropology Lab supports researchers, teachers and students of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology in conducting visual and sonic ethnography and creating ethnographic films, photographs, drawings and exhibitions. It offers an infrastructure for audio-/visual work in ethnographic and participatory research projects, organizes academic events to discuss developments in the international field and creates opportunities develop media projects in the city.

The VVAL’s equipment library includes camera's, editing stations, audio recorders with various microphones, and tools to support smartphone-based media productions. The equipment can be borrowed by staff and students of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology for study or research purposes, upon appointment. Manuals and instruction videos are available on Moodle.

For technical advice, Paul Katterl (coordinator) is available in the Lab, room A0421 of the fourth floor of the NIG, during office hours. For questions about research and education, please contact Sanderien Verstappen (head).