Visual ethnographies of science

The course “Visual ethnographies of science: Investigating knowledge production through media practice” in the winter semester of 2024–25 was a collaboration between the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology and the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Vienna, taught by Sarah Davies and Sanderien Verstappen, with tutoring by Paul Katterl. During the course, Master students of both STS and Anthropology worked in interdisciplinary groups, applying ethnographic filmmaking in a research project about scientific knowledge production.

The eight resulting films were screened at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology in April 2025. 

Examples of student works

“Embodying the (Un)real” by Olivio Tentori Montalto, Regina Pfennigschmidt, Yolanda Oyuela

“Papaya Practices” by Pepijn Deroo, Sara Doppler, Lena Mittendorfer

“Modular Synthesizer & Musician” by Viola Bulker, Roman Hansen, Zoi Pavlopoulou

Film Stills