Anthropology

Full-time studies

Due to the relatively small size of our programme, an important aspect of our programme is the personal rapport which students develop with their peers and supervisors. This lends itself to spirited and stimulating discussions which often carry on in informal contexts.

The nominal time to complete the MA programme in Anthropology is 2 years (4 semesters).

• During the first year, the MA student is expected to actively participate in seminars, attend the School’s courses and contribute to university events. Throughout the first 2 semesters, the candidate attends courses and seminars with the goal of first finding and then fine-tuning the research topic that will be developed in the MA dissertation.
• At the end of the 2nd semester, MA researchers are required to submit a research proposal. The proposal will describe the research question, its relevance to the discipline, the methodology, and the ethical issues foreseen in carrying out the project.

• After the successful submission of the proposal, MA researchers embark on the fieldwork phase of their projects. It is expected that the data collection phase of the project will last about eight weeks. After fieldwork, writing up is supported by seminars and supervisory meetings. Attendance and participation at this stage are crucial.

Previous and ongoing research projects:

• Energy transition in North-East Estonia
• The meaning of work for refugees in Estonia
• Migration from children's perspective
• Identity Politics in a Transnational Context: Finland, Baltics, and Scandinavia
• The tourist experience: Scotland, Spain, Peru, Estonia.
• Conservation issues and multispecies interactions in Lahemaa National Park, Estonia.
• The Corporeal Experience and Embodied Knowledge: Sweden, Germany, India, Israel and the Baltic Sea.
• Company culture in a fully remote international start-up
• National Parks in Costa Rica
• Activism and disability in Greece

You can find a selection of our completed MA dissertations here

NB! Audiovisual Ethnographies are listed as "AVE".

Blog posts about MA students’ fieldwork experience

Researching with a camera in a city park in Basel, Switzerland (Anna Keller)
An Autoethnography of human-animal relations  (Jo Burgess)
Fieldwork with Cape Verdeans in Lisbon (Deborah Onorati)
Refugees and survival sex in Greece (Kanchi Ganatra)
The relationship between work and homemaking among refugees in Estonia (Miriam Lehari, in Estonian)

Core course components

The course work is directed to offer MA researchers a comprehensive review of the theoretical and methodological contributions of Social Anthropology. The programme consists of a university-wide interdisciplinary course ELU, two general humanities courses, compulsory anthropology courses that give a solid foundation in the discipline and a range of elective courses. Students from abroad also need to take a course in Estonian language and culture.

Compulsory courses

Key Concepts in Cultural Analysis
The seminar explores the main concepts and theories of 20th-century literary theory and cultural analysis. The aim of the seminar is to develop a coherent context to question the relationships between literature, films, and visual culture.

Multiculturalism in a Global Perspective
This course examines the complex narratives and policies that produce and reproduce multiculturalism. The course approaches multiculturalism from a comparative perspective with a focus on Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

General Debates in Anthropological Theory
This course examines dilemmas and debates that have characterised the development of anthropological thought and practice from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. The course is formatted as an interactive seminar that resembles a debate.

Ethnographic Readings
The course creates the opportunity for the student to familiarise themselves with core texts of ethnography and creates the preconditions for the development of critical reading and creative writing. The course explores the challenges faced by ethnographic fieldwork and the anthropological theorising that gets disseminated in book format. The course is structured around the reading of anthropological monographs.

Methods of Ethnographic Fieldwork and Project Planning
The course explores practical ethnographic approaches such as participant observation, interviews and focus groups, as well as conceptual approaches in anthropology. The course explores the politics of diverse forms of ‘participation’ in the fieldwork site. The course also covers issues such as practices of representation in ethnographic writing. The course is formatted as a workshop where students conduct practical exercises.
 
Anthropology of Work
The course analyses work, labour and the economy from an anthropological perspective and looks at how work structures and is structured by societies through gender, age, ethnicity and class, focusing not only on paid employment but also reproductive work at home and voluntary work. Is work, as we know it, running out? If machines can take over all the tedious and repetitive work, why are people then working increasingly long hours?  How has COVID-19 affected the way people work? And how to study all this through ethnographic methods?
 

Elective courses

Anthropology of Capitalism
The objective of the course is to develop skills for critical analysis of the logic and varieties of contemporary capitalism in the framework of contemporary crises such as global climate change, financial crisis, COVID-19 and most recently, the war in Europe. The key topics covered in the course are the anthropology of value and values, austerity and financialisation, ethnographic methods and epistemologies of studying time and temporalities of capitalism,  socialism and postsocialism. 

Environmental Anthropology
This course introduces the most important theoretical approaches and practical applications of the study of environmental anthropology. It considers some of the main cultural and social aspects of the human-environment interaction, such as the relationship between social organisation and ecology; alternative forms of land use and management; the impact of processes of globalisation on human interactions with the environment in a number of non-western societies; and the cultural dimension of human adaptation to the environment. We will also examine contemporary issues such as climate change, conservation and/or development and sustainable development. These issues may involve great debates in theory, problems of methodology or issues in applying research results to solve practical problems.

Soundscape: Perception & Design
This course considers the range of discourses and practises that have been used to understand the relationship between the sonic experience and society. It will focus on the different ways in which humans perceive sound and design sonic experiences. The course will also discuss how technologies associated with sound production and reproduction is related to cultural and historical contexts.

History of Anthropological Cinema
This course will examine the different functions and ideologies that have characterized the use of the visual medium in anthropology with an emphasis on narrative cinema. In doing so, the course will examine some of the contradictions and contributions that have emerged with the implementation of the visual medium in anthropological research. This course will also look at narrative anthropological films within the context of the development of anthropological discourse and the development of documentary film. The course will examine the relationship that anthropologists have historically had with visual media and relate these relationships to the history of cinema.

Gender, sexuality and family
This course examines the cultural frameworks and social aspects of gender,  sexuality, and family based on key sociological and anthropological texts. It explores how experiences of gender, sexuality and family vary in different cultural, political and economic contexts. We will be critically reading seminal texts on gender and feminism, ethnographies of gendered experiences and sociological analyses from Estonia and beyond. The course will cover key issues in feminist theory such as the sex/gender debate, sexual desire and the body, the political economy of gender, feminist positionalities, methods; ethics, performativity of gender and the construction of masculinity among others. 
 

Study programme 2024/2025

• The Anthropology programme is housed within the School of Humanities and utilises all the facilities made available by Tallinn University. 
• The university campus houses a study library, the main university library is situated within easy reach of the city centre. The National Library of Estonia is also in the city centre.
• Before applying to the programme, one can learn more about Tallinn University while participating in Tallinn Summer School or Tallinn Winter School. These are 3-week programmes running respectively in July and January, combining a wide range of courses with a rich, diverse cultural programme and attracting participants from all over the world. More information here. 

Extracurricular Activities

• Anthropology NGO Facebook group 

The Estonian Anthropology Association is a student-run NGO founded in 2008 to promote anthropology and anthropological education in Estonia and abroad. The organization closely collaborates with the School of Humanities, Tallinn University.

• Tallinn Anthropology Facebook Page
• Inimkond Seminar Series (Current Issues in Anthropology and Beyond)

This seminar series features speakers from anthropology and related fields, and fosters discussion of their research with a transdisciplinary audience. It aims to contribute to the culture of academic scholarship and debate at Tallinn University. Speakers include both local researchers and guests from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds and with various interpretations on anthropological theory and methods. Presentations in the seminar series will be of interest to staff and students in anthropology, cultural theory, sociology, and history, among others.

Department's Networks

• European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
• International Society of Ethnology & Folklore (SIEF)
• World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA)
• International Union of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)
• American Anthropological Association (AAA)
• World Film Festival
• Anthropology NGO Estonia
• Riga Pasaules Film Festival

Blogs

• Allegra Laboratory
• Sensate Journal

Funding

• Wenner-Gren Foundation

Maarja Kaaristo is the head of the anthropology programme and an associate professor of Anthropology. Her research focuses on the relationship between humans and water bodies, particularly the canals and rivers of Great Britain, as well as water and rural tourism, placemaking and qualitative research methods. Additionally, she has written about the history of Estonian ethnology and human-animal relationships. She aligns most closely with the new mobilities paradigm and practice theory.

Maarja holds a bachelor's and master's degree in ethnology from the University of Tartu and a doctorate in tourism studies from Manchester City University. She has worked as a researcher and lecturer at the above-mentioned universities and has also worked as an editor at Varrak publishing house.

Eeva Kesküla is an Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Tallinn University. She completed her PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London and her postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany. 

She is an anthropologist of work and energy transitions. Her research has focused on global location-independent workers and post-Soviet working class in Estonia and Kazakhstan, looking at the labour process, gender at work, work ethic, industrial health and safety. She has carried out long-term fieldwork among miners in Estonia and Kazakhstan, analysing work processes and occupational safety; gender, class and ethnic relations in the workplace and mining communities in rapidly changing post-socialist societies. She can now use this knowledge to understand the challenges of mining regions (especially Ida-Virumaa) in the transition from a carbon-intensive economy. She has been studying the impact of the energy transition on Ida-Viru County and on oil shale workers in the project "CINTRAN", and in 2024-2026 she will participate in two Horizon Europe projects with a focus on employment and skills in Ida-Viru County, the energy sector and trade unions.

Her research interests include economic anthropology, industrial and remote/digital work,  energy transition in Europe, industrial health and safety, gender and work, class and other social inequalities, and the former Soviet Union, especially Central Asia and the Baltics.

Read more about her research.

Carlo Cubero holds a PhD in Social Anthropology using Visual Media from the University of Manchester, where he specialised in the contemporary Caribbean and Visual Anthropology. He is currently Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tallinn University where he lectures and coordinates the Audiovisual Ethnography track in the graduate programme in Social Anthropology.

One strand of his research has focused on developing audiovisual and practise-based methods for anthropological research. He has produced and directed numerous documentaries and sound-works, including the award winning documentary "Mangrove Music". His most recent documentary, "Uus Tõus, Vana Mõõn", was produced by ETV. He has curated ethnographic film programmes for the European Association of Social Anthropology, International Society of Ethnology and Folklore, and the Finnish Anthropological Society. He has also curated ethnographic sound programmes at numerous conferences and public events in Europe and the Caribbean. He currently serves as the main curator of the Riga Pasaules Film Festival, an annual documentary film festival held in Riga.

Another strand of his research concerns itself with the complexities of Caribbean island life in a para-colonial and global context. His book Caribbean Island Movements: Culebra's Trans-insularities (Rowman and Littlefield 2017) makes a case for the concept of "transinsularism" as a means to engage productively with the contradictions that characterise Caribbean island identities. The book considers transinsular features of Caribbean island life as it pertains to historical relationships to imperialism, land tenure conflicts in a tourism context, maritime geographies, and music. The monograph is based on a long term relationship with the island of Culebra, located in the north-eastern Caribbean.

Research interests: ethnographic filmmaking methods, sensory ethnography, sonic ethnography, cinema, art, music, post-colonial identities, migration, transnationalism, Caribbean, Western Europe.

• Read more about his research 
• Read his story here.

Joonas Plaan is a lecturer in anthropology. In his Ph.D. dissertation, he studied how climate change affects inshore fisheries in Newfoundland, Canada. Joonas has done fieldwork among different fishing communities in Estonia. Currently, he is also working for the Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF) as a sustainable fisheries expert and board member. He is also a board member of the Centre of Environmental History (KAJAK). Most importantly, Joonas sees himself as an environmental anthropologist, trying to understand human-environment interaction.

Research interests and areas: human-environment interactions, including environmental anthropology, political ecology, environmental history, landscape studies, sustainable development, environmentalism, fisheries, Baltic Sea and North-Atlantic fishing communities.

• Read more about his research
• Listen to his  CreativeMornings talk The power of water around us
• Or his discussion about degrowths of economy
  

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Jaanika Vider is a lecturer in anthropology at Tallinn University. She is a museum anthropologist, which means she is interested in the representations created by museums but also the functioning of museums as social institution. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Vienna, where she is researching ethnographic representations of the Arctic. Part of this research entails examining 19th century ethnographic collections from former Russian-America and Siberia in Estonia, brought here by Baltic-German explorers. Jaanika holds a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology, an MA in Visual Anthropology and a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford. Her doctoral thesis examined the history of British anthropology through the case study of Polish-born female anthropologist Maria Czaplicka and her 1914 Siberian expedition. Research interests: visual and museum anthropology, material anthropology, Arctic and Siberian studies.

Marje Ermel is a Lecturer of Anthropology. She became interested in Social Anthropology while studying at First Nations University of Canada in Saskatchewan where she researched issues of the cultural identity of First Nations People. After her studies in Canada, Marje Ermel travelled extensively in Australia and Asia. She did her graduate research in Social Anthropology at Tallinn University and complemented her studies at the University of Aberdeen. Her current research is on the transnational Hare Krishna community in West Bengal, India. This project focuses on the relationship between sound, listening practices, perception, and well-being among Krishna devotees. Marje coordinated a research collaboration with Estonian Professional beekeepers. For this project, anthropology BA students interviewed beekeepers, resulting in a popular book about the history of bee-keeping in Estonia, focusing on the memoirs, knowledge and experience of beekeepers edited by anthropology graduate Ly Lõhmus.

Research interests and areas: anthropology of sound,  sonic ethnography, place and space, body and senses, anthropology of consciousness, anthropology of experience, religion, pilgrimage, story-telling, North-America, India.

Polina Tšerkassova is a Lecturer of Anthropology, working currently part-time at Tallinn University and in the Estonian Academy of Arts. She is a PhD candidate writing about storytelling, learning, music therapy and body practices among the Sufis of Turkey, particularly in Istanbul, where she conducted her fieldwork. As a part of her PhD thesis, Polina works on a sound ethnography. Polina teaches general courses in anthropology. In her courses, she often teaches and talks about ethnographic storytelling and writing.

As her full-time job, Polina is a professional storyteller and musician. She published four audiobooks with stories she gathered from all over the world, and music she wrote specially for each of these stories using culture-specific instruments and arrangements. Polina gives performances, storytelling workshops and lectures all around Estonia and abroad.

Research interests: storytelling, memory, performance, sound, sonic ethnogaphy, learning, body and senses, religion, music, Sufism, Turkey, Middle-East, Iran. 

Lucya Passiatore is a PhD student in Cultural Studies, focusing on Anthropology. She completed her MA in Social Anthropology at Tallinn University, where her master's thesis explored an eco-acoustic ethnography of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem. Her research analyzed the cultural value of sound within the community and the impact of climate change on local soundscapes.

For her doctoral dissertation, Lucya investigates the effects of climate change on place identity, known as campanilismo, and cultural practices in the Salento Peninsula, Southern Italy. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach, integrating anthropology and climatology to develop a comprehensive understanding of these dynamics. Lucya uses a mixed-method approach, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative analysis to address the research questions.

General requirements

• Completed Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent
• Proof of English Proficiency
• Please see the complete overview of admission and application requirements for Master's level applicants

Entrance exams

• The admission exam consists of a written and oral part.
• The written part is based on the Letter of Motivation (700-1000 words) describing fields of interests within Social & Cultural Anthropology should be uploaded in PDF format into the application database.
• The motivation letter should include but is not limited to the following topics:
  - Why would you like to study social and cultural anthropology?
  - How have your undergraduate studies or any specific courses, internships, placements,
  volunteering or work experience prepared you for this programme and/or shaped your interest
  in anthropology.
  - What are your research interests within the field and how do they align with the programme's
  focus?
  - Discuss your career goals and future plans, and how the programme will help you achieve
  them.
• The applicants will be required to read two articles to prepare for the interview. The assigned articles can be consulted by clicking here.
• The oral part is an interview, during which the motivation letter and the two articles are discussed and the motivation of the candidate is assessed. The exact time of the interview will be sent to the candidate via e-mail. If the date and time offered for an online interview do not suit the applicant it may be possible to delay the interview until the next interview date which is usually in the next month.

For the purposes of identity verification during the admission procedure the Admission Committee has the right to record the oral part of the admission exam carried out online.

NB! Non-compulsory reading list of some basic texts for the applicants' own consumption. These readings are for MA candidates that would like to familiarise themselves with basic texts on the anthropology that will be referenced in our programme. Reading these texts is not compulsory. If you wish to be prepared for your studies you may find this useful as a preliminary reading list. 

Assessment of the candidates

1. Letter of Motivation: 40 points (min. required 28 points)

What we assess: Ability to articulate the reasons for pursuing a degree in anthropology, ability to link your interests to the Anthropology programme; ability to discuss future prospects related to the study field and programme, ability to demonstrate strong writing and communication skills.

2. Interview and discussion of the articles: 60 points (min. requirement 42 points)

What we assess: Ability to justify the choice of the study programme and find arguments in favour of the particular study field; ability to discuss future prospects; ability to discuss one’s own previous studies.

Important! Only applicants receiving the minimum required points for motivation letter will be invited for the interview.

How we assess
The examination board will assess each candidate individually based on the established criteria. For the written part, each board member will assess the candidates based on the submitted motivation letter and record their scores in a table which calculates the applicant’s average score. Based on this average, candidates are either invited or not invited to the interview. Only applicants receiving minimum of 28 points for the motivation letter will be invited to the interview. During the interview stage, each board member will assess the candidates individually and record their scores in a table that calculates the applicant’s average score. A designated board member will lead the interview, but all members may ask questions. After each interview the board members discuss, however the scores are still entered individually into the table, which calculates the average score and determines the final subtotal points.

Find more information about the deadlines here.

Joanna Grace Burgess

MA Anthropology, AVE pathway (2021)

When I first wandered down the cobbled streets of Tallinn's old town, I was struck with the realisation of how lucky I was. I hadn't heard much about Estonia before arriving here, and it is always a risk to take a step into the unknown, but I'm so glad that I did. Read more.

Kanchi Ganatra

MA Anthropology (2020)

"My fieldwork experience provided critical context for my work and helped me truly see through the eyes of my research participants, if only for a few hours. This is the power of anthropology, and this is why I chose Tallinn University. My department gave me the guidance, support, and academic freedom to pursue a challenging and deeply important topic. I owe them one of my life’s most intense, meaningful experiences." Read about her fieldwork experience here.

Anete Bertholde 

MA Anthropology (2019), Public Relations Specialist at Latvian road maintenance cooperative

"The brightest memory I have of the anthropology studies is doing fieldwork in the USA in summer of 2018. Doing my fieldwork in Latvian youngsters summer high school in America, which turned out very challenging, I became more confident about myself but at the same time more humble and the overall fieldwork experience in my life became a turning point to better understand myself and the world. Currently, I am back in Latvia continuing to work in public relations and in the spare time preparing stories for several Latvian lifestyle magazines and working on my first book about famous Latvian healer.

Even though my daily life is saturated with many events I miss anthropology studies as during the studies every week I had a chance to learn new information about different cultures, why people behave the way they behave and how to become more human."

Jennifer McGreevey 

MA Anthropology (2019), Client Account Coordinator

I graduated from the Social Anthropology program in 2019. After two and a half years in Europe, I moved back to the United States with a very different perspective on both my home country and the world at large. I now work in financial services, with the goal of eventually moving into the research department to do high-level, global research or into the growing sector of socially responsible investing, in order to utilize the knowledge of culture and humanity I gained from my graduate studies and experiences in Estonia.
Now I have a job working in asset management.  I have plans to try and get into the research department working on research for ESG investing, a growing field that tries to drive global investments towards environmentally sustainable and socially responsible companies. Tallinn was such a special and unforgettable time for me.
 

Read Jennifer's blog post here.

Olga Usova

MA Anthropology (2019), Verification Specialist at Veriff, Linguistics

In spring 2017, I was looking forward to returning to studies after my post BA gap year. I used to study Linguistics but for MA I decided to change the focus.  However, I had so many different interests: from sustainable development and environmental issues to languages, multiculturalism and work organization. It was extremely difficult to choose one direction. When I saw the description of the Anthropology MA program at Tallinn University I was sure that it was what I was looking for: an interdisciplinary approach and an opportunity to do research in multiple fields. For two years of studies, I was able to learn a lot about research methods in Anthropology, particularly participant observation,  multicultural problems, how we perceive the world and why. I also had a chance to spend a  semester studying at Heidelberg University, the oldest German university, and conduct my own 2-month anthropological fieldwork in a Finnish NGO,  which resulted in my MA thesis "Understanding Success: A Case of an Environmental NGO.  

Currently, I'm working at a fast-growing Estonian start-up, and I'm sure that I won't be where I'm now without studying Anthropology.  The great thing about Anthropology is that there are no limits to research topics.  In fact, any of your interests can be developed into an MA thesis or even a life-long study. The knowledge you get from this program is priceless as it is about understanding people and their behavior. 

Rajat Nayyar

MA Anthropology, AVE pathway (2018), Social Anthropologist, Filmmaker,
PhD Researcher in Theatre and Performance Studies, York University. 

"While I was studying anthropology at Tallinn University, I began to look deeply into the 'everyday' life. There was no turning back; the ethics of collaboration demanded innovative ways to subvert power relations between, and within, the researcher and the participants. At each moment, I was also strongly aware of my shifting relationship with the camera. It was further challenged, left to drown in the sea, and gradually transformed into a rock by filmmaker Kersti Uibo, who taught me how to listen and see more intensely. Time spent with Kersti on developing my thesis film was similar to my Dhrupad singing classes in India, where I was asked to reach a state of thoughtlessness before riyaz. Carlo Cubero provided me with a solid foundation in Anthropology; his classes unmasked its colonial roots and revealed the workings of power (and resistance) within our discipline..., in a neo-liberal University, in the streets of Tallinn, in post-Soviet Estonia, at the ghats of Kashi, and in the world. He demanded strong ethics while pushing for the collaborative creation of ethnographic knowledge; he wouldn't even accept a single 'zoom' shot in the film assignments for his anthropological filmmaking class. Without Marje Ermel, I wouldn't have been able to deal with my research on dying, death and the politics-of-care in Kashi, India. She especially supported me throughout a lengthy period when my field site was shut down for renovation, and she helped me perceive this time as an opportunity for self-cultivation and to further my knowledge about the topic. The warmest of friends from Tallinn, especially my batchmates Steven Vihalem-glitch-poet and Kadriann Kibus-filmmaker, inspired me immensely to dissolve boundaries between anthropology, art, spirituality and activism. I am very grateful to everyone at Tallinn University, and all my friends in Estonia. I will never forget this experience."
Rajat's current research interests are directed towards verbal performative traditions, everyday acts of resistance and collaborative fiction filmmaking. His research project is hosted at the Theatre and Performance Studies at York University. He is now working as a Co-editor of the Performance Ethnography section at Centre for Imaginative Ethnography, a transnational Research-Creation network.

Ayuk Nyakpo Orock

MA Anthropology (2016), Counsellor at the Finnish Red Cross

“My two years in the MA Anthropology programme of the School of Humanity in Tallinn University taught me that diversity itself - seen in body shapes and sizes, customs, clothing, speech, religion and worldview - provides a frame through which we can understand any single aspect of life in any given society. Anthropology at TLU with its interdisciplinary approach and diverse ways of viewing a wide variety of topical issues enabled me gain skills in anthropological research in understanding, analysing and resolving global problems."

Liisi Laanemets

MA Anthropology (2011)

“I graduated 2011 and since then I have worked in Estonian Public Broadcasting as editor in the music archive (2008-2014) and for the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra as orchestral librarian (since 2014) as well as lectured in the Estonian Academy of Theatre and Music. Anthropology gave me an excellent view to another course of humanity. And I was thinking during my studies and still do - anthropology in Tallinn University has a versatile, interesting and inspirational curriculum.”

Kirsika Olev

MA Anthropology (2013), Consultant at Estravel

“I was among the first students that were admitted to study Anthropology in Tallinn University in 2006 and graduated with my Master’s degree in 2013. From the very start of my studies, I became interested in the anthropology of tourism. Hence, both my Bachelor’s and Master’s theses were connected with tourism and the way different people perceive their surroundings while both travelling and working in the tourism industry. From the beginning of my Master’s studies, I have also been working as a travel consultant in the biggest travel agency in the Baltics – Estravel.”

Pavel Borecky

Ma Anthropology, AVE pathway (2016)

Social anthropologist, non-fiction filmmaker and social innovator; PhD candidate of Bern University

"I can safely say that anthropology allowed me to slow down a bit, to focus on what I have always wanted to focus on – visual anthropology – and to challenge myself during the production of several film projects. It has been a joy to thrive in the international environment of the university and to engage with a very friendly and dedicated staff of  the School of Humanities and the Baltic Film and Media School. Without such an involvement I would hardly be allowed to enter Swiss educational system, or be appointed EASA's Applied Anthropology Network co-convenor."

Graduate career options

Anthropologists make valuable contributions in the following fields:

• Education/Outreach
• Archaeology
• Cultural Resource Management (CRM)
• Historic Preservation
• Museum/Curation/Project Design
• Community Development
• Advocacy (Human Rights/Social Justice)
• Computers/Software Development/Information Technology
• Design (products and/or services)
• Ethnography/Cultural AnthropologyHealth
• Environment and Natural Resources 
• Tourism/Heritage
• Management Consulting/Organizational Development/Training
• Humanitarian Efforts
• Theatre and Performance Studies

Further study opportunities

All our graduates have either continued on to postgraduate studies or found employment in the public and private sector.

Researchers interested in pursuing doctoral studies in Anthropology at Tallinn University can do so within the Studies of Cultures programme.

• Specific questions regarding the programme should be directed to the School of Humanities:
  Maris Peters

• For additional guidelines regarding admission procedure please contact the international admission specialist. 

• Questions regarding student life at Tallinn University:

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