MA "Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices"

07/05/2026

Our student Elias spent an Erasmus semester in Ljubljana. For our blog, he has written a personal report about his time in Slovenia’s capital, reflecting on his academic experiences, cultural discoveries, and everyday student life abroad.

Check out the full article on our blog — link in bio.

02/04/2026

We’ve decided to extend the application deadline for our Master Program „Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices“ by two more months! 🎓
You now have until May 31 to submit your application documents. We look forward to receiving your application!

03/03/2026

Tomorrow, on 04 March 2026 at 04pm CEST, our next online info session will take place. During the info session, we will provide some general information about our study program and answer your questions. The info session will take place via Zoom. Registration via DM.

28/01/2026

🗓️ Last-minute event tip for tonight:
Our student will be screening the 30-minute documentary “UNITY IN DIVERSITY”as part of the special exhibition “Colonialism”this evening at the Münster City Museum , starting at 6:00 p.m.

All are invited to the Museum Education Center of the City Museum to experience this documentary about the exciting theater exchange from Münster’s twin city of Tamale in Ghana. The project was funded by Engagement Global, with funds from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

At the initiative of the Cactus Young Theater Münster, three theater groups from Ghana and Kenya, normally separated by 5,000 kilometers, met in October 2025 for a cultural exchange.

Documentary filmmaker Elikem Ayeke captured the groups’ time together in Tamale. The film thoroughly documents the sharing of common experiences and the actors’ mutual learning.

Barbara Kemmler from the Cactus Young Theater — one of 15 cooperation partners of the special exhibition at the City Museum — will moderate the event. In addition, Ayeke and co-organizer Kwabena Bosompem will also be present.

A Q&A session with the audience will be held after the film.

27/01/2026

Check out our blog:
https://professional-school.uni-muenster.de/en/tag/visual-blog/

15/01/2026

We are happy to share a video presentation that our students Fatima and Basil produced for our colleagues at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Münster.

Boris Mitic introduces module 6 "Professional Project Development & Funding Strategies" of the master program in detail.

12/01/2026

We warmly invite you to our next film screening evening at the Schloßtheater Münster .ms as part of the Filmclub Münster in cooperation with Münster Filmwerkstatt.

🎬 Graduation Film Screening
📅 February 23, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Schloßtheater Münster

On this evening, four graduation films by graduates of our Master Program “Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices” will be screened. The films deal with topics such as the personal search for a forgotten family history in South India, creative transformation after experiences of imprisonment, ritual tattooing practices in Thailand, and gender norms in the Netherlands.

Between the individual screenings, there will be opportunities for discussion with the filmmakers. The discussions will be held in English and translation will be available.

Filmmaker: Atiruj Jerddeesakul
Film Title: The Ritualist (2025)

Filmmaker: Merel Raats
Film Title: The Uncapturables - A Gender Non-Reveal Party

Filmmaker: Himerria Wortham
Film Title: Endless Echoes Within

Filmmaker: Geetanjali Gurlhosur
Film Title: A Shadow of a Woman

09/01/2026

We would like to invite you to a digital information session on January 14 at 04:00 pm CEST. This will be your chance to learn more about our master program, meet the co-director of the program, Thomas John, and get a chance to ask us any questions that you might have.

The session will take place as a video call via the service Zoom. Feel free to send us a PN if you would like to participate. We would be happy to welcome you!

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03/12/2025

Applications for our master program in “Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices” (M.A.) are now open and will be accepted until March 31, 2026.

Our master program trains students in (1) theory and practice of audio-visual anthropology, (2) the documentary arts (film/photography/installation), as well as (3) media culture and media anthropology. Students learn about the theoretical and practical foundations of audio-visual anthropology, they gain experience in film production, project and film/media proposal development, as well as (audio-) visual installation, web-documentary or other forms of multimodal media production. The language of instruction in the master program is English.

We look forward to receiving your applications.
 
 

13/11/2025

Applications for our master program “Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices” (M.A.) are now open and will be accepted until March 31, 2026

The master program "Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices" trains students in (1) theory and practice of audio-visual anthropology, (2) the documentary arts (film/photography/installation), as well as (3) media culture and media anthropology. Students learn about the theoretical and practical foundations of audio-visual anthropology, they gain experience in film production, project and film/media proposal development, as well as (audio-) visual installation, web-documentary or other forms of multimodal media production. The language of instruction in the master program is English.

👉 More info: https://professional-school.uni-muenster.de/anthropology and blog: https://professional-school.uni-muenster.de/visual-blog