BA in Ethnology

In the age of globalization, it is more than ever necessary to describe and understand cultural practices and representations in their diversity and uniqueness. Culture, the central object of ethnology, is understood as the knowledge and behavior that a group of people shares and passes on. The groups studied in ethnology are extremely diverse, ranging from nomadic shepherds, rural communities, indigenous minorities, political refugees living in the diaspora, to neighborhood cultures. There is no regional limit. Rather, the Hamburg ethnology has a global comparative perspective, which is also reflected in the high diversity of the regional focus of the institute (Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe).