Philipp Budka is a social anthropologist interested in media, technologies, identity construction, social networks, community concepts, production and transfer of knowledge, learning and teaching, ethnographic methods, and football culture. He is currently doing work in a variety of fields such as Northwestern Ontario, Canada, several internet environments, and the University of Vienna, Austria.
current activities
In the winter term 2008/09, Philipp together with Elke Mader is organizing a course on 'Field Practices in Media Anthropology' at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna.
In January 2008, Philipp received a research scholarship of the University of Vienna (Forschungsstipendium der Universität Wien, FNr. 299, Feb-Dec 2008) to work on his dissertation project 'Indigenous Peoples and Information and Communication Technologies: Networks, Cultural Representations and Identities in Northwestern Ontario, Canada'.
Since October 2007, Philipp is working at the eLearning Centre of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Vienna within the e-learning project 'eSOWI-STEP - Gemeinsame Studieneingangsphase der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften' ('Joint Introduction Phase for Students at the Faculty of Social Sciences').
In 2004, Philipp has started his dissertation studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna. His PhD project investigates Canadian indigenous organisations, networks, and programs and their uses of the internet, both from an on- and off-line perspective.
Philipp is member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) and the Media Anthropology Network of the EASA, for which he runs the website. He is also member of the Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien (Society for Canadian Studies in German Speaking Countries), the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), RICTA (Research on ICT with Aboriginal Communities) and the Plattform für Kulturen, Integration und Gesellschaft (Platform for Culture, Integration and Society), the alumni organisation of the Viennese Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology.
previous activities
From 2006 to 2008 Philipp was employed at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna, where he was working within the e-learning project 'Strategien für vernetztes Lernen' ('Strategies for Networked Learning').
In the winter term 2007/08, Philipp was supporting the fieldwork seminar 'Bollywood in Vienna' (Prof. Elke Mader) at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna. In particular he was working with the internet research group of the seminar.
In the winter term 2006/07, Philipp gave a lecture on the 'Anthropology of Media' at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna.
In the winter term 2005/06, he supported the lecture 'Introduction to Economic Anthropology' (Prof. Elke Mader) as tutor at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology.
From 2003 to 2006, Philipp was employed at the Austrian Latin America Institute (LAI) in Vienna, where he was, amongst others, in charge of the online learning systems Latin American Studies Online (LASON) and OEKU-Online, the preparation of project proposals (e.g. the EU-funded project LAC-ACCESS), and the co-organisation of conferences (e.g. EU-LAC Senior Officials Meeting on Science and Technology).
Philipp Budka studied Social and Cultural Anthropology and Communications at the University of Vienna, Austria and Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He graduated with a MA degree in 2003, finishing his studies with a master's thesis about indigenous groups and computer networks.
awards, grants and scholarships
Philipp has been granted the University of Vienna's Research Scholarship for 2008 (Forschungsstipendium der Universität Wien, FNr. 299).
In January 2008, Philipp was awarded the price of the German Foundation for Canadian Studies (Promotionsstipendium der Stiftung für Kanada-Studien, Projektnummer: T191/17475/2008/hk).
In 2007, Philipp received a scholarship for Academic Research Abroad of the University of Vienna (Stipendium für Kurzfristiges Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im Ausland der Universität Wien).
(For a detailed CV, in German or English, please contact Philipp Budka.)
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2008
Budka, Philipp. 2008. 'How "real life" issues affect the social life of online networked communities', in C. Trupp and P. Budka (eds.), Austrian Studies in Social Anthropology - Sondernummer KSA-Tage 2007 (Workshop Medien und Film), Jun. 2008: 50-61.
Budka, Philipp. 2008. 'Anthropologie der Medien' (Anthropology of media), Die Maske: Zeitschrift für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, No. 2: 25-27.
Budka, Philipp, Mader, Elke, Anderl, Elisabeth and Johann Stockinger. 2008. 'Strategies for networked learning in social science education', in Luca, J. and E. R. Weippl (eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Mader, Elke, Budka, Philipp, Anderl, Elisabeth, Stockinger, Johann and Ernst Halbmayer. 2008. 'Blended learning strategies for methodology education in an Austrian social science setting', in Luca, J. and E. R. Weippl (eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Schallert, Claudia, Budka, Philipp and Andrea Payrhuber. 2008. 'Die interaktive Vorlesung: Ein Blended Learning Modell für Massenvorlesungen im Rahmen der gemeinsamen Studieneingangsphase der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften (eSOWI-STEP)' (The interactive lecture: a blended learning model for mass lectures within the scope of the joint introduction phase for students at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna), in Zauchner, S, Baumgartner, P, Blaschitz, E. and A Weissenbäck (eds.), Offener Bildungsraum Hochschule. Freiheiten und Notwendigkeiten. Medien in der Wissenschaft 48. Münster: Waxmann Verlag.
Trupp, Claudia and Philipp Budka. 2008. 'Einleitung' (Introduction), in C. Trupp and P. Budka (eds.), Austrian Studies in Social Anthropology - Sondernummer KSA-Tage 2007 (Workshop Medien und Film), Jun. 2008: 1-2.
2007
Budka, Philipp, Mader, Elke, Stockinger, Johann, Prilisauer, Katrin and Elisabeth Anderl. 2007. 'Interactive computer aided learning in social science education: strategies, scenarios, tools, and evaluations of an e-learning environment at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna', in M. Auer (ed.), International Conference Interactive Computer Aided Learning: ePortfolio and Quality in e-learning. Kassel: Kassel University Press.
Budka, Philipp, Stockinger, Johann, Mader, Elke and Elisabeth Anderl. 2007. 'Wiki-Systeme als eLearning-Instrumente im universitären Kontext: Über das Potenzial der Dynamisierung von Lernunterlagen durch Wiki-Verknüpfungen' (Wiki systems as e-learning tools in the university context: about the potential of dynamising learning units through wiki links), in J. Stockinger and H. Leitner (eds.), Wikis im Social Web. Wikiposium 2005/06. Wien: Österreichische Computergesellschaft.
Mader, Elke and Philipp Budka. 2007. 'Das eLearning Projekt Strategien für vernetztes Lernen am Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie' (The e-learning project 'strategies for networked learning' at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna), Die Maske: Zeitschrift für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, No. 1: 76-78.
Payrhuber, Andrea, Schallert, Claudia and Philipp Budka. 2007. 'Blended Learning in Massenvorlesungen - Gemeinsame Studieneingangsphase der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften (eSOWI-STEP)' (Blended learning in mass lectures: the University of Vienna's Faculty of Social Sciences' core curriculum), Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung (ZFHE), Vol. 2/ No. 4: 34-49.
2006
Budka, Philipp. 2006. 'E-Learning in den Sozialwissenschaften. Erfahrungen mit einem Blended Learning Modell am Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie der Universität Wien' (E-Learning in the social sciences: experiences with a blended learning model at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna), Soziale Technik, 2/2006: 9-11.
Mader, Elke, Stockinger, Johann, Budka, Philipp and Barbara Reisner. 2006. 'Wissensproduktion im inter- und transdisziplinären Kontext: die Erstellung und Nutzung der eLearning Inhalte LASON und OEKU-Online' (Knowledge production in inter- and transdisciplinary context: the construction and use of the e-learning environments LASON and OEKU-Online), in A. Mettinger, P. Oberhuemer and C. Zwiauer (eds.), eLearning an der Universität Wien. Münster: Waxmann Verlag. Abstract.
2005
Budka, Philipp, Mader, Elke, Stockinger, Johann and Axel Borsdorf. 2005. 'From inter- to transdisciplinary content production in web based learning systems: experiences with LASON and OEKU-Online', in M. E. Auer, U. Auer and R. Mittermeir (eds.), International Conference Interactive Computer Aided Learning: Ambient and Mobile Learning. Kassel: Kassel University Press.
2004
Budka, Philipp. 2004. 'Indigene Widerstandsbewegungen im Kontext von Globalisierung und Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien. Das Fallbeispiel der EZLN in Mexiko' (Indigenous resistance movements in the context of globalisation and information and communication technologies. The case of the EZLN in Mexico), Journal für Entwicklungspolitik (JEP), Vol. XX, 2004/1: 33-44. (PDF, 60 KB)
Budka, Philipp and Manfred Kremser. 2004. 'CyberAnthropology - Anthropology of CyberCulture', in S. Khittel, B. Plankensteiner and M. Six-Hohenbalken (eds.), Contemporary Issues in Socio-Cultural Anthropology. Perspectives and Research Activities from Austria. Wien: Loecker Verlag. (PDF, 715 KB)
Budka, Philipp, Mader, Elke and Johann Stockinger. 2004. 'Interdisciplinarity and interculturality in cyberspace: the learning system Latin American Studies Online', in F. Sudweeks and C. Ess (eds.), Fourth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication 2004. Murdoch: Murdoch University.
Mader, Elke, Stockinger, Johann, Reisner, Barbara and Philipp Budka. 2004. 'Latin American Studies Online: an interdisciplinary learning system', in L. Cantoni and C. McLoughlin (eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
2003
Budka, Philipp, Mader, Elke and Johann Stockinger. 2003. 'Interkulturalität und Interdisziplinarität im Cyberspace: Das Lernsystem Lateinamerika-Studien Online' (Interdisciplinarity and interculturality in cyberspace: the learning system Latin American Studies Online), TRANS - Internetzeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften, No.15/2003, Online: http://www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/10_2/budka15.htm
Papers and presentations at conferences
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2008
Budka, Philipp. 2008. 'Indigenous territories on the World Wide Web: How First Nation people in Northwestern Ontario make themselves at home online'. Paper at 'Internet Research 9.0 Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers', Copenhagen, Denmark: IT University of Copenhagen, 16-18 October.
Chairing of the session 'Territorial identities', 16 October.
Budka, Philipp. 2008. 'Indigenous media technology production in Northern Ontario, Canada'. Paper at '10th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)', Ljubljana, Slovenia: University of Ljubljana, 26-30 August.
Co-chairing of the workshop W071 'Media, technology, and knowledge cultures: anthropological perspectives on issues of diversity, mutuality and exclusion', 29 August.
Budka, Philipp. 2008. 'Blended learning strategies for methodology education in an Austrian social science setting'. Paper at 'ED-MEDIA: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications', Vienna, Austria: Vienna University of Technology, 30 June - 4 July.
Budka, Philipp and Elke Mader. 2008. 'Strategies for networked learning in social science education', Paper at 'ED-MEDIA: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications', Vienna, Austria: Vienna University of Technology, 30 June - 4 July.
Budka, Philipp. 2008. 'Populärkulturen in einer First Nation Internet Umgebung: Hip Hop als Element jugendlicher Identitätskonstruktion und Repräsentation'. Paper at 'Wiener Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie', Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 10-11 April.
Schallert, Claudia, Budka, Philipp and Andrea Payrhuber. 2008. 'Die interaktive Vorlesung: Ein Blended Learning Modell für Massenvorlesungen im Rahmen der gemeinsamen Studieneingangsphase der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften (eSOWI-STEP)'. Paper at '13. Europäischen Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft (GMW)', Krems, Austria: Danube University Krems, 17-18 September.
2007
Budka, Philipp. 2007. 'Introduction to the section "Indigenous peoples knowledge society: transformations and challenges"'. Presentation at 'KCTOS Conference: Knowledge, Creativity and Transformations of Societies', Vienna, Austria, 7 December.
Mader, Elke, Budka, Philipp, Anderl, Elisabeth, Stockinger, Johann and Gertraud Seiser. 2007. '"Strategien für vernetztes Lernen": Erfahrungen, Resultate und Inhalte'. Presentation at the 'Friday Lectures of the Centre for Teaching Development of the University of Vienna', Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 30 November.
Budka, Philipp. 2007. 'The new mediation of traumatic experiences: the First Nations online environment MyKnet.org and suicides in Northern Ontario, Canada'. Paper at 'Sites/Cites of Trauma Workshop', Gothenburg, Sweden:Gothenburg University, 5-6 October.
Budka, Philipp and Elisabeth Anderl. 2007. 'Interactive computer aided learning in social science education: strategies, scenarios, tools, and evaluations of an e-learning environment at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna'. Paper at 'International Conference Interactive Computer Aided Learning 2007', Villach, Austria, 26-28 September.
Bell, Brandi, Budka, Philipp and Adam Fiser. 2007. '"We were on the outside looking in" - MyKnet.org: a First Nations online social network in Northern Ontario'. Paper at the '5th Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking (CRACIN) Workshop', Montreal, Canada: Concordia University, 20-22 June.
Budka, Philipp, Grünberg, Georg and Claudia Trupp. 2007. 'Indigene und Internet in den Amerikas. Ein komparatives medienanthropologisches Projekt'. Presentation at 'Wiener Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie', Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 26-27 April.
Budka, Philipp. 2007. 'Ausgewählte theoretische Überlegungen zu einer Anthropologie der Medien'. Paper at '4. Treffen deutschsprachiger Südamerika- und KaribikforscherInnen', Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 1-4 March.
2006
Budka, Philipp and Johann Stockinger. 2006. 'Dynamisierung statischer Lerneinheiten durch automatische Wiki-Verknüpfungen'. Presentation at '2nd Austrian Wikiposium', Vienna, Austria: Austrian Computer Society, 25 November.
Budka, Philipp and Elke Mader. 2006. 'E-learning in the social sciences: experiences with creating communities, networks and strategies'. Paper at 'Learning Communities Conference', Klagenfurt, Austria: Klagenfurt University, 9-11 November.
Budka, Philipp. 2006. 'The quest for strategies to integrate e-learning in social anthropology: first experiences from Austria'. Paper at '9th Biennial European Associaten of Social Anthropologists Conference', Bristol, UK: University of Bristol, 18-21 September.
Mader, Elke, Stockinger, Johann, Halbmayer, Ernst, Budka, Philipp and Elisabeth Anderl. 2006. 'Strategien für vernetztes Lernen. Eine Lernumgebung zu Methoden und Grundlagenwissen'. Poster at 'eLearning Informationstag der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften', Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 21 June.
Budka, Philipp. 2006. 'Medienanthropologie: Einblicke in ein aufstrebendes Forschungsfeld'. Paper at 'Wiener Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie', Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 30-31 March.
2005
Budka, Philipp. 2005. 'How "real life" topics affect the life of online communities and networks'. Paper at 'Innovations and Reproductions in Cultures and Societies (IRICS)', Vienna, Austria, 9-11 December.
Budka, Philipp. 2005. 'Das interdisziplinäre Web-basierte Lernsystem "Lateinamerika-Studien Online"'. Presentation at 'Geschichte am Mittwoch', Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 19 October.
Budka, Philipp and Elke Mader. 2005. 'From inter- to transdisciplinary content production in web based learning systems: experiences with LASON and OEKU-Online', Presentation at 'International Conference Interactive Computer Aided Learning 2005', Villach, Austria, September.
Budka, Philipp. 2005. 'Neue Medien als Forschungsfelder und Instrumente der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie'. Presentation at 'Wiener Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie', Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 24-25 June.
2004
Budka, Philipp. 2004. 'Indigene Organisationen und Computernetzwerke. Eine ethnographische Online-Untersuchung mit Beispielen aus Lateinamerika'. Paper at '3. Treffen deutschsprachiger Südamerika- und Karibikforscher', Marburg, Germany: University of Marburg, 8-10 October.
Mader, Elke and Philipp Budka. 2004. 'Lateinamerika-Studien Online - LASON: Ein interdisziplinäres Lernsystem'. Presentation at '3. Treffen deutschsprachiger Südamerika- und Karibikforscher', Marburg, Germany: University of Marburg, 8-10 October.
Budka, Philipp. 2004. 'Interdisciplinarity and interculturality in cyberspace: the learning system Latin American Studies Online'. Paper at 'Fourth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication 2004', Karlstad, Sweden: Karlstad University, 27 June-1 July.
Co-chairing of Session 6 'Culture, Communication and E-Learning', 30 June.
Budka, Philipp and Michael Giongo. 2004. 'Lateinamerika-Studien Online - Eine Posterpräsentation'. Presentation at '4. Passauer Lateinamerikagespräche', Passau, Germany: University of Passau, 4-6 June.
Giongo, Michael and Philipp Budka. 2004. 'Projekte am Österreischischen Lateinamerika-Institut. Lateinamerika-Studien Online und OEKU-Online'. Presentation at '20. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichische Lateinamerika-Forschung', Strobl/Wolfgangsee, Austria: Bundesinst. für Erwachsenenenbildung, 14-16 May.
2003
Budka, Philipp. 2003. 'Indigene Widerstandsbewegungen im Kontext von Globalisierung und Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien. Das Fallbeispiel der EZLN in Mexiko'. Paper at 'Entwicklungstagung 2003', Graz, Austria: Karl-Franzens-Universität, 6-7 December.
Budka, Philipp. 2003. 'Interkulturalität und Interdisziplinarität im Cyberspace: Das Lernsystem Lateinamerika-Studien Online'. Paper at 'Das Verbindende der Kulturen', Vienna, Austria: Austria Center Vienna, 7-9 November.
Budka, Philipp. 2003. 'ICTs und kulturelle Vielfalt: Indigene und Internet'. Presentation at 'ICTs als Aktionsfeld der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit',Vienna, Austria: Centre International Universitaire, 16 June.
Lectures and Guest Lectures
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Budka, Philipp. 2008. 'Indigene Bewegungen und Internettechnologien. Beispiele aus Mexiko und Kanada' ('Indigenous movements and internet technologies: examples from Mexico and Canada'). Guest lecture within the scope of the lecture 'Indigene Bewegungen in Lateinamerika' ('Indigenous movements in Latin America'), Vienna, Austria: Dept. of History, University of Vienna, 11 January.
Budka, Philipp. 2006/2007. 'Anthropologie der Medien: Medientechnologien als Forschungsfelder der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie' ('Anthropology of media: media technologies as fields of research in social and cultural anthropology'). Lecture at the Dept. of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, October 2006 - January 2007. Find more information on Philipp's University of Vienna website.
Unpublished Papers
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Budka, Philippp. 2001. 'Evaluation von Online-Ressourcen - Ein Überblick' Seminar paper at the Department of Communications, Vienna: University of Vienna. (PDF, 245 KB)
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