Philipp Budka is a social and cultural anthropologist interested in media technologies, information and communication technologies, indigenous media, transnationalism, social and cultural theory, ethnicity, production and transfer of knowledge, 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
Philipp is currently working at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Vienna to coordinate the project 'SOWI-STEOP - Gemeinsame sozialwissenschaftliche Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase' ('Joint Introduction and Orientation Phase for Students of the Social Sciences'). SOWI-STEOP continues and develops student-centred support activities by following best practice models of technology enhanced learning created within the project eSOWI-STEP.
Since 2006, Philipp is regularly giving lectures and seminars in the field of media anthropology at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna.
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, which started in 2006 with ethnographic fieldwork, investigates indigenous information and communication technology and media practices in the Canadian context.
Philipp is member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) and the Media Anthropology Network of the EASA. Within the Media Anthropology Network he is part of the network's committee and the website's editing team. Philipp is also member of the Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien (Society for Canadian Studies in German Speaking Countries), the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (Austrian Association for American Studies), the Association of Internet Researchers, 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.
He is also actively involved in the Interdisciplinary Internet Research Group (Forschungsgruppe Internet) at the University of Vienna and the initiative Participant Media Observation (Teilnehmende Medienbeobachtung) at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology.
previous activities
From 2007 to 2010 Philipp was working at the eLearning Centre of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Vienna, within the project 'eSOWI-STEP - Gemeinsame Studieneingangsphase der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften' ('Joint Introduction Phase for Students at the Faculty of Social Sciences').
From 2006 to 2008 he 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').
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 (Mag.Phil.) degree in 2003, finishing his studies with a master's thesis about indigenous groups and computer networks.
awards, grants and scholarships
Philipp was granted the University of Vienna's Research Scholarship in 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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2010
Budka, P., & Fiser, A. 2010. Indigenous Peoples knowledge society: transformation and challenges. Report and introduction to the section Indigenous Peoples Knowledge Society. TRANS - Internet Journal for Cultural Studies, 2010(17). Online: http://inst.at/trans/17Nr/8-2/8-2_sektionsbericht.htm
2009
Budka, P. 2009. Indigenous media technology production in Northern Ontario, Canada. In K.-D. Ertler & H. Lutz (Eds.), Canada in Grainau / Le Canada à Grainau: A multidisciplinary survey of Canadian Studies after 30 years (pp. 63-74). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Budka, P., & Schallert, C. 2009. Transforming learning infrastructures in the social sciences through flexible and interactive technology-enhanced learning. Learning Inquiry, 3(3), 131-142. Online: Abstract. [peer-reviewed]
Budka, P., & Trupp, C. 2009. Indigener Cyberaktivismus und transnationale Bewegungslandschaften im lateinamerikanischen Kontext (Indigenous cyberactivism and transnational landscapes of movement in the Latin American context). In J. Kastner & T. Waibel (Eds.), "... mit Hilfe der Zeichen / por medio de signos..." Transnationalismus, soziale Bewegungen und kulturelle Praktiken in Lateinamerika (pp. 207-226). Münster: LIT-Verlag.
Budka, P., Bell, B., & Fiser, A. 2009. MyKnet.org: How Northern Ontario's First Nation communities made themselves at home on the World Wide Web. The Journal of Community Informatics, 5(2), Online: http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/568/450 [peer-reviewed]
Budka, P., Schallert, C., & Payrhuber, A. 2009. Gemeinsame Studieneingangsphase der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Wien (eSOWI-STEP) - Angeleitetes Selbststudium mit Teaching Assistants in nicht-prüfungsimmanenten Blended Learning Vorlesungen (The joint introduction phase for students at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna (eSOWI-STEP): guided learning with teaching assistants in blended learning lectures). In Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre Austria (Ed.), Innovative Didaktik in berufsbegleitenden und Vollzeit-Studiengängen. Band zur 17. FNMA Tagung (pp. 87-93). Graz: Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre Austria.
Mader, E., & Budka, P. 2009. Shah Rukh Khan @ Berlinale. Bollywood Fans im Kontext medienanthropologischer Forschung (Shah Rukh Khan @ Berlinale: Bollywood fans in the context of media anthropological research). In C. Tieber (Ed.), Fokus Bollywood. Das indische Kino in wissenschaftlichen Diskursen (pp. 117-131). Münster: LIT-Verlag.
2008
Budka, P. 2008. How "real life" issues affect the social life of online networked communities. In C. Trupp & P. Budka (Eds.), Austrian Studies in Social Anthropology - Sondernummer KSA-Tage 2007 (Workshop Medien und Film), Jun. 2008, 50-61.
Budka, P. 2008. Anthropologie der Medien (Anthropology of media). Die Maske: Zeitschrift für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, 2008(2), 25-27.
Budka, P., Mader, E., Anderl, E., & Stockinger, J. 2008. Strategies for networked learning in social science education. In J. Luca & E. R. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (pp. 618-622). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. [peer-reviewed]
Mader, E., Budka, P., Anderl, E., Stockinger, J., & Halbmayer, E. 2008. Blended learning strategies for methodology education in an Austrian social science setting. In J. Luca & E. R. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (pp. 730-738). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. [peer-reviewed]
Schallert, C., Budka, P., & Payrhuber, A. 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 S. Zauchner, P. Baumgartner, E. Blaschitz & A. Weissenbäck (Eds.), Offener Bildungsraum Hochschule. Freiheiten und Notwendigkeiten (pp. 275-286). Medien in der Wissenschaft 48. Münster: Waxmann Verlag. [peer-reviewed]
Trupp, C., & Budka, P. 2008. Einleitung (Introduction). In C. Trupp & P. Budka (Eds.), Austrian Studies in Social Anthropology - Sondernummer KSA-Tage 2007 (Workshop Medien und Film), Jun. 2008, 1-2.
2007
Budka, P., Mader, E., Stockinger, J., Prilisauer, K., & Anderl, E. 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 (CD-ROM). Kassel: Kassel University Press. [peer-reviewed]
Budka, P., Stockinger, J., Mader, E., & Anderl, E. 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 & H. Leitner (Eds.), Wikis im Social Web. Wikiposium 2005/06 (pp. 199-211). Wien: Österreichische Computergesellschaft.
Mader, E., & Budka, P. 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, 2007(1), 76-78.
Payrhuber, A., Schallert, C., & Budka, P. 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), 2(4), 34-49. [peer-reviewed]
2006
Budka, P. 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, 2006(2), 9-11.
Mader, E., Stockinger, J., Budka, P., & Reisner, B. 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 & C. Zwiauer (Eds.), eLearning an der Universität Wien (pp. 305-321). Münster: Waxmann Verlag.
2005
Budka, P., Mader, E., Stockinger, J., & Borsdorf, A. 2005. From inter- to transdisciplinary content production in web based learning systems: experiences with LASON and OEKU-Online. In M. E. Auer, U. Auer, U. & R. Mittermeir (Eds.), International Conference Interactive Computer Aided Learning: Ambient and Mobile Learning (CD-ROM). Kassel: Kassel University Press. [peer-reviewed]
2004
Budka, P. 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, P., & Kremser, M. 2004. CyberAnthropology - Anthropology of CyberCulture. In S. Khittel, B. Plankensteiner & M. Six-Hohenbalken (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Socio-Cultural Anthropology. Perspectives and Research Activities from Austria (pp. 213-226). Wien: Loecker Verlag. (PDF, 715 KB)
Budka, P., Mader, E., & Stockinger, J. 2004. Interdisciplinarity and interculturality in cyberspace: the learning system Latin American Studies Online. In F. Sudweeks & C. Ess (Eds.), Fourth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication 2004 (pp. 558-563). Murdoch: Murdoch University. [peer-reviewed]
Mader, E., Stockinger, J., Reisner, B., & Budka, P. 2004. Latin American Studies Online: an interdisciplinary learning system. In L. Cantoni & C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2004: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (pp. 2254-2259). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. [peer-reviewed]
2003
Budka, P., Mader, E., & Stockinger, J. 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, 2003(15), Online: http://www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/10_2/budka15.htm
Papers and presentations at conferences
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2010
Budka, P. 2010. Popular culture and music in an indigenous online environment. Paper at "11th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)", Maynooth, Ireland: National University of Irland Maynooth, 24-27 August.
Co-chairing of the workshop W068 "Media Anthropology Network Workshop: The Rewards of Media", 25 August.
Budka, P. 2010. Indigene Medienproduktion im Nordwestlichen Ontario, Kanada. Presentation at "Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie", Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 22 April. Presentation with Prezi.
2009
Budka, P. 2009. Die Bedeutung von (kultureller) Identität in einer indigenen Online-Umgebung (MyKnet.org). Paper at "Internet und Identitätskonstruktion von Jugendlichen Workshop", Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 30 October.
Budka, P., & Mader, E. 2009. New forms of socialities on the web? A critical exploration of anthropological concepts to understand sociocultural online practices. Paper at "Web as Culture Conference", Giessen, Germany: University of Giessen, 16-18 July.
2008
Budka, P. 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, P. 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, P. 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, P. 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.
Budka, P., & Mader, E. 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.
Schallert, C., Budka, P., & Payrhuber, A. 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, P. 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.
Budka, P. 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, P. 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.
Budka, P., & Anderl, E. 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.
Budka, P., Grünberg, G., & Trupp, C. 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.
Bell, B., Budka, P., & Fiser, A. 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.
Mader, E., Budka, P., Anderl, E., Stockinger, J., & Seiser, G. 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.
2006
Budka, P. 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.
Budka, P. 2006. Medienanthropologie: Einblicke in ein aufstrebendes Forschungsfeld. Paper at "Wiener Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie", Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 30-31 March.
Budka, P., & Mader, E. 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, P., & Stockinger, J. 2006. Dynamisierung statischer Lerneinheiten durch automatische Wiki-Verknüpfungen. Presentation at "2nd Austrian Wikiposium", Vienna, Austria: Austrian Computer Society, 25 November.
Mader, E., Stockinger, J., Halbmayer, E., Budka, P., & Anderl, E. 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.
2005
Budka, P. 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, P. 2005. Das interdisziplinäre Web-basierte Lernsystem "Lateinamerika-Studien Online". Presentation at "Geschichte am Mittwoch", Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 19 October.
Budka, P. 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.
Budka, P., & Mader, E. 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.
2004
Budka, P. 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.
Budka, P. 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, P., & Giongo, M. 2004. Lateinamerika-Studien Online - Eine Posterpräsentation. Presentation at "4. Passauer Lateinamerikagespräche", Passau, Germany: University of Passau, 4-6 June.
Giongo, M., & Budka, P. 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.
Mader, E., & Budka, P. 2004. Lateinamerika-Studien Online - LASON: Ein interdisziplinäres Lernsystem. Presentation at "3. Treffen deutschsprachiger Südamerika- und Karibikforscher", Marburg, Germany: University of Marburg, 8-10 October.
2003
Budka, P. 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, P. 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, P. 2003. ICTs und kulturelle Vielfalt: Indigene und Internet. Presentation at "ICTs als Aktionsfeld der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit",Vienna, Austria: Centre International Universitaire, 16 June.
Unpublished Papers
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Budka, P. 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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