Research Master's Programs - Anthropology 2019-2021

Objective

To train professionals with solid tools of ethnographic investigation of field, capable of producing knowledge concerning problematic related to the culture, the politics and the power, the globalization, history and the memory in the Latin-American companies.

Likewise, the master´s seeks to strengthen in the students the aptitudes to interpret social, economic and political complex phenomena from anthropologic approaches, reaching to the production of alternatives of development compromised with the respect to the cultural differences and to the social equity.

Who is it for?

It is directed for professionals linked with the field of the social sciences who have interest to improve their capacities for researh, teaching, consultancy and the cultural and intercultural management in topics related to the field of Anthropology.

In addition, the offer gives opening to professionals in fields as medicine, law, ecology, local development, and other academic fields and professional exercise that have experience in topics related to the cultural processes. The program is particularly interested in promoting an intercultural discussion. The postulation of African descent, indigenous and sexually diverse students will be favored.

Occupational field

Academic and applied research, teaching, training, consulting on issues of cultural diversity, development and interculturality, heritage management, museographic projects, among others. The graduates of the master's degree can be inserted into a wide variety of governmental bodies at national and local level, NGOs, research centers, among others, with responsibilities in the design, execution and evaluation of qualitative research.

Curriculum structure

In order to get a Master’s degree, students must complete 64 credits in total, divided in:

Class schedule

Syllabus*

* Certain matters might be subject to changes.
** The students in addition can choose for the set of courses that offer FLACSO's different educational programs.

Lines of investigation

• Power
  
• Globalization
  
• Visuality

Admission requirements

Entry Process

All applicants will enter a selection process. Through the website: www.flacso.edu.ec, applicants must complete the application online, attach all required documentation and send it to FLACSO Ecuador. Selected applicants will be interviewed by FLACSO professors.

Stipend scholarships and financial assistance

Faculty

Full and associate professors

• Ardèvol Elisenda, Dra. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, España
• Bermúdez Patricia, Ph.D. in New Technologies, University of Bergen, Norway
• Bretón Víctor, Ph.D. University of Barcelona, Spain
• Cañizares Esguerra Jorge, University of Texas, USA
• Chauca Roberto, Ph.D. en Historia, University of Florida, Gainesville, EEUU
• Cuvi Nicolás, Ph.D. in Science History, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
• Ferraz Ana Lucía, Ph.D. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
• García Fernando, Dr. en Ciencias Sociales, IDES-Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina
• Kingman Eduardo, Ph.D. in Urban Anthropology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
• Prieto Mercedes, Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
• Salgado Mireya, Ph.D. in Social Science with specialization in Political Studies, FLACSO Ecuador
• Santillán Alfredo, Ph.D. in Social Studies, Universidad Externado de Colombia
• Thurner Mark, Ph.D. University of Florida
• Torres Alicia, Ph.D. in History of the Andes, FLACSO Ecuador
• Troya María Fernanda, Dra. Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, EHESS, París, Francia
• Uzendoski Michael, Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Virginia, USA

Visiting professors

• Bilhaut Anne-Gaël, Dra. Université Paris X Nanterre, Francia - Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos, Perú
• Burgos Hugo, Ph.D. The University of Iowa, USA - Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
• Cortez David, Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria
• Grünenfelder Barbara, Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology, City University of New York, USA
• Kohn Eduardo, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, EEUU - McGill University, Canadá
• León Christian, Ph.D. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina - Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador
• Núñez Jorge, Ph.D. en Antropología, Universidad de California, Davis
• Schlenker Alex, Dr. Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador - Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador
• Stevenson Lisa, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, EEUU - McGill University, Canadá
• Tuaza Luis Alberto, Ph.D. FLACSO Ecuador
• Zamorano Gabriela, Ph.D. City University of New York, USA - Colegio de Michoacán, México