Masters (MSc) programme in Digital Anthropology at University College London http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthro/digital-anthropology/ The *MSc in Digital Anthropology at UCL*, now accepting applications for its fourth year, is a world leader in the training of researchers in the social and cultural dimensions of information technologies and digital media. Facebook and YouTube. eBooks and massively-networked gaming. Mobile communications and the Internet of Things. Digital technology has become ubiquitous, woven not only into pedestrian artefacts and the built environment but into our social and spiritual lives. Museum displays migrate to the Internet, family communication in the Diaspora is dominated by new media, artists work with digital films and images. Anthropology and ethnographic research is fundamental to understanding the local consequences of these innovations, and to creating theories that help us acknowledge, understand and engage with them. Today's students need to become proficient with digital technologies as research and communication tools. Through combining technical skills with appreciation of social effects, students will be trained for further research and involvement in these emergent worlds. This MSc (nominally one year of full-time study) brings together three key components in the study of digital culture: 1. Skills training in digital technologies, including our own Digital Lab, from multimedia fieldnotes and video editing to digital asset management and virtual ethnography. 2. Anthropological theories of virtualism, materiality/immateriality and digitisation. 3. Understanding the consequences of digital culture through the ethnographic study of its social and regional impact and issues of the digital divide. University College London is one of the highest rated universities in the world according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Alumni of the Digital Anthropology programme have secured positions in both the public and private sectors, at organisations in fields ranging from design to marketing, game development to open content advocacy. The programme has fostered research engagements and placements with Skype, Microsoft, and Google among others. A major grant just awarded to department staff by the European Research Council will focus on social networking across a disparate array of countries, and a foundational edited volume on Digital Anthropology (edited by and featuring a number of staff within our own department, along with many other leaders in the field) is scheduled to be released this summer from Berg Publishers. The programme is suitable both for those with a prior degree in anthropology but also for those with degrees in neighbouring disciplines who wish to be trained in anthropological and related approaches to digital culture. There is scope for those with specialist interests to work closely with information system designers, curators, communication specialists as well as our own digital studio. In addition to its importance for careers such as media, design and museums, digital technology is also integral to development, theoretical and applied anthropology. For further information about this programme contact Dr. Lane DeNicola ( l.denicola@ucl.ac.uk). General and country-specific information for international applicants can be found at the International Office website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/international-students/ Applications are now handled exclusively online: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate-study/application-admissi... While the general application deadline is not until 3 August 2012, applicants who may have funding or visa contingencies are advised to apply by 1 March (or earlier, depending on the funding programmes being applied to). University College London has over 3,500 research staff and 17,000 students, ranking among the top three multi-faculty research and teaching universities in the UK. Located in the heart of Bloomsbury among the unique research resources of central London, which include excellent museum facilities as well as a dense network of specialist research and higher education institutions, the College provides an outstanding research base. The Department of Anthropology combines social and biological anthropology and material culture. Members of the Department carry out research in 49 countries, edit four international journals and run five research seminar series and specialist postgraduate research groups. There are over 140 postgraduate students funded by AHRC, ESRC, NERC, MRC, London University, British Academy, Institute of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Overseas Research Studentships, staff research programme awards, and various national governmental and international awards. UCL is thus one of the largest centres in the world for the training of PhD students in Anthropology. The Dept. of Anthropology at UCL is the world's leading centre for the study of Material and Visual Culture (we have eight specialist staff in material and visual culture). We currently supervise approximately fifty PhD students specifically in this field, including many with topics in Digital Anthropology. Amongst other activities members of this group edit the Journal of Material Culture, the journal Home Cultures, and several book series and (in collaboration with NYU) the weblog at materialworldblog.com. The Department encourages pure and theoretical research as well as providing strong links with applied and development projects. As well as holding top research standing, the Department has been rated excellent in successive teaching quality audits. There are 8 taught Masters courses and several undergraduate degrees (BSc Anthropology, BSc in Human Sciences, and Intercalated BScs in Medical Anthropology). -- Dr. Lane DeNicola Lecturer in Digital Anthropology Department of Anthropology University College London http://www.lanedenicola.name