Sociocultural anthropologist exploring media, tech, infrastructures, visuality, activism, and internet histories
As a sociocultural anthropologist, Philipp has been exploring media, technologies, infrastructures, visuality, activism, and internet histories. He has been doing ethnographic fieldwork in Canada, Austria, and several internet environments. Currently, he is investigating infrastructures in the North American Arctic. Philipp is co-convenor of the European Association of Social Anthropologists’ Media Anthropology Network and co-founder of the Digital Ethnography Initiative at the University of Vienna. His research has resulted in a variety of publications, such as the edited volumes Theorising Media and Conflict and Ritualisierung – Mediatisierung – Performance.