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Career Paths in Museums and Archives

Collection work, contextualization, development of documentary films, subject-specific public relations 

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   - You are responsible for the conceptual and scholarly development of museum exhibitions.
  You contribute to subject-specific collections, such as those related to the culture of remembrance, intangible cultural heritage, or intercultural everyday life. In this role, you assist with the handling of objects in collection storage areas and enter them into museum databases.
  - You contextualize collection objects based on their social, cultural, and historical significance.
  - You develop concepts for scholarly cataloging, promotion, and target-audience-appropriate presentation of collection objects.
  - You are responsible for the strategic development of visual anthropology and ethnographic documentary films shown as part of exhibitions.
  - You collaborate with colleagues in the field as well as with knowledge holders and representatives of various cultural diaspora communities. 

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  - Museums, ethnographic museums
  - Cultural centers
  - Foundations
  - Documentation centers
  - Libraries
  - Galleries 

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  - EVIFA- Fachinformationsdienst Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie
  - H-Soz-Kult. Kommunikation und Fachinformation für Geisteswissenschaften
  - Newsletter "Brotgelehrte" Jobbörse
  - Deutscher Museumsbund
  - Campus Scout Netzwerk - Jobbörse
  - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie
  - Zeit- Stellenmarkt
  - Archivschule Marburg-Stellenanzeigen