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Socio Cultural Ant6
Cultural anthropology16
  • Sociocultural anthropology is a term used to refer to social anthropology and cultural anthropology together. (wikipedia.org)
  • The rubric cultural anthropology is generally applied to ethnographic works that are holistic in approach, are oriented to the ways in which culture affects individual experience, or aim to provide a rounded view of the knowledge, customs, and institutions of a people. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cultural anthropology focuses on how individuals make sense of the world around them using knowledge, beliefs, morals, arts, laws and customs of groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • Social' and 'cultural' anthropology was developed in the 1920s. (wikipedia.org)
  • Specialists in the respective fields of social and cultural anthropology were elemental in the foundations of the later developed synergy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Radcliffe-Brown and Bronislaw Malinowski marked the point of differentiation between social and cultural anthropology in 1930, evident in texts from this period. (wikipedia.org)
  • Before WWII, 'social' anthropology and 'cultural' anthropology were still separate entities in the field. (wikipedia.org)
  • Social anthropology includes topics dealing with social, political and economic anthropology, such as how families or villages are organized, while cultural anthropology focusses on the understandings, beliefs and practices of different groups of people. (athabascau.ca)
  • In Britain, this area of study is usually called social anthropology, and in the United States cultural anthropology. (athabascau.ca)
  • The Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology - a general encyclopaedia on central themes, ideas and historical background to the discipline. (uib.no)
  • This Master's programme in Cultural Anthropology: Sustainable Citizenship departs from an integrated understanding. (uu.nl)
  • If so, the Master's programme Cultural Anthropology: Sociocultural Transformation might be a better fit for your goals. (uu.nl)
  • This programme concentrates on the issue of power and (violent) conflict versus the state, while the Master's programme in Cultural Anthropology: Sustainable Citizenship focuses on citizenship in relation to a sustainable living environment. (uu.nl)
  • In the renowned 'Keuzegids Masters 2021', Cultural Anthropology: Sustainable Citzenship received a second highest score out of six one-year MA programmes in Cultural Anthropology in the Netherlands. (uu.nl)
  • This module introduces students to the empirical backbone of social and cultural anthropology: the practice of ethnographic fieldwork. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • This module introduces students to the major theoretical frameworks of social science, with special reference to social and cultural anthropology. (uni-goettingen.de)
Archaeology4
  • It was associated with the social sciences and linguistics rather than the human biology and archaeology studied in anthropology. (wikipedia.org)
  • Archaeology and physical anthropology provide a unique opportunity to examine the development of human society. (stfx.ca)
  • Graduate students are admitted to an MA/PhD program in one of three fields: Archaeology, Integrative Anthropological Sciences, or Sociocultural Anthropology. (ucsb.edu)
  • Together, they specialize within our three anthropology subfields: archaeology, biological anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology. (umn.edu)
Linguistic9
  • Sociocultural anthropology, which is understood to include linguistic anthropology, is concerned with the problem of difference and similarity within and between human populations. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the Fall Term, the students will meet once a week in seminar to read and discuss a selection of significant monographs and papers in cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic anthropology and a selection of writings on research methods and strategies in these fields. (umich.edu)
  • Linguistic anthropology is the study of the history, structure and function of language. (athabascau.ca)
  • She is an editorial board member of Journal of Linguistic Anthropology and an editorial advisory board member of Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology . (wiu.edu)
  • She is a member of the American Anthropological Association, the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, and the American Institute for Sri Lankan studies. (wiu.edu)
  • Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 27 (3): 368-379. (wiu.edu)
  • Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 22(2): E61-82. (wiu.edu)
  • The course focuses on the development of the human capacity for producing and perceiving language and examines the roots and evolution of linguistic diversity, the migration and expansion of languages in the past, as well as the cognitive and sociocultural aspects of language change in the prehistoric period. (lu.se)
  • The course features an array of theoretical, empirical and methodological aspects on the reconstruction of prehistoric language and language change, both qualitative and quantitative in nature, including philology, the comparative method, linguistic anthropology, computational modelling, phylogenetics and modelling of linguistic and cultural evolution. (lu.se)
Ethnographic5
  • Social anthropology is a term applied to ethnographic works that attempt to isolate a particular system of social relations such as those that comprise domestic life, economy, law, politics, or religion, give analytical priority to the organizational bases of social life, and attend to cultural phenomena as somewhat secondary to the main issues of social scientific inquiry. (wikipedia.org)
  • What makes anthropology is its tradition of ethnographic reporting: we go out and listen to people so as to understand their world and their problems and then report on what we have heard/learned with as little editorial correction as possible. (bloomsbury.com)
  • However, since anthropology is by definition engaged, you will move also toward engaged anthropology and explore collaborative ethnographic methods, such as participatory action research. (uu.nl)
  • Its purpose is, firstly, to provide student researchers with the theoretical and practical training they will need to design and successfully complete a master's level ethnographic research project within the anthropology of power rubric. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • Focused ethnographers, we argue, exemplify the practice of methodological boundary work, defining their method in contrast to the 'traditional' ethnographic approach of anthropology and sociology. (bvsalud.org)
Sociology and anthropology1
Biological1
  • Biological, or physical, anthropology extends the study of what it is to be human through time and space to focus on humans from a biological perspective, within an evolutionary framework. (athabascau.ca)
Historical anthropology1
  • Her research focuses on Political Islam, Political and Legal Anthropology, Historical Anthropology, Political Violence and Armed Conflict, Human Rights and Humanitarianism, Refugees Studies, and Comparative Muslim Societies. (washington.edu)
Faculty4
  • The Department of Anthropology is a medium-sized department with excellent faculty, high national visibility and a reputation for a first-rate graduate program. (ucsb.edu)
  • All of our faculty members conduct anthropology-centered interdisciplinary research . (umn.edu)
  • Faculty on all three University of Toronto campuses participate fully in the Anthropology graduate programs. (utoronto.ca)
  • She is an adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology and affiliated faculty with the Interdisciplinary Near and Middle East Program. (washington.edu)
Ethnography1
Assistant Professor2
  • The American University of Paris invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor position in Sociocultural Anthropology housed within the Department of Communication, Media and Culture beginning 1 August 2024. (appliedanthro.org)
  • Today, Levy is a specialist in contemporary Honduras and an assistant professor in Pacific Lutheran University's anthropology department . (plu.edu)
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Scholars2
  • Expert witness testimony is a way that sociocultural anthropology scholars are applying research for real-world results. (plu.edu)
  • To understand the social, cultural and legal complexities of this phenomena, scholars from different disciplines, namely, anthropology, sociology and law, will critically deconstruct and analyse it from a human rights based perspective. (lu.se)
Medical Anthropology Quarterly3
Explores2
  • Sociocultural anthropology explores the diversity of human societies and cultures, particularly peoples of the recent past and the present. (athabascau.ca)
  • Using theoretical approaches ranging from ecosocial theory, medical ecologic theory, phenomenologic and meaning-centered approaches, and critical medical anthropology, Singer explores a wide array of topics throughout the rest of the book. (cdc.gov)
Psychoanalysis1
  • Starting from the concept of Identity Negotiation, developed by Rosa and Santos (2013), the data interpretation was performed through an interdisciplinary perspective, particularly supported by interpretative theories arising from Psychoanalysis and Sociocultural Anthropology. (bvsalud.org)
20171
  • She has carried out long-term fieldworks in India and edited the volume Toward an Anthropology of Ambient Sound (Routledge, 2017) and co-edited Worship Sound Spaces. (lu.se)
Department6
  • This honors course sequence in anthropology is designed for undergraduate anthropology majors who have applied for senior honors in the Department of Anthropology. (umich.edu)
  • In consultation with the honors advisor the student may request any member of the Anthropology Department to serve as a main thesis advisor or second reader. (umich.edu)
  • Department foci relating to First Nations, development and general anthropology are introduced. (stfx.ca)
  • In particular, the department has just developed a Freshman Research Immersion (FRI) stream in molecular and biomedical anthropology, a research program for high-achieving freshmen that provides hands-on research experience in a laboratory setting. (academiccourses.nz)
  • The Anthropology Department has several resources to help undergraduates gain a sense of life after graduation, including a Career Resource Library that is maintained in the department office. (academiccourses.nz)
  • Doxa is a student association at the sociological department, whose members study everything from sociology, social anthropology, social psychology and much, much more! (lu.se)
Political anthropology1
  • Working at the intersections of medical and political anthropology, I write about health institutions and projects to transform health care provision in highland Bolivia. (scrippscollege.edu)
Master's1
  • In addition to the normal CeMIS requirements, students in the Anthropology of Power Study Focus must complete four compulsory modules, for a total of 24 credit units, and a master's thesis, for 30 credit units, with Dr. Roberts as their primary supervisor. (uni-goettingen.de)
Economic2
  • It focuses on the triangle of People, Planet, and Profit, pointing out that sustainability has not only an environmental meaning, yet also an economic and sociocultural one. (uu.nl)
  • It draws on studies in the anthropology of inequality and economic anthropology, and uses examples from India and a broad range of social formations, from hunter-gatherer to modern market economies. (uni-goettingen.de)
Undergraduate3
  • The Undergraduate Anthropology Organization is a student group on campus that sponsors field trips to museums, arranges career seminars, and organizes social events and academic forums to examine issues in anthropology. (academiccourses.nz)
  • Remaining credits (4) as electives, which may be taken in any area of anthropology or in a cognate field, to be chosen in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies. (academiccourses.nz)
  • While the University of Toronto campuses have separate undergraduate programs, the graduate programs in Anthropology are shared across all three campuses (Mississauga, St. George, and Scarborough). (utoronto.ca)
Critical1
  • An examination of global health and illness from an anthropological perspective, this course applies key anthropological concepts to topics such as the meaning of health and illness cross-culturally, cultural construction of the body, medical pluralism, cross-cultural psychiatry, critical medical anthropology and the health of Indigenous peoples in Canada and other parts of the world. (stfx.ca)
Social9
  • Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences , the humanities , and the social sciences . (wikipedia.org)
  • The Sociocultural Anthropology minor introduces students to a range of theories, problematics, and questions in the study of social and cultural differences around the world. (academiccourses.nz)
  • Social anthropology studies humanity in its social relations and different cultural contexts. (oeaw.ac.at)
  • Social anthropology is a subject that employs books and resources from different fields. (uib.no)
  • A Student's Guide to Reading and Writing in Social Anthropology from Harvard University. (uib.no)
  • Social Anthropology 23(3): 403-404. (scrippscollege.edu)
  • Weaving together biology, social anthropology, epidemiology and history, Edwin Gale examines the shifting physical and mental dimensions of our lives, from ageing to illness, food production to reproduction, designer bodies to IQ tests, and asks: are we a self-domesticated species? (nhbs.com)
  • Merrill Singer's Anthropology of Infectious Disease argues that pathogens are intertwined with human social worlds. (cdc.gov)
  • el cáncer moviliza a personas y familias en la búsqueda de prácticas que alivien el sufrimiento físico, emocional, social y espiritual. (bvsalud.org)
Studies2
  • Her academic interests include anthropology of sound, sound studies and the study of urban ambiances. (lu.se)
  • The Context of medicines in developing countries : studies in pharmaceutical anthropology / edited by Sjaak van der Geest and Susan Reynolds Whyte. (who.int)
Research5
  • Students are also encouraged to participate in study-abroad programs, as well as workshops on research skills, and internships can be arranged for anthropology credit. (academiccourses.nz)
  • Strong research and publication record in Anthropology. (appliedanthro.org)
  • As a sociocultural medical anthropologist, my research to date has broadly focused on suicide, death, and violence in the contemporary world, and specifically on the ways psychiatry and psychology intervene into these threshold experiences by endeavoring to reshape human capacities for living. (unc.edu)
  • A secondary purpose of the study focus is to prepare students wishing to pursue a research career in anthropology or closely related fields with the minimal background needed to apply for admission to a doctoral program. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • She is currently leading the MILSON research program (milson.fr), dedicated to the study of sound environments in their sociocultural context of production and perception. (lu.se)
University2
  • We offer a diverse array of courses in sociocultural anthropology at Athabasca University, which are listed below. (athabascau.ca)
  • The University of Toronto Anthropology Graduate program office is located on the St. George campus in downtown Toronto. (utoronto.ca)
Study5
Curriculum1
  • Teaching responsibilities will primarily be focused in the department's Sociocultural Anthropology curriculum. (appliedanthro.org)
History1
  • The first chapter begins with a history of the anthropology of infectious disease, starting from the post-World War II period to the present day. (cdc.gov)