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What is Social Anthropology? While many people are familiar with cultural, linguistic, archaeological, and biological anthropology, less understand social an...
12 gru 2016 · Ken Guest discusses the new "Social Life of Things" feature in the second edition of "Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age." http://books.wwnort...
13 wrz 2016 · Part 1: https://youtu.be/k99ZWnQ-o4UWhenever I tell people that I studied Social Anthropology at University, I always got the same response: A confused look,...
12 lut 2021 · Bringing together both social anthropology as well as material culture, I hereby explore its capacities to demonstrate its importance in a world dominated by human agency and material subjection. Knowledge, Truth, and Power
With this deep knowledge of very local situations as their grounding, it is often possible for social anthropologists to make comparisons across societies, and draw out broader hypotheses about human life in society.
Social anthropology is the study of human society and cultures through a comparative lens. Social anthropologists seek to understand how people live in societies and how they make their lives meaningful.
The course also provides tools for thinking about moral decisions as social and historical practices, and permits students to compare and contextualize the ways people in different times and places approach fundamental ethical concerns.
