Anthropology – study of humanity. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. The term was first used by François Péron when discussing his encounters with Tasmanian Aborigines.
What type of thing is anthropology?
Anthropology can be described as all of the following:
Academic discipline – body of knowledge given to - or received by - a disciple (student); a branch or sphere of knowledge, or field of study, that an individual has chosen to specialise in.
Field of science – widely recognized category of specialized expertise within science, and typically embodies its own terminology and nomenclature. Such a field will usually be represented by one or more scientific journals, where peer reviewed research is published. There are many sociology-related scientific journals.
Social science – field of academic scholarship that explores aspects of human society.
History of anthropology
History of anthropology
Fields of anthropology
Archaeology
Biological anthropology
Linguistic anthropology
Cultural anthropology
Social anthropology
Archaeological and biological subfields
Anthrozoological
Biocultural
Evolutionary
Feminist
Forensic
Maritime
Palaeoanthropological
Linguistics subfields
Descriptive
Ethno-
Historical
Semiotic
Sociolinguistics
Socio-cultural anthropology subfields
Applied anthropology
Anthropology of art
Cognitive anthropology
Digital anthropology
Anthropology of development
Ecological anthropology
Economic anthropology
Historical anthropology
Anthropology of gender & sexuality
Kinship & family
Legal anthropology
Media anthropology
Medical anthropology
Political anthropology
Psychological anthropology
Public anthropology
Anthropology of religion
Transpersonal anthropology
Urban anthropology
Visual anthropology
General anthropology concepts
Anthropological theories of value
Culture
Society
Kinship and descent
Marriage and family
Evolution
Material culture
Race and ethnicity
Globalization and postcolonialism
Gender
Socialization
Theories
Actor–network theory
Alliance theory
Cross-cultural studies
Cultural materialism
Culture theory
Feminism
Functionalism
Interpretive
Performance studies
Political economy
Practice theory
Structuralism
Post-structuralism
Systems theory
Methods and frameworks
Ethnography
Ethnology
Cross-cultural comparison
Participant observation
Online ethnography
Holism
Reflexivity
Thick description
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Emic and etic
Anthropology organizations
American Anthropological Association
American Ethnological Society
Moving Anthropology Student Network
Anthropological Society of London
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Ethnological Society of London
Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Network of Concerned Anthropologists
N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Society for anthropological sciences
Society for Applied Anthropology
USC Center for Visual Anthropology
Books, journals, and other literature
Bibliography of anthropology
List of anthropology journals
Anthropology lists
List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (Anthropology)
List of museums with major collections in ethnography and anthropology
