Tag: Anthropology

I wish someone would’ve predicted the emergence of an multidisciplinary study called Techno-Anthropology when I was an undergrad, Anthropology major at Syracuse University in the early 90’s. I left school certain that I would never use my ethnographic and cultural observation skills in m...

Some of the most frequently asked questions I get about personal safety here in Los Angeles are related to homeless people. ((( Whew ))) it is a tough and complicated situation. I’ve seen things I wish I could unsee: The young trans kid strung out and sitting for hours picking their...

I live in Los Angeles, in the highly dense Hollywood neighborhood. The bedroom window of our apartment overlooks a city park and community center. I work from home and during the summer and after school the sounds of kids playing fills the air and really brightens my day. I missed those sounds when ...

Two hundred thousand years ago may seem like an incomprehensible amount of time ago. However, in comparison to the trajectory of terrestrial and aquatic life on Earth. It holds in comparison to the length of existence within our mortal coil. Although there is much to talk about, as it pertains to th...

Starting of the Preparation To begin with, I joined Vaid’s ICS (in Delhi) and got basic books in June 2017. I had planned to complete the first iteration of optional notes preparation by December 2017. Coaching was 2.5-month of classes and they covered ~60% syllabus in class and provided m...

The complex world we live in demands new standards for addressing problems. The solutions that have brought us here hardly make sense in a world characterized by complexity. It is there, where the prism of systemic and multidiverse perspectives emerges as an opportunity to explore a new ecosystem of...

Traditionally, sociocultural anthropology, a subbranch of anthropology, has been considered a social science, though as recently as 2010, the American Anthropological Association (AAA), the main professional organization of anthropologists in the United States, controversially removed the word &ldqu...

Visual anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that focuses on the study of visual media, such as photography, film, and other forms of visual representation, as tools for understanding and interpreting cultures, societies, and human experiences. It explores the ways in which visual materials can...

The importance of anthropology has increased outside of academia. This has been caused by increased contact between cultures, media removing barriers between cultures, rapidly changing cultures and the growing importance of cultural identity. Anthropologists desire to describe the interrelationsh...

A friend recently asked me, “What’s the difference between anthropology and ethnography?” When I tell them I am an anthropologist, people have asked me this question — or something like it — from time to time, so I decided to write an article answering it for anyone els...

Social anthropology is a discipline that was completed largely due to the influence of sociologists in the late nineteenth century, mainly french sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) had a wide impact on what is now known as social anthropology. For Durkheim, it was important to estab...

Have you ever engaged in an Asian family gathering? Instead of asking some general questions such as “How are you?” or “How’s life?” they prefer to ask you a really specific question and throw you some critiques afterward. Take note that it not only occurs at family gat...

Forensic anthropologists study human remains: bones and soft tissue of deceased people. They are trained to carefully recover human remains, to examine them to figure out who a person was, and to determine as much as possible about what happened to them around death. They are called upon when s...

Anthropology has been seen as a discipline that studies people and their culture. An anthropologist is capable to understand humans deeper than any other discipline, although it is rarely seen that they are experts in their practical context. The legacy of classical anthropology — such as Mali...

Whilst it is easy to assume anthropology is merely descriptive and theology is normative, ‘Each discipline has both normative and descriptive impulses’. (p. 9) Theology seeks to imagine a new world and to call the world to move towards that direction (p. 10). Anthropology, however, is...

Welcome to the world of anthropology, where the study of humanity and our diverse cultures offers valuable insights and practical wisdom that can be applied to personal development. Anthropology provides us with practical tools and guidelines to navigate the complexities of our interconnected wor...

What is Anthropology Anthropology deals with the scientific study of humanity, which relates to human behavior, societies, and cultures. In simple words, we can say that Anthropology is the study of human behaviors. If we look at the word, ‘Anthropology’, it consists of ‘...

In the history of anthropology, in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, when anthropology was becoming an academic discipline, it focused on studying the origin of humanity and “primitive” human beings. Anthropology has rarely studied “spirituality” as such, but, broadly...