Outline of anthropology
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to anthropology:
Anthropology – study of humanity. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences.[1] The term was first used by François Péron when discussing his encounters with Tasmanian Aborigines.[2]
Nature of 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.
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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.
Fields of anthropology
- Biological anthropology
- Cultural anthropology
- Archaeology
- Linguistic anthropology
- Social anthropology
- Subfields and other areas
- Anthropology of religion
- Anthropometrics
- Biocultural anthropology
- Cognitive anthropology
- Ecological anthropology
- Economic anthropology
- Forensic anthropology
- Media anthropology
- Medical anthropology
- Paleoanthropology
- Political anthropology
- Psychological anthropology
- Urban anthropology
- Visual anthropology
History of anthropology
Main article: History of 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
Methods and frameworks
- Applied anthropology
- Ethnography
- Participant observation
- Qualitative methods
- Cultural relativism
- Holism
Anthropology scholars
Main category: Anthropologists
Anthropology organizations
Main category: 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
Anthropology lists
- List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (Anthropology)
- List of museums with major collections in ethnography and anthropology
- List of visual anthropology films
See also
- Anthropological Index Online (AIO)
- Anthrozoology
- Ethnology
- Folklore
- Human evolution
- Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Legal anthropology
- Madison Grant
- Memetics
- Philosophical anthropology
- Prehistoric medicine
- Sociology
- Systems theory in anthropology
- Theological anthropology – which is not part of anthropology but a subfield of theology
- Periodic Table of Human Sciences / Anthropology in Tinbergen's four questions
References
- ^ Wolf, Eric (1994) Perilous Ideas: Race, Culture, People. Current Anthropology 35: 1-7. p.227
- ^ Flannery, T.F. (1994) The Future Eaters: An ecological history of the Australasian lands and people Chatswood: New South Wales ISBN 0-8021-3943-4
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