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Anthropology
The study of human beings and human ancestors through time. Focuses on relation to physical characteristics, environmental effects, social relations and culture. The science of humans.
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ethnomusicology
Anthropology; Applied anthropology
Ethnomusicology is an academic field encompassing various approaches to the study of music that emphasize its cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other ...
nutritional anthropology
Anthropology; Applied anthropology
Nutritional anthropology deals with the interplay between economic systems, nutritional status and food security, and how changes in the former affect the latter.
political anthropology
Anthropology; Applied anthropology
Political anthropology concerns the structure of political systems, looked at from the basis of the structure of societies.
psychological anthropology
Anthropology; Applied anthropology
Psychological anthropology is an interdisciplinary subfield of anthropology that studies the interaction of cultural and mental processes.
public anthropology
Anthropology; Applied anthropology
Public Anthropology demonstrates the ability of anthropology and anthropologists to effectively address problems beyond the discipline - illuminating larger social issues of our ...
anthropology of religion
Anthropology; Applied anthropology
The anthropology of religion involves the study of religious institutions in relation to other social institutions, and the comparison of religious beliefs and practices across ...
transpersonal anthropology
Anthropology; Applied anthropology
Transpersonal anthropology is a subdiscipline of cultural anthropology. It studies the relationship between altered states of consciousness and culture.
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- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)