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  2. Outline of anthropology - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to anthropology: Anthropology – study of humankind. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences – humanities – and the social sciences. [1] The term was first used by François Péron when discussing his encounters with Tasmanian Aborigines. [2]

  3. Human Relations Area Files - Wikipedia

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    Cross-cultural (comparative ethnographic) studies can provide archaeological indicators of cultural and other (e.g., physical and social environmental) features. Using those indicators, researchers could test many causal ideas about the major events in cultural evolution and devolution on the time-series data in the archaeological record.

  4. Outline of culture - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to culture: Culture – a set of patterns of human activity within a community or social group and the symbolic structures that give significance to such activity. Customs, laws, dress, architectural style, social standards, and traditions are all examples of cultural elements.

  5. Outline of the humanities - Wikipedia

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    study of the human condition – unique and inescapable features of being human in a social, cultural, and personal context. The study of the humanities (history, philosophy, literature, the arts, etc.) all help understand the nature of the human condition and the broader cultural and social arrangements that make up human lives.

  6. Category:Cultural anthropology - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to cultural anthropology, a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. It is in contrast to social anthropology , which perceives cultural variation as a subset of a posited anthropological constant.

  7. Ethnography - Wikipedia

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    The Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a prolific ethnographer in antiquity. The term ethnography is from Greek (ἔθνος éthnos "folk, people, nation" and γράφω gráphō "I write") and encompasses the ways in which ancient authors described and analyzed foreign cultures.

  8. Richard Robbins (anthropologist) - Wikipedia

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    2012: Cultural Anthropology: A Problem Based Approach (6th edition), Cengage Publishers; 2012: Neoliberalism, Race and Racism. In: Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 2nd edition. Edited by Patrick Mason. Cengage Publishers; 2009: Anthropologizing Economics: Lessons from the Latest Crisis, Anthropology News, 50:11-12

  9. Sociocultural anthropology - Wikipedia

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    Sociocultural anthropology is a term used to refer to social anthropology and cultural anthropology together. It is one of the four main branches of anthropology . Sociocultural anthropologists focus on the study of society and culture, while often interested in cultural diversity and universalism .