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v. t. e. Cultural anthropology is 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. The term sociocultural anthropology includes both cultural and social anthropology traditions.
Culture theory is the branch of comparative anthropology and semiotics that seeks to define the heuristic concept of culture in operational and/or scientific terms.
t. e. Cultural materialism is an anthropological research orientation first introduced by Marvin Harris in his 1968 book The Rise of Anthropological Theory, [ 1 ] as a theoretical paradigm and research strategy. It is said to be the most enduring achievement of that work. [ 2 ] Harris subsequently developed a full elaboration and defense of the ...
Marshall David Sahlins (/ ˈsɑːlɪnz / SAH-linz; December 27, 1930 – April 5, 2021) [1][2] was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences ...
Cognitive anthropology seeks to explain patterns of shared knowledge, cultural innovation, and transmission over time and space using the methods and theories of the cognitive sciences (especially experimental psychology and evolutionary biology) often through close collaboration with historians, ethnographers, archaeologists, linguists ...
Geertz contributed to social and cultural theory and remains influential in turning anthropology toward a concern with the frames of meaning within which various peoples live their lives. He reflected on the basic core notions of anthropology, such as culture and ethnography. He died of complications following heart surgery on October 30, 2006 ...
Franz Uri Boas[ a ] (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. [ 22 ] He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". [ 23 ][ 24 ][ 25 ] His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism. [ 26 ]
Social and cultural anthropology. v. t. e. Sir Edward Burnett Tylor FRAI (2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917) was an English anthropologist, and professor of anthropology. [1] Tylor's ideas typify 19th-century cultural evolutionism. In his works Primitive Culture (1871) and Anthropology (1881), he defined the context of the scientific study of ...