SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

This article covers biographical information on both Edward Tylor and James Frazer and their contributions to the field of Social Anthropology. The article also overviews their two theories, of animism and of magic.

Social or cultural anthropology can lead to interesting career choices for some people. Here are a few of the different careers that you can pursue with this college major.

The influence of technology as it stands in anthropology.

An overview of anthropology containing information on ethnographic field research, ways that anthropology benefits society, and the techniques anthropologists use to study societies.

Banning social media is not going to work in the long run. The solution is in talking to employees and helping them balance the responsibilities of organisation, profession and society, the functions of all of which are now heavily enabled by Internet.

A brief overview of the place of Funtionalism in the field of anthropology exploring different approaches set forth by the founding fathers of anthropology and their initial approaches to the study of culture.

Anthropology struggled for years to be accepted as a science - and then promptly began denouncing it's scientific credentials once they'd been accepted. This paper represents a young graduate student's views as to the future for scientific anthropology.

My answer to the question, What do you see as the strengths and shortcomings of the social work profession, and how do you believe that the profession can be improved?

An in-depth summary of Anthropology of Music, a book by Alan P. Merriam.

A brief description of Cultural Anthropology.

This article examines the ways in which people development their own unique social identities.

Here is a brief survey of some facets of anthropology in popular literary works.

When posting personal information on social networking sites, give consideration to how this may impact your career options.

An overview of the subfield of anthropology as biological anthropology.

Using the media to promote various causes is nothing new. This paper seeks to inform the reader as to how technology and the media are being used to inspire social change.

A descriptive overview of the subfield of cultural anthropology as it applies to anthropology.

Anthropology embraces many different aspects of culture, one of which is based on arbitrary and non arbitrary symbolism and theories surrounding both.

There is a close connection between the study of anthropology and religion and how each is methodologically approached.

The paper identifies the struggle between missions and anthropology studies. Lean how they do not have to conflict, but theology can unite the two.

One woman's story of how she discovered the fascinating world of anthropology

Learn all about different cultures in the anthropology program of Colorado University at Boulder.

This is a history of the disciplines of sociology and anthropology and how it has evolved.

Defining power and discussing its characteristics, its functions and how it is used by anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists.

Social stratification is the "division of society into two or more categories of people ranked high to low relative to one another." Stratification is present in almost every type of culture except in egalitarian societies.