anthropology
scientific study of humans, human behavior, and societies
cognitive science
interdisciplinary scientific study of the mind and its processes
somatology
study or science of the human body as a branch of anthropology
postmodernist anthropology
sub-field of anthropology
anthropology of religion
study of religion related to other religions or institutions
urban anthropology
subset of anthropology that focuses on the study of cities, urban spaces, residential suburbs and the ways people interact within these environments, in concerns with issues of urbanization, poverty and neoliberalism
social anthropology
branch of anthropology that studies ethnographic societies, art, folklore, religions, nationalism, ethnicities and pattern of behaviour in human societies.
applied anthropology
subfield of anthropology
development anthropology
application of anthropological perspectives to the multidisciplinary branch of development studies
cultural ecology
study of human adaptation to social and physical environments
material culture
physical aspect of culture in the objects and architecture that surround people
cognitive anthropology
branch of anthropology
archaeological anthropology
anthropology around the study of past human cultures and material remains
anthropology of food
study of history behind food production and consumption
theological anthropology
refers to the study of the human ("anthropology") as it relates to God
feminist anthropology
subdiscipline of anthropology
museum anthropology
museum anthropology is a domain of scholarships and professional practice in the discipline of anthropology
anthropology of gender and sexuality
field of research
digital anthropology
subdiscipline of anthropology
linguistic anthropology
interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life
osteology
scientific study of bones
cultural materialism
anthropological research orientation first introduced by Marvin Harris in 1968
anthropogeny
study of human origins
economic anthropology
scholarly field that attempts to explain human economic behavior in its widest historic, geographic and cultural scope
forensic anthropology
application of the science of anthropology in a legal setting
Bennett scale
cultural anthropology
ecological anthropology
study of cultural adaptations to environments
environmental anthropology
sub-discipline of anthropology around the study of complex relationships between humans and the environments which they inhabit
biological anthropology
branch of anthropology that studies the physical development of the human species
philosophical anthropology
branch of anthropology and philosophy that studies human nature and ideologies
medical anthropology
sub-field of anthropology focusing on human health issues
psychological anthropology
subdiscipline of anthropology
anthropology of development
anthropological work which views development from a critical perspective
dental anthropology
branch of anthropology around the use of human teeth
literary anthropology
branch of anthropology
Anthropology of technology
field of study around human power in technological advancements
cultural anthropology
branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans
legal anthropology
anthropological study of law with legal systems, courts and law enforcements
liminality
quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle of a process of transition, e.g. a rite of passage, any change of social status of an individual or any change of social order of a society
anthropology of art
subfield of social anthropology for the development of art
molecular anthropology
field within anthropology
cyborg anthropology
discipline that studies the interaction between humanity and technology from an anthropological perspective
educational anthropology
sub-field of anthropology focusing on education
anthropology of tourism
academic discipline examining sociocultural and behavioural aspects of tourism in cultures and human societies
design anthropology
field of research; field of anthropology
ethnology
branch of anthropology