The Encyclopedia of Anthropology is an encyclopedia of anthropology edited by H. James Birx of Canisius College and State University of New York at Geneseo SUNY Geneseo . The encyclopedia, published in 2006 by SAGE Publications , is in five volumes, and contains over 1,200 articles by more than 300 contributors. Entries include the main people, concepts, and theories, in anthropology, but also relevant topics from other disciplines, such as politics, psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and archaeology. Sources and external links H. James Birx ed. Encyclopedia of Anthropology 2006, SAGE Publications ISBN 0 7619 3029 9 http www.sagepub.com Readers 20Guide 7538.pdf Reader s Guide &mdash list of entries PDF science book stub ref book stub Category 2006 books Category Anthropology literature Category Encyclopedias on science and mathematics Anthropology ... more details
About the social science AnthropologyAnthropology IPAc en icon n r p l d i is the study ... Wolf, Eric 1994 Perilous Ideas Race, Culture, People. Current Anthropology 35 1 7. p.227 ref The term wiktionary anthropologyanthropology is from the Ancient Greek Greek Anthropos anthr pos lang grc ... s The Scope and Content of the Science of Anthropology London Open Court Publishing ISBN 0802139434 ref Anthropology s basic concerns are What defines Homo sapiens ? , Who are the ancestors of modern ... anthropology is typically divided into four sub fields cultural anthropology also called social anthropology , archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and physical or biological anthropology. ref name aaanet.org http www.aaanet.org profdev careers Careers.cfm AAAnet.org ref The four field approach to anthropology is reflected in many undergraduate textbooks ref Kottak, C ref as well as anthropology ..., Robert 1998 An Introduction to Theory in Anthropology. Cambridge Cambridge University Press. ref ... place in cultural and social anthropology. In contrast, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology remained largely positivist. Due to this difference in epistemology , anthropology ... & social anthropology ref Stanford University Bulletin 1998 1999 pg. 213, http sul derivatives.stanford.edu ... ref Overview Anthropology is traditionally divided into four sub fields, each with its own further branches Biological anthropology biological or physical anthropology , social anthropology or cultural anthropology , archaeology and linguistic anthropology anthropological linguistics . ref name aaanet.org ... anthropology , or physical anthropology , focuses on the study of human populations using an evolutionary ... of biological anthropology is primatology , where anthropologists focus on understanding other primate .... Cultural anthropology is also called socio cultural anthropology or social anthropology ... be unattainable by simply reading from a book. In some European countries, all cultural anthropology ... more details
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ruby ruby cultanthro.html Visual Anthropology . In Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology , David ... AnthropologyEncyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, article by Jay Ruby http www.usd.edu anth handbook ...Visual anthropology is a subfield of cultural anthropology that is concerned, in part, with the study ... the term is sometimes used interchangeably with ethnographic film , visual anthropology also encompasses ..., art, and the production and reception theory reception of anthropology of media mass media ... of visual anthropology. Human vision, its physiology, the properties of various media, the relationship ... the province of visual anthropology. Since anthropology is a holistic science, the ways in which visual ... date November 2009 History Even before the emergence of anthropology as an academic discipline in the 1880s ... Anthropology. Pp.506 525, In T.Biolsi. ed. A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians ... of visual anthropology is defined by the seminal works of four men who were active for most of the second ... R. Through Navajo eyes An exploration in film communication and anthropology. American Anthropologist , Vol 76, pp 890, Oct. 1974 ref In the United States, Visual anthropology first found purchase in an academic ... The Professionalization of Visual Anthropology in the United States The 1960s and 1970s . To be published in the selected proceedings of Origins of Visual Anthropology Putting the Past Together Conference ... www.societyforvisualanthropology.org Society for Visual Anthropology SVA represents the subfield ... objects and processes, visual anthropology places these artifacts within a holistic cultural context ... of visual anthropology a figurine depicting a woman wearing diaphanous clothing is not merely an object .... Visual anthropology, by focusing on its own efforts to make and understand film, is able to establish ... anthropology academic programs Australian National University The anthropology department s http rspas.anu.edu.au anthropology efu ethnographic film unit FLACSO Ecuador http www.flacso.org.ec html ... more details
Science Encyclopedia cite book title isbn 0710200080 oclc 11623683 Adam Kuper 1996 Anthropology and Anthropologists ...Refimprove date November 2009 Expert subject Anthropology date November 2009 anthropology Social Anthropology is one of the four or five branches of anthropology that studies how contemporary human beings behave in social group s. Practitioners of social anthropology investigate, often through long term ... and socialization , religion , and so on. Social anthropology also explores the role of meanings ... group . The name social anthropology is used in the United Kingdom but it is a subject closely related to, or even the equivalent of, cultural anthropology , the latter term being more commonly used in other English speaking countries. Substantive focus and practice Social anthropology is distinguished ... Specializations within social anthropology shift as its objects of study are transformed and as new intellectual paradigms appear musicology and medical anthropology afford examples of current, well defined specialties. More recent and currently emergent areas within social anthropology ... to processes of change in the societies they study. History Social anthropology has historical roots ... others. See History of anthropology . Its immediate precursor took shape in the work of Edward ... theory. Departments of Social Anthropology exist in universities around the world. The field of social anthropology has expanded in ways not anticipated by the founders of the field, as for example in the subfield of Structure and Dynamics structure and dynamics . 1920s 1940 Modern social anthropology ... books?id g1sV8lOlhVsC One Discipline, Four Ways British, German, French, and American anthropology ... Bastian , and Sir E. B. Tylor , who defined anthropology as a positivist science following Auguste Comte . Edmund Leach 1962 defined social anthropology as a kind of comparative micro sociology based ... World War II , sociocultural anthropology as comprised by the fields of ethnography and ethnology ... more details
year 1996 author McElroy, A chapter Medical Anthropology editor D. Levinson & M. Ember title Encyclopedia ...Citation style date October 2009 Medical anthropology is an interdisciplinary field which studies human ... of the most highly developed areas of anthropology and applied anthropology , ref name Seymour Smith1990pp187 188 and is a subfield of social anthropology social and cultural anthropology that examines ... care and related issues. The term medical anthropology has been used since 1963 as a label for empirical ... Scotch1963 Furthermore, in Europe the terms anthropology of medicine , anthropology of health and anthropology of illness have also been used, and medical anthropology , was also a translation of the nineteenth ... background The relationship between anthropology , medicine and medical practice is well documented. ref name Comelles&Martinez1993 General anthropology occupied a notable position in the basic medical ... happened when social anthropology adopted ethnography as one of the markers of its professional identity and started to depart from the initial project of general anthropology. The divergence of professional anthropology from medicine was never a complete split. ref name Comelles2000 The relationships ... medical anthropology in the 1960s and 1970s. A large number of contributors to 20th Century medical anthropology had their primary training in medicine, nursing, psychology or psychiatry, including ... Kleinman . Some of them share clinical and anthropological roles. Others came from anthropology ... anthropology, and some of the main theoretical and intellectual actual debates. ref name Saillant&Genest ..., which originated in the cultural relativism maintained by cultural anthropology ... to offer a wide panorama of current positions in medical anthropology. Applied medical anthropology In the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, collaboration between anthropology and medicine ... media, especially audiovisual media and advertising. The agenda of medical anthropology Currently ... more details
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orphan date March 2010 Biomedical anthropology is a subfield of anthropology , predominantly found in U.S. academic and public health settings, that incorporates perspectives from the biological anthropology biological and medical anthropology subfields. In contrast to much of medical anthropology, it does not generally take a critical approach to biomedicine and Western medicine . Instead, it seeks to improve medical practice and biomedical science through the holism holistic integration of cross cultural studies cross cultural or biocultural anthropology biocultural , Behavioral health behavioral , and epidemiology epidemiological perspectives on health. As an academic discipline, biomedical anthropology is closely related to human biology . Currently, the only accredited degree program in biomedical anthropology is at Binghamton University http biomedical.binghamton.edu . Other anthropology departments, such as that of the University of Washington http depts.washington.edu anthweb programs medical.php , offer biomedical tracks within more traditional biological or biocultural anthropology programs. DEFAULTSORT Biomedical Anthropology Category Anthropologyanthropology stub ... more details
Orphan date May 2010 Environmental anthropology is a sub specialty ref name Kottak CP 1999 cite journal last1 Kottak first1 Conrad P. jstor 683339 title The New Ecological Anthropology journal American Anthropologist volume 101 pages 23 year 1999 doi 10.1525 aa.1999.101.1.23 ref within the field of anthropology ... across space and time. The philosophies of environmental anthropology Adaptation environment over culture The sixties was a breakthrough decade for environmental anthropology, with functionalism ... Indians An Example of A Family Level Of Sociocultural Integration. Environmental Anthropology A Historical ... first2 Bonnie J. title New Directions in Ecology and Ecological Anthropology journal Annual Review of Anthropology volume 4 pages 293 year 1975 doi 10.1146 annurev.an.04.100175.001453 ref . The main ... Anthropology ref name Steward JH 1955 was based on topography, climate, and resources and their accessibility ... determinants. Diversity, history and associations The new focus of environmental anthropology ... perspective of environmental anthropology, and arguably at least the backdrop, if not the focus ... And Interventions Anthropological Engagements With Environmentalism journal Current Anthropology ... anthropology Origins and pioneers Environmental anthropology enters the field as an applied dimension built on the primary approaches within contemporary ecological anthropology ref name eoearth.org Sponsel L. 2004, May . http www.eoearth.org article Ecological anthropology Ecological Anthropology . Encyclopedia of Earth. ref . It focuses on how culture promotes connections between humans and their occupied ... Reviews in Anthropology volume 37 pages 259 year 2008 doi 10.1080 00938150802038935 ref Transformations ... ecology in the 1950s 60s. The transformation of cultural ecology into ecological anthropology took ... and 90 s which attempted to cast ecological anthropology in a more scientific light. The first of which ... of ecological anthropology occurred in the 1990s when historical, political, and spiritual focused ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In anthropology and archaeology , homology is a type of analogy whereby two human beliefs, practices or Cultural artifact artifact s are separated by time but share similarities due to genetics genetic or history historical connections. Specifically in anthropology, a homology is a structure that is shared through descent from a common ancestor. The concept was explored by the American archaeologist William Duncan Strong in his direct historical approach to Archaeology Archaeological theory archaeological theory . DEFAULTSORT Homology AnthropologyAnthropology stub Category Anthropology ... more details
Infobox Journal cover discipline Anthropology abbreviation country United States United States of America website http ucpressjournals.com journal.asp?j ga publisher University of California Press history 1994 present ISSN 1537 1727 General Anthropology is edited by Dave McCurdy NOT the politician Dave McCurdy and Patricia C. Rice. It is published in May and November for the American Anthropological Association . It publishes information in the fields of anthropology and applied anthropology. ref http ucpressjournals.com journal.asp?j ga General Anthropology , retrieved 2007 07 22 ref References references Category Anthropology journals Category Publications established in 1994 Category English language journals Category Biannual journals socialscience journal stub ... more details
Refimprove date August 2010 About philosophical anthropology other uses Anthropology disambiguation Philosophical anthropology is a discipline dealing with questions of metaphysics and Phenomenology philosophy ... throughout the history of philosophy can be said to have a distinctive anthropology that undergirds ... 1999 pages 141 142 isbn 0 520 20999 0 ref Modern period Philosophical anthropology, as a specific ... , a Germany German phenomenologist, is known for his highly developed philosophical anthropology ... of the Phenomenological Foundation of Anthropology , in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , Vol ... 6 cite book title The Acting Person A Contribution To Phenomenological Anthropology author K. Wojtyla year 1979 publisher Springer location pages isbn 9027709696 ref . Anthropology of interpersonal relationships A large focus of philosophical anthropology is also at interpersonal relationships, as an attempt ... of the world are radically different understand and relate to each other. Recently anthropology has ... Michael Jackson anthropology Michael Jackson is another important philosophical anthropologist ... as interpersonal relationships. His methodology challenges traditional anthropology due to its focus ... existential theory. In his latest book, Existential Anthropology , he explores the notion of control ... ceased to function. See also Portal box Philosophy History Anthropology Mythology Spirituality Antihumanism opposite Anthropology Existentialism Phenomenology philosophy Phenomenology Hermeneutics Bibliography Donceel, Joseph F., Philosophical Anthropology, New York Sheed&Ward 1967. Lucas Lucas ..., Philosophical Anthropology, Man an Impossible Project? , Rome Urbaniana University Press, 1991. Further reading Joseph Agassi , Towards a Rational Philosophical Anthropology . The Hague, 1977 .... Charles Darwin , The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection , Chicago London Encyclopedia .... 14 1983 , pp. 181 186. Stanislaw Kowalczyk, An Outline of the Philosophical Anthropology ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2008 Anthropology of media also anthropology of mass media , media anthropology is an area of study within social anthropology social or cultural anthropology that emphasizes ethnography ethnographic studies as a means of understanding producers, audiences, and other cultural and social aspects of mass media . Methodology The use of qualitative methods, particularly ethnography , distinguishes media anthropology from other disciplinary approaches to mass media. Within media studies , media ethnographies have been of increasing interest. However these have often not followed anthropological approaches to ethnography like participant observation and long term fieldwork. These differences mean that anthropologists who take an interest in the media see themselves as a subfield distinct from ethnographic approaches in media studies and cultural studies . Theory The anthropology ... used in the anthropology of media range from practice approaches, attributable to theorists such as Pierre ... and practices. Theoretical approaches have also been picked up from visual anthropology and from ... development studies . Ethnographic contexts The types of ethnographic contexts explored in the anthropology ... in their responses to media. Other types include cyber anthropology , a relatively new area of internet ... Science Social Sciences Anthropology Cultural Anthropology Media Culture Media Anthropology http www.media anthropology.net European Association of Social Anthropologists EASA Media Anthropology Network http www.soas.ac.uk programmes prog13989.php Programme in the Anthropology of Media at SOAS http ... of Anthropology s Culture and Media Program University of Southern California http college.usc.edu anth html cva.html Center for Visual Anthropology New Masters in Visual Anthropology, using digital media to study cultural difference Category cultural anthropology Category visual anthropology Category anthropology de Medienanthropologie zh ... more details
Anthropology of Art is the study of the arts within their socio cultural contexts. History Franz Boas 1858 1942 , one of the pioneers of modern anthropology , conducted many field studies of the arts, helping create a foundation to the field. Bibliography Hatcher, Evelyn Payne. Art As Culture An Introduction to the Anthropology of Art ISBN 0 89789 628 9 Coote, Jeremy and Anthony Shelton. Anthropology Art and Aesthetics ISBN 0 19 827945 0 Gell, Alfred. Art and Agency An Anthropological Theory of Art ISBN 0 19 828014 9 Layton, Robert. The Anthropology of Art ISBN 13 978 0521368940 See also Sociology of art External links http ssl.brookes.ac.uk anthro art index.html Academic site Social sciences footer Category Anthropology Art anthropology stub ca Antropologia de l art fr Anthropologie de l art lt Meno antropologija pt Antropologia da arte zh ... more details
Citation style date September 2009 Public Anthropology , according to Robert Blake, a professor at Hawaii Pacific University, demonstrates the ability of anthropology and anthropologists to effectively address problems beyond the discipline illuminating larger social issues of our times as well as encouraging broad, public conversations about them with the explicit goal of fostering social change http www.publicanthropology.org Defining definingpa.htm Borofsky 2004 . Merrill Singer has criticized the concept of public anthropology on the grounds that it ignores applied anthropology . He writes given that many applied anthropologists already do the kinds of things that are now being described as PA, it is hard to understand why a new label is needed, except as a device for distancing public anthropologists from applied anthropologists Singer 2000 6 . Similarly, Barbara Rylko Bauer writes one ... applied practicing anthropology? While they may serve the personal interests of those who develop ... . Eric Haanstad responds to Singer s claim by arguing that public anthropology does not necessarily entail the exclusion of applied anthropology http www.publicanthropology.org Journals Grad j Wisconsin haanstad.htm Haanstad 2001a . Alan Jeffery Fields defends the concept of public anthropology by claiming ... Public Anthropology.org References Borofsky, Robert br 2004 Conceptualizing Public Anthropology .... Fields, Alan Jeffrey br 2001a Responsible Public Anthropology. Public Anthropology The Graduate ..., accessed April 12, 2007. Haanstad, Eric br 2001a Anthropology Revitalized Public Anthropology and Student Activism. Public Anthropology The Graduate Journal. Electronic document, http www.publicanthropology.org ... 2000 Toward a More Inclusive Relevant Anthropology. Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter 11 2 6 7. Singer, Merrill br 2000 Why I Am Not a Public Anthropologist. Anthropology News 41 6 6 7. DEFAULTSORT Public Anthropology Category Anthropology ... more details
Refimprove date November 2008 Applied anthropology refers to the application of the method and theory of anthropology to the analysis and solution of practical problems. In as much as anthropology traditionally entails four sub disciplines Archaeology , Biological anthropology biological physical , Cultural anthropology cultural social anthropology social , and Linguistic anthropology linguistic anthropology ... anthropology . Indeed, some practical problems may invoke all sub disciplines. For example, a Native ... anthropology to determine the causality of dietary deficiency diseases, et al. ref citebook title Applied Anthropology An Introduction first John Van last Willigen publisher Greenwood Publishing .... This stands in contrast to the purely academic realm of sociocultural anthropology, which may ... social inequality , Performative turn performance , Reciprocity cultural anthropology exchange , Value ... the applied field is differentiated from such research, which is thereby termed basic anthropology. Examples ... anthropology in the United States is called Human Organization , published by the Society for Applied Anthropology . In the UK, the main journal for applied anthropology is called Anthropology ..., author of The Best of Anthropology Today , created the annual Lucy Mair Medal of Applied Anthropology. This recognizes excellence in using anthropology for the relief of poverty or distress, or for the active ... Anthropology Network there is an applied anthropology special interest group. See also Development anthropology Economic anthropology Public anthropology References refs External links http www.sfaa.net Society for Applied Anthropology , an American association of applied anthropologists that meets annually and publishes two journals, Human Organization and Practicing Anthropology . http www.xpeditions.eu Expeditions, Research in Applied Anthropology http www.omertaa.org Omertaa. Journal for Applied Anthropology Free online Journal for anthropologists. http www.theasa.org networks apply Apply ... more details
Refimprove date October 2007 Genetic anthropology is a new branch of scientific study which deals with combining DNA data with available physical evidence and past histories of civilizations. This would enable scientists to glean through available genetic information that would go a long way in explaining how the modern day Homo sapiens evolved through the millennia. The Genographic Project , a joint collaboration between IBM and the National Geographic Society is a multi million dollar step in this endeavor. The database is scheduled to become publicly available from June 28, 2007 in PLoS Genetics , an open source , peer reviewed magazine. See also Cross cultural studies Anthropology Origin of the Nilotic peoples Archaeology Cross cultural researcher Human evolution Genetics External links http www.ucl.ac.uk tcga The Centre for Genetic Anthropology Departments of Anthropology and of Biology, University College London Category Anthropology Category Genetics anthropology stub genetics stub ... more details
Legal anthropology is a sub discipline of anthropology which specializes in the cross cultural study of social ordering . ref cite book author Greenhouse, Carol J. title Praying for Justice Faith, Order, and Community in an American Town location Ithaca publisher Cornell UP year 1986 pages 28 ref This broad ... thought of as founding thinkers in legal anthropology. There are a number of useful introductions to the field of legal anthropology see, e.g., ref Moore, Sally Falk 2005 Law and Anthropology A Reader ... legal anthropologist, held both a law degree and a Ph.D. in anthropology. Today a growing number of legal anthropologists hold both juris doctor J.D. s and advanced degrees in anthropology, and some teach in law school s while maintaining scholarly connections within the field of legal anthropology ... expertise has also been turned to more applied anthropology applied anthropological pursuits such as tribal advocacy and forensic anthropology forensic ethnography . See e.g. Allen C. Turner, Ph.D., J.D. ref http www.AVESAJIJIC.com cv.htm Allen C. Turner, Applied Legal Anthropology Bot generated ... research in legal anthropology. If looking for Anthropology departments with faculty specializing in legal anthropology, try the following schools and professors University of California, Berkeley Laura ... pages LEGAL.htm Disciplines & Subdisciplines Legal Anthropology Bot generated title ref State University ... University Annelise Riles . The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology, a section of the American ... anthropologists. It publishes PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review , the leading U.S. journal in the field of legal anthropology. References reflist External links http www.aaanet.org apla index.htm Association for Political and Legal Anthropology PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review http www.aaanet.org sections apla polar.html DEFAULTSORT Legal Anthropology Category Anthropology Category Sociology of law anthropology stub cs Antropologie pr va de Rechtsanthropologie es Antropolog a ... more details
Educational anthropology is a sub field of anthropology and is widely associated with the pioneering work of George Spindler . As the name would suggest, the focus of educational anthropology is obviously on education, although an anthropological approach to education tends to focus on the cultural aspects of education, including informal as well as formal education. As education involves understandings of who we are, it is not surprising that the single most recognized dictum of educational anthropology is that the field is centrally concerned with cultural transmission. ref Comitas, L. and Dolgin, J. 1979. On Anthropology and Education Retrospect and Prospect . Anthropology and Education Quarterly. 9 1 87 89 ref Cultural transmission involves the transfer of a sense of identity between generations, sometimes known as enculturation ref Page, J.S. Education and Acculturation on Malaita An Ethnography of Intraethnic and Interethnic Affinities .The Journal of Intercultural Studies. 1988. 15 16 74 81. ref and also transfer of identity between cultures, sometimes known as acculturation . ref Page, J.S. Education and Acculturation on Malaita An Ethnography of Intraethnic and Interethnic Affinities .The Journal of Intercultural Studies. 1988. 15 16 74 81, available on line at http eprints.qut.edu.au archive 00003566 ref Accordingly thus it is also not surprising that educational anthropology has become increasingly focussed on ethnic identity and ethnic change. ref Dynneson, T.L. 1984. An Anthropological Approach to Learning and Teaching . Social Education. 48 6 410 418. ref ref Schensul, J.J. 1985. Cultural Maintenance and Cultural Transformation Educational Anthropology in the Eighties . Education and Anthropology Quarterly. 15 1 63 68. ref See also Sociology of education References reflist DEFAULTSORT Educational Anthropology Category Anthropology Category Comparative education ... more details
Evolutionary anthropology is the interdisciplinary study of human evolution evolution of human physiology and human behaviour and the relation between the of hominids and non hominid primate s. Evolutionary anthropology is based in natural science and social science . Various fields and disciplines are The anthropology of human evolution and anthropogeny . Paleoanthropology and paleontology Primatology and Primate Ethology and Paleontology The sociocultural evolution of human behavior . The archaeological study of human technology and change over time and space. Human evolutionary genetics and changes in the human genome over time. The Cognitive neuroscience and Neuroanthropology of human and primate cognition, culture and actions and abilities. Human behavioural ecology and the interaction of humans and the environment. Studies of human skeletal anatomy , endocrinology , and neurobiology and differences and changes between species, variation between human groups, and relationships to cultural factors. Evolutionary anthropology is concerned with both biological and cultural evolution of humans, past and present. It is based on a scientific approach, and brings together fields such as archaeology , behavioral ecology , psychology , primatology , and genetics . It is a dynamic and interdisciplinary field, drawing on many lines of evidence to understand the human experience, past and present. Studies of biological evolution generally concern the evolution of the human form. Cultural ... psychology Sociobiology External links http www.anth.uconn.edu eas Evolutionary Anthropology Society http www.eva.mpg.de Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 38641 toc Evolutionary Anthropology Journal http iho.asu.edu Institute of Human ... Origins http www.icea.ox.ac.uk Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford Category Anthropology Category Evolution Anthropology Evolution stub zh ... more details
Infobox Journal cover center Deleted image removed Image CAcover.gif center discipline anthropology abbreviation CA, Curr Anthropol publisher University of Chicago Press country United States USA frequency Bimonthly history 1959 present openaccess website http www.journals.uchicago.edu CA journals.uchicago.edu CA eISSN 1537 5382 ISSN 0011 3204 Current Anthropology is a peer review ed anthropology academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press and sponsored by the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research . Founded in 1959 by the anthropologist Sol Tax http chronicle.uchicago.edu 950119 tax.shtml 1907 1995 . Current Anthropology is one of very few journals that publishes research across all sub disciplines of anthropology , encompassing the full range of anthropological scholarship on human cultures and on human and other primate species. Communicating across the subfields, the journal features papers in a wide variety of areas, including social, cultural, and physical anthropology as well as ethnology and ethnohistory , archaeology and prehistory, folklore , and linguistics . Current Applications is an open access section of Current Anthropology that presents research bridging academic and applied anthropology. Recent Current Applications papers have addressed wind energy and the New Jersey shore, African Right of asylum asylum seekers, and the popular television show Bones TV series Bones . External links http www.journals.uchicago.edu CA Official website http www.jstor.org journals 00113204.html Profile from JSTOR anthropology stub Category Anthropology journals Category University of Chicago Press academic journals ... more details
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