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social anthropology

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social anthropology British  

noun

  1. the branch of anthropology that deals with cultural and social phenomena such as kinship systems or beliefs, esp of nonliterate peoples

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Gonzalez said Ybarra encouraged her to continue climbing higher until she finished her doctorate in cultural and social anthropology from San Francisco’s California Institute of Integral Studies in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

Dr Bridget Bradley, a lecturer in social anthropology at St Andrews University, is another academic who has has been looking at eco-anxiety.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2023

Breaking with tradition again, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, to study archaeology and physical and social anthropology but later changed to history.

From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2022

A social anthropology professor, Ms. Myrivili was elected to the Athens City Council in 2014 and served as a deputy mayor from 2017 to 2019, focusing on the city’s resilience amid climate change.

From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2021

Vilaça, who teaches social anthropology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro when she is not in the north, said the rest of Brazilian society is no different when it comes to misinformation.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2021

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