social anthropology

American  

noun

1. cultural 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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Other Word Forms

• social anthropologist noun

Example Sentences

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

The researcher is a specialist in social anthropology and the political anthropology of post-revolutionary Iran, and has written a number of books, including Revolution under the Veil: Islamic Women of Iran.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 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

She majored in social anthropology, with a minor in global health, but always felt inferior to her peers and dreaded being called on in class.

From New York Times • May 4, 2022

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