what is anthropology??

Question

i have no idea and would like to enlightened

Answer 1

the answers from wikipedia although a bit wordy got it right,
anthropology is an umbrella term used to describe the 4 sub disciplines, archeaology, linguistics, cultural anth and biological anth, and in order archy studies human kind past by digging up remains and reading ancient manuscripts usually anything 50 years or older is archy. lingusitics studies the evolution of languages form as far back as you can go, sumarians or something, cultural anth studies present day cultures, from wall stree business men to recenlty discoved tribes in paupa new guinea, and biological anth studies evolution or primates and humans ( google lucy's child and you should come up with an idea for what bio anth is) all are very seperate but cross over in a lot of areas

Answer 2

The short answer, the literal translation of the Greek is that it's the study of people.
The long answer, it's an extremely broad field of social science, one that is often characterised by detailed observational studies, and with researchers who are more likely to acknowledge their personal biases, unlike the more rigid experimental structure typical of social psychologists. There's also usually a more sympathetic attitude towards research subjects, an emphasis on cultural relativism and acknowledging differences.
Anthropology is usually sub-divided into 3 or sometimes 4 fields - archaeology, biological or physical anthropology, social or cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology (the last two are often lumped together).
Archaeologists typically deal with artefacts and the material culture of the past. Bio-physical anthropology can deal with the physical characteristics of living and dead peoples, their adaptations to the environment, responses to disease, evolutionary processes. Socio-cultural anthropologists generally deal with living peoples, studying culture, communication, customs and linguistic anthropologists specialise in languages.
These are very bare thumbnail sketches, and there is frequently an ENORMOUS amount of overlap between the subfields.

The reason I personally love anthropology is because it's so broad, varied and flexible, and if anything I might amend your question to ask what *isn't* anthropology.

Answer 3

"Anthropology" is traditionally divided into four sub-disciplines:

Physical anthropology, or biological anthropology, which studies primate behavior, human evolution, osteology, forensics, and population genetics;
Cultural anthropology (called social anthropology in the United Kingdom and now often known as socio-cultural anthropology), which studies social networks, diffusion, social behavior, kinship patterns, law, politics, ideology, religion, beliefs, patterns in production and consumption, exchange, socialization, gender, and other expressions of culture, with strong emphasis on the importance of fieldwork or participant observation (that is, living among the social group being studied for an extended period of time);
Linguistic anthropology, which studies variation in language across time and space, the social uses of language, and the relationship between language and culture, and
Archaeology, which studies the material remains of human societies. Archaeology itself is normally treated as a separate (but related) field in the rest of the world, although closely related to the anthropological field of material culture, which deals with physical objects created or used within a living or past group as a means of understanding its cultural values.
More recently, some anthropology programs began dividing the field into two, one emphasizing the humanities and critical theory, the other emphasizing the natural sciences and empirical observation.

Answer 4

Anthropology is the study of humanity. There are many types of anthro, though. There's physical anthro, which deals with the history of humans as biological beings and human evolution. Archaeology is another type. Cultural anthropology is yet another, which studies groups of people and their culture, relationships, etc. (in a basic sense, their way of life and view of things and how they operate.) This is different from sociology, which deals more with quantitative data and trends. Cultural anthro finds its data more by ethnography, which involves the researcher usually going to the place in question and observing. This may include doing interviews with people, attending events, and many other things that put the researcher into contact with the group of people being studied.

Answer 5

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Anthropology (from the Greek word ἄνθρωπος, "human" or "person") consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). It is holistic in two senses: it is concerned with all humans at all times and with all dimensions of humanity. In principle, it is concerned with all institutions of all societies, but in practice anthropologists have tended to concentrate on the seemingly more "traditional" institutions, usages, and customs of non-Western, often tribal, societies. Anthropology is distinguished from other social-science disciplines by its emphasis on cultural relativity, in-depth examination of context, and cross-cultural comparisons. Some anthropologists have utilized anthropological knowledge to frame cultural critiques. This has been particularly prominent in America, from the popular attacks on Victorianism of Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict through contemporary attacks on post-colonialism under the heading of postmodernism. Anthropology is methodologically diverse using both qualitative methods and quantitative methods. Ethnographies--intensive case studies based on field research-- have historically had a central place in the literature of the discipline.

Answer 6

The study of humanity/civilisation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology

Answer 7

Anthropology is study of man. Cultural anthropology is a social science, physical anthropology is a fable deduced from old falsified Darwinian theory.

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Answer 8

the study of people and the way they live, I think

Answer 9

That Russ guy on Hollyoaks is studying it.

Answer 10

study of humankind