Anthropology for Beginners
JUNE 18, 2025
Anthropology of Social Control: Social control is a fundamental concept in political anthropology, referring to the mechanisms and processes by which conformity to norms, rules, and laws is maintained in a society. Conclusion The concept of social control is indispensable for understanding political anthropology.
Anthropology for Beginners
JUNE 1, 2025
The Role of the Asiatic Society in Developing Indian Anthropology Introduction The Asiatic Society, established in 1784 in Kolkata by Sir William Jones, stands as one of the oldest and most influential institutions in the development of Indian anthropology.
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Anthropology for Beginners
JUNE 18, 2025
‘Primitive Law’ and Sanctions in Political Anthropology Political anthropology, in its exploration of power, authority, and governance across diverse human societies, pays particular attention to the mechanisms by which order is established and deviations from social norms are addressed. Radcliffe-Brown (1934: 205)¹. Social Sanctions.
Anthropology News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Some of behavioral science’s harshest academic critics are social science and humanities scholars, who have gone so far as to accuse it of being a pseudoscience whose emergence is less a story of discovery and more a symptom of the cultural logics of neoliberalism filtering their way into policy.
Anthropology for Beginners
JUNE 18, 2025
While anthropologists have extensively studied traditional marketplaces —physical locations where transactions occur and often characterized by social and cultural embeddedness—their contributions to understanding large-scale, self-regulating market systems have been more limited, often approached through a comparative lens¹.
Sapiens
DECEMBER 4, 2024
In early 2024, Spain’s culture minister announced that the nation would overhaul its state museum collections, igniting a wave of anticipation—and controversy. It is crucial to understand that decolonizing efforts in museums do not equate to an immediate, wholesale return of cultural material. Unlike the U.K., Unlike the U.K.,
Teaching Anthropology
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Nightingale College, South Dakota, US As I grade my Cultural Anthropoloy classs Emic and Etic Perspectives of Halloween essay, two things strike me: 1. For anyone who has been teaching anthropology over the last two years, the latter will be of no surprise to you. We are the discipline of anthropology. Chloe Beckett, M.A.,
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