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Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology

Introduction to resources for exploring Anthropology as an academic discipline.

Definition

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Cultural Anthropology: the study of human thought, knowledge, and practices—any behavioral trait, in other words, that is passed on not through the genes but through language, art, and ritual. (from Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science, 2022)

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Ethnography: a research method central to knowing the world from the standpoint of its social relations. It is a qualitative research method predicated on the diversity of culture at home (wherever that may be) and abroad.