The word anthropology comes from the Greek anthropos (”human") and logia ("study").

THE SCOPE OF ANTHROPOLOGY All people, across the globe and across all time.

Anthropology Physical Linguistic Archaeology Social / Cultural

Physical Anthropology

Linguistic Anthropology

Archaeologists in the field... Archaeology

Social and Cultural Anthropology

Social Anthropology Cultural Anthropology EthnographyEthnologySociology

Understand & Explain Diversity Equally value all ways of life Improve Communication Reduce Conflict Create Understanding

Ethnographic Fieldwork

METHODOLOGY PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION observation interviews questionnaires archival research cultural inventories life histories visual anthropologies

Medical anthropology NGO work Recording information about cultures Linguistic anthropology Museums Environmental anthropology Ethnomusicology Forensic anthropology Advocacy work (e.g. land claims, social services) Policy work (e.g. health, environmental, housing) …and so on….

WRITTEN ETHNOGRAPHY ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM JOURNALS POLICY / PROGRAMMES THEORY Tibetan Rug Weaver’s Propject (CS)

“…the aim of anthropology is the enlargement of human discourse.” Clifford Geertz 1973