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Sociocultural Anthropology

Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan

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Course Descriptions — Fall 2016

Course Descriptions — Winter 2016

Why Study Cultural Anthropology?

Sociocultural Anthropology is the study of people’s lives in the round.  We aim to grasp social existence across all its dimensions (cultural, religious, institutional, political, sociological, technological, bodily, economic, and so forth), and to understand the relations among them.  Our research is based on both in-depth, on-the-ground, fieldwork in the present and historical inquiry into the past.

We conduct research all over the world: in cities like Havana, Detroit, and Tokyo; in environments like the rainforests of New Guinea, the deserts of Jordan, and the metros of Moscow; and with people as diverse as rappers in Tanzania, water-safety technicians in Mexico, and bureaucrats in Pakistan.

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