What is Anthropology?
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Anthropology is the study of human culture and society. It asks what it is to be human? Socio-Cultural Anthropology, the approach of this lecture series, studies different contemporary societies to answer this question. Anthropologists have a ‘kit’ full of conceptual tools they bring to this study. Let’s find out what some of these tools are… Copyright 2012 Nicholas Herriman / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.
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