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Tito Felix
Board of Education
Mt. Pleasant High School
January 2nd, 2012
Anthropology Club
Anthropology is a science of humankind. It studies all facets of society and culture. It
studies tools, techniques, traditions, language, beliefs, kinships, values, social institutions,
economic mechanisms, cravings for beauty and art, struggles for prestige. It describes the impact
of humans on other humans. With the exception of the Physicial Anthropology discipline,
Anthropology focuses on human characteristics generated and propogated by humans
themselves.
Forms of Anthropology
Anthropology is divided into four main studies. Sociocultural anthropologists examine social
patterns and practices across cultures, with a special interest in how people live in particular
places and how they organize, govern, and create meaning. Biological anthropologists seek to
understand how humans adapt to diverse environments, how biological and cultural processes
work together to shape growth, development and behavior, and what causes disease and early
death. Archaeologists study past peoples and cultures, from the deepest prehistory to the recent
past, through the analysis of material remains, ranging from artifacts and evidence of past
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environments to architecture and landscapes. Linguistic anthropology is the comparative study of
ways in which language reflects and influences social life.
Employment
Anthropologists are employed in a number of different sectors, from colleges and universities to
government agencies, NGOs, businesses, and health and human services. Within the university,
they teach undergraduate and graduate anthropology, and many offer anthropology courses in
other departments and professional schools such as business, education, design, and public
health. Anthropologists contribute significantly to interdisciplinary fields such as international
studies and ethnic and gender studies, and some work in academic research centers. Outside the
university, anthropologists work in government agencies, private businesses, community
organizations, museums, independent research institutes, service organizations, the media. You
will find anthropologists addressing social and cultural consequences of natural disasters, fair
access to limited resources, and human rights at the global level.