Scope of Social Anthropology

 

Introduction

 

It is the study of the social aspect of man. Total way of life of the people. Their way of thinking, feeling, and action.

 

It deals with the social activity of man (behavior, custom, belief, pattern, economic organization, rituals, festivals, political organization, value, knowledge, folklore, etc).

 

Social anthropology studies man as a social being where they live.

 

Social anthropology tries to understand how people live in a society? and how they make their life meaningful?

 

Social anthropology is the study of all people everywhere, what they make, what they do, what they think, and how they organize their social relationships and society.

 

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Education Anthropology

 

Education anthropology deals with the formal institution of studies and the role of the teacher and the studying in the process of learning and studying.

 

Development Anthropology

 

It is the study of the origin, and nature of the development of the human being.

 

It deals with develop of human beings in the point of social and economic and others.

 

Psychological Anthropology

 

It is the study of the human mind, culture, personality, and behavior of various groups of people.

 

It helps to study the root cause of people of different groups.

 

Symbolic Anthropology

 

A symbol may be an object or thing that represents something.

Symbolic anthropology is the study of cultural symbols and how symbols can be used to gain a better understanding of society.

 

Victor Turner first time develops symbolic anthropology.

 

Cognitive Anthropology

 

Cognitive anthropology is the study cognitive value system of society.

Its focuses on how the different people organize and use their culture.

 

It deals with the way how people consist and think about events and classify the object of the world.

 

Urban Anthropology

 

Urban anthropology concern the evolution, growth, and development of the city.

 

It also deals with the comparison of urban life with other urban and rural areas.

 

It is also concerned with the issue of urban and urban space.

 

Visual Anthropology

 

It deals with the projection and study of various visual representations (i.e. Photography, Cinematography) from the anthropological point of view.

 

It is the presentation of different types of visual documents anthropologically. e.g.- Ethnographic films)

 

Action Anthropology

 

It is a clinical or experimental method of study where we don’t think about what will happen rather we will make it happen.

Action anthropology is interested in the context of the approach.

 

Soltex for the first time develops action anthropology.