"Anthropology: the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities."
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Welcome to This is Anthropology. On this website, you can learn more about the discipline of anthropology, use our interactive map to learn about anthropology projects in different parts of the world, explore the skills and careers anthropologists have, and find out how you can become an anthropologist.

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Samantha Hyler

Samantha Hyler

Applied anthropologist and ethnographer. Researching social sustainability as a PhD student and working part-time as an ethnographer for consultancies (recently focusing on tourism experiences).

Guven Peter Witteveen

Guven Peter Witteveen

My cultural anthropology work in Japan and Korea has built my love of visually recording and presenting research. Museums and public outreach education methods and examples comprise my work. Some work is at gpwitteveen.googlepages.com/fulbright2012

Kristina Baines

Kristina Baines

I work with communities and organizations to help them better understand how ecological practices effect health and wellness. I am passionate about sharing anthropology with a wide audience through innovative, multi-media events and educational tools.

William Wilson

William Wilson

I am currently in graduate school studying anthropology. I am interested in underwater archaeology and the effects that the environment has on submerged sites

David Himmelgreen

David Himmelgreen

I am an applied biological anthropologist (with a foot in medical anthropology) who does research of food and nutrition, growth and development, and on food security and disease. My fieldwork takes place in Costa Rica, Southern Africa (Lesotho), and the U.S.

Ryan Klotz

Ryan Klotz

My interest is in applied anthropology in a variety of scenarios, including rural development program evaluation, cross-cultural social media use, public health research, social network formation, and local food system dynamics. I am eclectic methodologically, employing both qual and quant methods.

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