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cultural anthropology
The branch of anthropology that studies human cultures, social structures, beliefs, and practices through fieldwork and comparative analysis.
文化人類学を専攻している。
I'm majoring in cultural anthropology.
文化人類学のフィールドワークでインドネシアに行った。
I went to Indonesia for cultural anthropology fieldwork.
食文化の違いを文化人類学の視点から分析する論文を書いた。
I wrote a paper analyzing differences in food culture from a cultural anthropology perspective.
Composed of 文化 (culture) and 人類学 (anthropology). Cultural anthropology is a major academic discipline at Japanese universities. Key Japanese scholars include 梅棹忠夫 and 川喜田二郎, whose KJ method for organizing fieldwork data is widely used in business.
In Japan, the term 民族学 (ethnology) was traditionally more common in academic circles, but 文化人類学 has become the standard label for university departments.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 文化人類学を学ぶ: to study cultural anthropology
- 文化人類学者: cultural anthropologist
- 文化人類学の視点: a cultural anthropology perspective
- 文化人類学入門: introduction to cultural anthropology
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 社会人類学: social anthropology — closely related field, emphasis on social structures
- 民族学: ethnology — older Japanese term for the comparative study of peoples
- 人類学: anthropology — the broader discipline