Sociocultural Anthropology
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Sylvester Ayek taking a selfie of his original home town on King Island, relocated in the 1950's to Nome, Alaska. Photo by Sven Haakanson -
Professor Stevan Harrell is an impromptu substitute teacher for an English class, Yanyuan County, Sichuan. -
A woman with advanced dementia cradling a doll, an example of care in practice. Photo by Janelle S. Taylor. -
Anti-government protesters in Ukraine. Photo by Jen Carroll -
Akhiok kids camp, 2014. Young men making traditional model angyaat for the first time since 1860's. Photo by Sven Haakanson -
Research Family, a group of Pacific Islander students at UW, gather at the Burke Museum each week.
Sociocultural anthropologists explore how people variously positioned within the world today live and understand the world, their aspirations and struggles, and how shared systems of ideas (i.e., culture) relate to the structured ways that people act and interact in society (i.e., power). Sociocultural anthropology attends to multiple voices and viewpoints, often through extended, in-depth ethnographic research, and engages deeply with history and with representations. Linguistic anthropology explores how language works how people use it to build and share meaning, form or change identities, and make or change relations of power. Applied anthropology uses anthropological methods and ideas to work with local communities helping address problems, such as those related to health, education, or the environment.
More about sociocultural anthropology at UW
Anthropology Major, Sociocultural Track
Anthropology PhD, Sociocultural Specialization
Sociocultural Anthropology Faculty
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News
- Stevan Harrell’s edited volume “Transforming Patriarchy, Chinese Families in the Twenty-First Century,” is out now. - Nov 2, 2016
- An Anthropological View of Gender and Sexuality in China - Apr 1, 2015
- Heterotopia —The New UW Journal of Anthropology - Apr 1, 2015
- Career Night—What Can You Do with an Anthropology Degree? - Mar 31, 2014
- RACE: Are We So Different?—An Anthropological Exhibit Comes to Seattle - Mar 31, 2014
