different between socio anthropology and anthropology
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Whereas cultural anthropology focused on symbols and values, social anthropology focused on social groups and institutions. Today socio-cultural anthropologists attend to all these elements. In the early 20th century, socio-cultural anthropology developed in different forms in Europe and in the United States.
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Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures and societies, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour, while cultural anthropology studies cultural meaning, including norms and values [PLEASE MARK ME A BRAINLIEST ]
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Definition of Anthropology
Anthropology studies human diversity. There are four primary sub-fields: archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. Archaeology focuses on the objects humans have made (often thousands of years ago). Biological anthropology examines the ways humans adapt to different environments. Cultural anthropologists are interested in how humans live and make sense of their surroundings, studying their folklore, cuisine, arts, and social norms. Finally, linguistic anthropologists study the ways different cultures communicate.
The primary method of research anthropologists utilize is called ethnography or participant observation, which involves in-depth, repeated interactions with people.
A defining feature of anthropology that makes it unlike many other fields is that many researchers study cultures that are not "their own." Thus, people pursuing PhDs in anthropology are required to spend a lengthy period of time (often a year) in a foreign country, in order to immerse themselves in a culture to become knowledgeable enough to write about and analyze it.
Early in the field's history (the late 19th/early 20th centuries), anthropologists were almost all Europeans or Americans who conducted research in what they considered to be "primitive" societies that they believed were "untouched" by western influence. Because of this mindset, the field has long been critiqued for its colonialist, condescending attitude toward non-western people and its inaccurate representations of their cultures; for example, early anthropologists often wrote about African cultures as static and unchanging, which suggested that Africans could never be modern and that their culture did not undergo change, as western cultures do.
In the late 20th century, anthropologists like James Clifford and George Marcus addressed these misrepresentations, suggesting that ethnographers be more aware of and upfront about the unequal power relations between themselves and their research subjects.
Definition of Sociology
Sociology has several principal tenets: individuals belong to groups, which influence their behavior; groups have characteristics independent of their members (i.e., the whole is larger than the sum of its parts); and sociology focuses on patterns of behavior among groups (as defined by gender, race, class, sexual orientation, etc.). Sociological research falls into several large areas, including globalization, race and ethnicity, consumption, family, social inequality, demography, health, work, education, and religion.
While ethnography was initially associated with anthropology, many sociologists also do ethnography, which is a qualitative research method. However, sociologists tend to do more quantitative research—studying large data sets, like surveys—than anthropologists. In addition, sociology is more concerned with hierarchical or unequal power relations between groups of people and/or institutions. Sociologists still tend to study "their own" societies—i.e., the U.S. and Europe—more than those of non-western countries, although contemporary sociologists conduct research all over the world.
Finally, an important distinction between anthropology and sociology is that the former's goal is to understand human diversity and cultural differences, while the latter is more solution-oriented with the goal of fixing social problems through policy.