Applied Anthropology is sometimes referred to as the "fifth sub-discipline." Practical application of anthropology theories, methods, and findings. Anthropologists solve real-world problems using anthropological techniques and usually are employed outside of academic settings.


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- Social Anthropology 

- Cultural Anthropology

- Linguistic Anthropology

- Biological or Physical Anthropology

- Visual Anthropology

- Psychological Anthropology

- Archaeology 

- Applied Anthropology 

- Nutritional Anthropology 

- Digital Anthropology

Subdisciplines of Anthropology

The University of Memphis. (2020, March 13). What is Applied Anthropology? - Department of Anthropology. The University of Memphis. Retrieved September 9, 2022, from https://www.memphis.edu/anthropology/about/what_is_app_anth.php

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Focuses on how humans living in societies operate and how they are organized. 

Social Anthropology 

The study of psychological subjects using anthropological practices and methods and understanding how psychological processes shape social processes.

Psychological Anthropology

The study of biological and behavioral characteristics of humans, hominin ancestors, and non-human primates.

Biological/Physical Anthropology

Studies the production, histories, and representation of cultures in ethnographic photography, film, other newer media, and all other visual representations, including performances.

Visual Anthropology 

Studies human languages in the context of the cultures that developed them. Focuses on the foundation of languages and how language affects socities.

Linguistic Anthropology 

Focuses on investigating cultural variation, beliefs, and social/cognitive organization among humans. Studies how culture organizes and shapes the world and how humans are shaped by their environment.

Cultural Anthropology 

Digital anthropology is the study of the relationship between humans and digital technology. The field is new and has a variety of names, including techno-anthropology, digital ethnography, cyber anthropology, and virtual anthropology.

Digital Anthropology 

Studies the history of humanity through observing, and analyzing material culture (i.e. artifacts)

Archaeology

Applied Anthropology

Nutritional anthropology is the study of food and nutrition from an evolutionary, behavioral, social, and cultural perspective. These anthropologist study how nutrition impacts health at an individual, community, and population level.

Nutritional Anthropology 

The study of fossils and ancient life is defined as before and including the Holocene epoch. 

Paleontology / Palaeontology 

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