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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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Giovanni Orlando

Giovanni Orlando

I study organic food networks in Western Sicily and Palermo, integrating the moral economy and risk modernity approaches. I am interested in defining dimensions of social and ecological sustainability through the use of anthropological theory.

Scott Haddow

Scott Haddow

I'm a bioarchaeologist working primarily in Egypt and Turkey these days. My doctoral research focused on the use of dental traits to assess the biological affinities of a Roman Period skeletal population from Egypt. My other research interests include mortuary archaeology and forensic anthropology.

Ana Inés Heras Monner Sans

Ana Inés Heras Monner Sans

I work with self-govt.&self-managed groups. Juntos estudiamos qué aprendemos y cómo para llevar adelante nuestros proyectos auto-gestionados usando la investigación-acción participativa. I use participatory action-research as an approach.

Evan Springer

Evan Springer

MA Student at the University of West Florida. Research interests are academic misconduct, culture, and mythology.

Niko Besnier

Niko Besnier

I am a cultural and linguistic anthropologist, currently researching migrant men from the Global South who aspire to become professional athletes in the Global North, raising issues of masculinity, national belonging, and hope.

Ashley Meredith

Ashley Meredith

I'm a PI at Moffitt Cancer Center, focused on Patient Center Care. We work on the Targeting Patient Satisfaction and Improving Patient Perceived Outcomes in Malignant Hematology through Anthropological Analysis grant. My research foci include Pacific, mobilities, and patient centered care.

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