Anthropologist - Tasks and specialisations
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Tasks & duties
Anthropologists:
- compare different societies and cultures
- study their own and other societies
- carry out fieldwork, which may involve living with and studying people of different cultures
- observe and record family and group relationships and activities
- gather information on the culture, behaviour, language, economics and biology of societies and individuals
- study items from the past and the present to find out more about societies
- develop and test new ideas
- write and present research findings
- may advise government departments and private organisations on cultural matters and the concerns of different groups and cultures
- assess the effect of the environment on individuals and societies, such as the impact of globalisation on Third World countries
- may teach anthropology.
Julie Park reading a report
An anthropologist doing field research
