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C. W. M. Hart

Charles William Merton Hart (1905–1976) was a social anthropologist and sociologist best known for his study of the Tiwi people of the Bathurst and Melville Islands (or Tiwi Islands) in north Australia during the 1920s.

Taskscape

The term taskscape is often credited to social anthropologist Tim Ingold.

The Witch-Cult in Western Europe

One of these modern critics, social anthropologist Alan Macfarlane criticized Murray's work in his book Witchcraft Prosecutions in Essex, 1500-1600: A Sociological Analysis.

Watching the English: the hidden rules of English behaviour

Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour was written by Kate Fox, a social anthropologist.


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Benny Giay

Benny Giay (born 12 January 1955, in the village Onago, Waketei district, in what was then Netherlands New Guinea) is a theologian, a social anthropologist, and an activist, known for his activities in reconciliation to protect the rights of the Papuans of the Western, Indonesian controlled, part of New Guinea.

Digital infinity

Jakobson had already persuaded a young social anthropologist — Claude Lévi-Strauss — to apply distinctive features theory to the study of kinship systems, in this way inaugurating 'structural anthropology'.

Donald Tuzin

While studying at the University of London, Tuzin became interested in Sepik cultures and decided to go to the Australian National University's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), where he worked with the famous and controversial social anthropologist Derek Freeman.

Doug White

Douglas R. White (born 1942), American complexity researcher and social anthropologist

Greenville Goodwin

Following the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, which enabled tribes to create self-government again, H. Scudder McKeel, a social anthropologist for the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, hired Goodwin to help work with the possible formation of a San Carlos Apache government.

Olive Lewin

Olive Lewin OD OM (1927 – 10 April 2013) was a Jamaican author, social anthropologist, musicologist, and teacher.

Sofia Minson

Embarking on a Contemporary Maori Oil Portrait series in 2011, Minson has since painted prominent figures in Maori culture such as activist Tame Iti, musicians Tiki Taane and Stan Walker, Ta Moko artist Turumakina Duley and social anthropologist Dame Joan Metge.

Susanne Schröter

Susanne Schröter (1957) is a contemporary Social Anthropologist focussing primarily on Islam, Gender and Conflict Studies.

Upcott

Rosemary Firth (née Upcott) (1912 – 9 July 2001) was a British social anthropologist