In the early 1970s, renowned anthropologist Clifford Geertz published his most influential book, The Interpretation of Cultures. The book was widely read throughout the social sciences and humanities, ...

One of the books I often recommend to readers is 2009’s The Wayfinders, which is the published collection of anthropologist Wade Davis’s Massey lectures. In those lectures — which is to say, in that ...

Cultural Relativism—An anthropological term that can best be defined as follows: An individual's actions, behaviors and beliefs can be understood only in terms of the culture from which he or she ...

Cultural anthropology is most powerful when students move from reading theories to actively engaging with cultures. Hands-on fieldwork, applied case studies, and reflective projects are helping ...