Anthropologist?

Question

hi. i was wondering what an antropologist does? i know that it is the study of humans and culture. but what kind of jobs are out there for them? and what would they do? i am interested because i am not sure if i want to become and anthropologist or a marine biologist. thank you.

Answer 1

forensics, archaelogy, ethnographic investigations, teaching

Answer 2

Personally, Anthroplogy seems a little more interesting. There are different branches of Anthro. such as Cultural, Physical, Linguistic, Forensic, etc... Honestly, Anthroplogy seems much more interactive. If you are considering Cultural Anthro., like me,  you get to learn about cultures around today such as the Yanomami, Dobe Ju/' Hoansi, And the Trobrianders etc. etc.  Anthroplogy is so awesome :)

Answer 3

With regards to Anthropology: Truthfully the job/career options are too numerous to list.  It really depends on which of the 4 branches (and then subfield) you decide to focus on.

I would go to this site http://www.aaanet.org/

and poke around.  It has a section for students that can answer all types of questions and links for all the professional organizations and each of these has info on careers and available jobs.

As for marine bios, I don't know much about that, but there is probably a similar professional affiliation with an informative web.

Good Luck.

Answer 4

If you already know what each profession is, then you should already have an idea of the jobs available. The problem is, since you weren't specific about the type of anthropology you are interested in, it is very tedious to give you al list of ALL the types of jobs that anthropologists can do. So maybe you don't know exactly what anthropology is, so I'll do the following:

If you are interested in archaeology, you have several options. You could teach in multiple academic settings, work for private companies such as cultural resource management firms as a contractor, work for the government, or work for museums.

If you are interested in cultural anthropology, you can teach and do academic research, work for any number of multinational organizations or NGOs that use social science research, or you could work for a private corporation (marketing research, etc.), the government or the military.

Physical anthropology: Once again, there is the academic research and teaching route, forensic anthropology, you could work in zoos or preserves with various primate species, etc.

Linguistics: Primarily an academic research subfield, but there are opportunities for government work as well.

You see, I listed all of these different types of jobs for different types of anthropologists, but if you had listed the type of anthropology you were thinking about studying, someone could have given you a much better answer. As you learn, you will realize that even these primary subfields are quite diverse. Please don't be rude to people who are just answering your question the best way that can from the information that YOU gave!

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

Anthropology is the study of the physical and social characteristics of humanity through the examination of historical and present geographical distribution, cultural history, acculturation, and cultural relationships.[1] It is holistic in two senses: it is concerned with all human beings at all times and with all dimensions of humanity.

In principle, it is concerned with all institutions of all societies. Since the work of Franz Boas and Bronislaw Malinowski in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, anthropology has been distinguished from other social science disciplines by its emphasis on cultural relativity, in-depth examination of context, cross-cultural comparisons, and the importance it places on long-term, experiential immersion in the area of research, often known as participant-observation.

In the United States, and to a lesser extent in Britain and other English-speaking countries, anthropology has often been traditionally conceived of as comprising four related fields of study:

Biological or physical anthropology seeks to understand the physical human being through the study of genetics, inherited traits and variations thereof, evolution, adaptation, etc. Subfields or related fields include primatology, nutritional anthropology, and human and population genetics.

Socio-cultural anthropology is the investigation, often through long term, intensive field studies, of the culture and social organization of a particular people: language, economic and political organization, kinship, gender relations, religion, mythology, symbolism, etc. (U.S. universities more often use the term cultural anthropology; British universities have tended to call the corresponding field social anthropology, and for much of the 20th century emphasized the analysis of social organization more than cultural symbolism.) In some European countries, socio-cultural anthropology is known as ethnology (a term also used in English-speaking countries to denote the comparative aspect of socio-cultural anthropology.) Subfields and related fields include psychological anthropology, folklore, anthropology of religion, ethnic studies, and cultural studies.

Linguistic anthropology seeks to understand the processes of human communications, verbal and non-verbal; it identifies the many subtle elements of the world's languages, and documents their structure, function and history. Linguistic anthropologists often draw on related fields including semiotics, cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis, and narrative analysis.

Archaeology is the study of materials that have attributes resulting from human activity. This study involves a wide variety of field techniques (remote sensing, survey, geophysical studies, coring, excavation) and laboratory procedures (compositional analyses, dating studies (radiocarbon, Optically stimulated luminescence dating), measures of formal variability, examination of wear patterns, residue analyses, etc.); archaeologists predominantly studies materials produced by prehistoric groups but also includes modern, historical and ethnographic populations.

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Marine biology is the scientific study of the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the ocean or any other body of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy.

There are many practical reasons to study marine biology. Marine life represents a vast resource, providing food, medicine, and raw materials, in addition to helping to support recreation and tourism all over the world. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. Marine organisms produce much of the oxygen we breathe and probably help regulate the earth's climate. Shorelines are in part shaped and protected by marine life, and some marine organisms even help create new land.

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i would get marine biologist

Answer 6

With a Bachelor's degree, your best bets will be in archaeology or linguistics. Linguistics espcially if you study a middle eastern or Asian Language. Cultural and Physical anthropolgy almost always require master's degree's, if not Ph.D.'s. Either way, the job market is extremely competitive.

Marine biology is always a popular major, especially in Florida. The job market here is also competitive.

I would go for what you truly love doing. Love to learn new langauges and cultures? Or excavate archeaological sites? then go for anthro.

Love to SCUBA dive or work with dolphins? Go for marine bio.Do what you love and you wont work a day in your life.