The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology
About this reference work
The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology is the most complete reference resource for the field of anthropology and interrelated areas, providing an authoritative and expert overview of the concepts, research, and techniques that together define the discipline. Under the guidance of Editors-in-Chief Hilary Callan - former director of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2000-2010) - and Simon Coleman - Chancellor Jackman Professor, University of Toronto - and a team of internationally-respected voices acting as Associate Editors, the Encyclopedia features contributions from a team of over 800 international scholars making this a work of unparalleled depth and breadth of knowledge.
Over 1,000 entries, ranging from concise summaries to longer writings, present the reader with in-depth discussions of hundreds of key topics, including: ecology, human evolution, gender, health, language and education, kinship, politics, and power, as well as biographical entries of many of the world’s most influential founding anthropologists.
Organized alphabetically and written for both the specialist and the general reader, the Encyclopedia is a landmark reference resource for students and scholars engaged within the broad and dynamic field of anthropology, and those studying and working within the related disciplines of psychology, medicine, religious studies, and sociology.
Topics
- Anthropology and the public domain
- Anthropology beyond text
- Applications and uses of anthropology
- Archaeology and palaeoscience: approaches from in anthropology
- Biographies of key figures
- Cognitive and psychological anthropology
- Decolonising anthropology
- Development, global processes, and local responses
- Digital anthropology and digital resources
- Disciplinary organizations for anthropology
- Economic anthropology
- Education and anthropology
- Environmental change and sustainability
- Ethical issues in anthropology
- Evolutionary and biosocial perspectives
- Food and nutrition
- Gender and sexuality
- Governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organizations and anthropology
- Health, illness, and health care
- Indigenous peoples and topics
- Key historical influences on anthropology
- Kinship, relatedness, reproduction, and life stages
- Language and anthropology
- Museums, material culture, and anthropology
- Politics, law, power, and identity
- Principal component subdisciplines within anthropology
- Public dissemination and understanding of anthropology
- Relations of anthropology with adjacent subjects and topics
- Religion, symbolism, and belief systems
- Rights
- Ritual
- Scientific communities and practices, anthropological study of
- Theory and method
- Urban anthropology
- Visual anthropology
- World anthropologies: national and regional traditions
