Department of Social Anthropology
About this community
Combines expertise in the central traditional fields of social anthropology with active explorations of new areas of study
The Department of Social Anthropology at Cambridge is a major centre for anthropological research. It combines expertise in the central traditional fields of social anthropology with active explorations of new areas of study. Most of the main anthropological fields of kinship, religion and ritual, economics, law and politics are studied.
Particular current interests in the department include gender relations, comparative sociology, modes of communication, medical anthropology, demographic anthropology, urban studies, philosophy and anthropology, historical anthropology, symbolic systems, economic and development anthropology, ethnicity, history of anthropology, art and aesthetics.
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Sub-communities within this community
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Digital Himalaya
Includes an extensive set of back issues of Himalayan journals, rare manuscripts and books, and numerous maps, alongside visual and audio collections
Collections in this community
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Digital Orient
A programme to understand the cultures of China, Japan, India and South Korea through the integration of multimedia, large data storage, and dynamic interactivity made possible by broadband capacities. -
Film Interviews of Academics and Others
Archival interviews with leading anthropologists, historians,ethno-musicologists, international travellers and others. -
Nepal Materials
Films, photographs and texts describing the peoples of the Nepal Himalayas.
Recent Submissions
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Cultivation and Conflict: Buddhist-Derived Meditation and Ethical Complexity among Israeli Jews
In Israel, the demand for Buddhist-derived meditation practices appears to be among the highest in the world, and such practices are currently being employed by a striking variety of Israelis. This dissertation relies on ... -
Generating and Maintaining Confianza: Living a "Good" Life Amidst Violence, Insecurity, and Mistrust in Rural El Salvador
This dissertation enters into theoretical discussions with the current literature on El Salvador (Moodie 2010, Silber 2011, Pederson 2013, Montoya 2018) by offering an alternative way to analyze violence, the emblematic ... -
The Greedy Eaters: A moral politics of continuity and consumption in urbanising central Kenya
Since before the colonial period, Kikuyu in central Kenya have argued about the morality of wealth and the delinquency of poverty. A kinship-based labour ethic was at the heart of these moralising debates. Men and women ... -
"We don't know what we're saying": Politics and subjects among the ultras of Centro Storico Lebowski football club in Florence, Italy
This dissertation offers an ethnographic account of Centro Storico Lebowski (CSL), a semi-professional football club in Florence, Italy, and of the community that supports and manages it. I argue that CSL showcases the ...
