An Anthropological Congress

Xth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences Indian Census and Anthropological Investigations

Christmas: An anthropological lens

Why does the festival of Christmas appear to be expanding worldwide while other festivals decline? Why do people emphasize their local rituals, given this is a global festival? Is this a religious festival whose values have been destroyed by materialism? What is the relationship between this family celebratory meal and the divine family to which it pays obeisance? These seemed to be questions t...

Tuberculosis: an Anthropological Perspective

Tuberculosis is a contagious and destructive disease that has plagued humans and their domesticated animals for at least 6000 years (Morse, Brothwell, and Ucko 1964), and continues to be a serious disease worldwide. Like most infectious diseases, the virulence of tuberculosis constantly fluctuates as changes occur in the host, the pathogen, and the environment. For example, in the United States...

An anthropological perspective on obesity.

An anthropological perspective on obesity considers both its evolutionary background and cross-cultural variation. It must explain three basic facts about obesity: gender dimorphism (women greater than men), an increase with modernization, and a positive association with socioeconomic status. Preindustrial diets varied in quality but shared a tendency to periodic shortages. Such shortages, part...

An introduction to Anthropological Demography

Anthropological demography is a specialty within demography which uses anthropological theory and methods to provide a better understanding of demographic phenomena in current and past populations. Its genesis and ongoing growth lie at the intersection between demography and socio-cultural anthropology and with their efforts to understand population processes, mainly fertility, migration, and m...