Articles about 'Department of Social Anthropology'

Two leading academics from the University's School of Humanities and Social Sciences provide a framework that supports scholars and students in navigating generative AI.

A new augmented reality trail, launched as part of the Cambridge Festival, is showcasing the world leading research of the University of Cambridge in a new light.

Listening to people's lived experiences is helping to improve the awareness and uptake of cancer care. On World Cancer Day, we take a look at some of the ways researchers are working with communities to ‘close the cancer care gap’.

The University’s Department of Social Anthropology studies how people live: what they make, do, think and the organisation of their relationships, societies and cultures. Photography is a core part of that research. For social anthropologists, this imagery is not just part of the story, but a source of insight into who people are.

Five academics from the University of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences.

Why an indigenous people takes their clothes off for cash, and what it reveals about culturally complex hopes and dreams.

Dr Johannes Lenhard from the Department of Social Anthropology has started a new project with homeless people and those who support them in Cambridge during the pandemic. 

Through sound and photography, Cambridge researcher Dr Elizabeth Turk shares her experiences of talking to shamanic healers in Mongolia. Over the past eight years, the social anthropologist has been exploring the increased popularity of nature-based remedies and ‘alternative’ medicine in the wake of the region's seismic politico-economic shifts of recent decades.

The collaborative venture will offer insights into the links between ethics and social change

Cambridge graduates enter a wide range of careers but making a difference tops their career wish lists. In this series, inspiring graduates from the last three years describe Cambridge, their current work and their determination to give back.