{"id":1263,"date":"2018-02-09T21:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/anthropology\/?page_id=1263"},"modified":"2023-08-02T21:49:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T21:49:35","slug":"sociocultural","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-anthropology\/sociocultural\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociocultural"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sociocultural and Biocultural Anthropology<\/h1>\n<p><em>Sociocultural Anthropology<\/em> at NAU focuses on the range of human cultural diversity and anthropological perspectives, ethics, and theory. It covers the intersections of language and discourse, kinship, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, religion, economics, social inequality, politics, environment, culture change, and globalization. The skills developed include: critical reading and writing, effective communication skills, cross-cultural and holistic perspectives, analysis of culture, and ethical awareness. NAU faculty in sociocultural anthropology are engaged in a wide range of research, including the projects featured below.<\/p>\n<h3>Projects and research<\/h3>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<!-- shortcode-image-callout -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-callout shortcode-image-callout--left\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-anthropology\/rapid-ethnographic-response-and-evaluation\/\">    <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__outer-container\">\n        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-landscape-image wp-image-2774\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/snowday-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/snowday-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/snowday-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/snowday-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/>\n                        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__header-container\">\n                <span>Rapid Assessment Response and Evaluation (RARE)<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/span>\n    <\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<!-- shortcode-image-callout -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-callout shortcode-image-callout--right\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-anthropology\/sociocultural-research-shuar-health-and-life-history-project\/\">    <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__outer-container\">\n        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-landscape-image wp-image-2733\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/melissa-2-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa in the field\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/melissa-2-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/melissa-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/melissa-2-232x174.jpg 232w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/melissa-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/melissa-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/melissa-2.jpg 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/>\n                        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__header-container\">\n                <span>Shuar Health and Life History Project<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/span>\n    <\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"US Midlife Mortality_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-1-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-1-panel\">\n            US Midlife Mortality\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-1-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-1-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-jl5gla3l2inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-jl5gla3l2inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-jl5gla3l3\" class=\"_1Z_nJ\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jl5gla3l4\" class=\"_1Z_nJ\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_15\">Dr. Michelle Parsons is building on her work on the Russian mortality crisis, published in her book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/university-press\/book\/9780826519733\">\u201cDying Unneeded: The Cultural Context of the Russian Mortality Crisis\u201d<\/a> published by Vanderbilt Press in 2014. Her current research, is focused on the US midlife mortality crisis in a county in Northern Arizona. This research is funded by the National Science Foundation (1658528).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Experiences of COVID-19_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-2-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-2-panel\">\n            Experiences of COVID-19\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-2-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-2-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Dr. Hardy and Dr. Mundell started a research project in March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic and social shutdowns were ramping up. The research involves ethnographic interviews with Americans from a range of demographics. Hardy and Mundell wanted to characterize and understand power, policy, health, inequality, illness and justice from a holistic perspective. This kind of understanding, in Hardy\u2019s words, can only be achieved through collaboration with communities and across disciplines.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Political Anthropology of Social Uprising in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-3-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-3-panel\">\n            Political Anthropology of Social Uprising in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-3-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-3-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Dr. <strong>Nata<\/strong><strong>\u0161a Gari<\/strong><strong>\u0107-Humphrey<\/strong>\u2018s research is focused on intergenerational dynamics and social movements in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Her most recent work, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/plar.12343\">Negotiating \u201cTrue\u201d Politics: Intergenerational Dynamics During Social Uprising in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina<\/a>\u201d is featured in Political and Legal Anthropology Review.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ailing Miskitu lobster divers in Nicaragua_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-4-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-4-panel\">\n            Ailing Miskitu lobster divers in Nicaragua\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-4-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-4-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Dr. Clinton Humphrey\u2019s research is focus on ailing Miskitu lobster divers in Nicaragua. As the lobster industry has slowly collapsed along the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, so have the bodies and livelihoods of thousands of men suffering from chronic decompression sickness. The overarching aim of Dr. Humphrey\u2019s research has been to track the ways in which illnesses come into being and persist for these commercial divers, as they struggle to navigate an exploitive transnational seafood industry in addition to the dangerous undersea ecologies where they must carry out their work. This context of suffering has inspired ongoing studies of how globalized political-economic processes converge with the generative embodied practices\u2014including communicative practices\u2014shaping perceptions of illness, the environment, and the precarity of one\u2019s labors.<\/p>\n<p>An important aspect of Dr. Humphrey\u2019s research is the extensive use of videography to record social interaction and communication. In Nicaragua, the use of video has been crucial when analyzing the productive power of public discourses to racialize disease and covertly blame the sufferers. Videographic methods have also fueled his deep interest in exploring the various ways in which anthropologists use visual media to capture \u201craw data\u201d and\/or produce ethnographic representations. He has produced and edited several anthropological films, most of them in collaboration with students, colleagues, and Native American community activists in Northern Arizona.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3>Contact the Department of Anthropology<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:anthropology@nau.edu\" aria-label=\"Contact the Department of Anthropology: Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">anthropology&#8203;@nau.edu<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                        <a href=\"tel:928-523-3180\" aria-label=\"Contact the Department of Anthropology: Telephone Number\" title=\"Telephone Number\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-phone\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Call:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-phone\">928-523-3180<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- shortcode-image-caption -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-caption shortcode-image-caption--center\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-anthropology\/medicalanthropology\/\">    <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__container\">\n                <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__caption\">\n            <span>\n\n\nLearn more about our approach to Medical Anthropology\n\n<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-landscape-image wp-image-1502\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/2018\/03\/exterior-windows-of-science-building-at-nau-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"view of nau building exterior on campus in flagstaff\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/2018\/03\/exterior-windows-of-science-building-at-nau-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/345\/2018\/03\/exterior-windows-of-science-building-at-nau-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/>\n    <\/span>\n    <\/a><\/span>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Connect with us<\/h4>\n<p><i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nauanthropology\"> Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Anthropology labs<\/h4>\n<p>Learn about the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-anthropology\/anthropology-laboratories\/\">lab facilities<\/a> that our faculty and students conduct their research in.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>NAU research<\/h4>\n<p>Northern Arizona University is a research-intensive university. See what <a href=\"http:\/\/research.nau.edu\/\">other research<\/a> is being conducted across campus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sociocultural and Biocultural Anthropology Sociocultural Anthropology at NAU focuses on the range of human cultural diversity and anthropological perspectives, ethics, and theory. It covers the intersections of language and discourse, kinship, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, religion, economics, social inequality, politics, environment, culture change, and globalization. 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