Blog – ACEA Mediator

What is to be an anthropologist?

The profession of the social and cultural anthropologist is multifaceted, like anthropology itself. The social and / or cultural anthropologist is a scientist, researcher, practitioner and mediator. The anthropologist is doing research. He mainly uses the so-called "qualitative" rather than "quantitative" methods in the social sciences and humanities. They are related to ethnography and methods such as observation, participation, conversation, interviewing and description. Such is, for example, the field ethnographic study that many other sciences borrow. It can be involved (doing things the way the people you talk to and watching them do), involved (getting involved in parts of people's daily [...]

Social and cultural anthropology in Bulgaria

Social anthropology entered Bulgaria relatively soon, while cultural anthropology (still developing as ethnology) and physical anthropology were studied earlier. Important for Bulgaria is the development of the so-called anthropology at home, urban anthropology, anthropology of marginal groups and communities, anthropology of migrations, etc. These, of course, are only part of the fields of work of researchers. Important for Bulgaria is the development of the so-called anthropology at home, urban anthropology, anthropology of marginal groups and communities, anthropology of migrations, etc. These, of course, are only part of the fields of work of researchers. Social and cultural anthropology in Bulgaria are part [...]