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urban anthropology  

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  • The term urban anthropology came to designate a subfield of cultural anthropology in the 1960s, even though anthropologists have been conducting research in cities since the 1930s. While ethnography, the core methodological tradition of anthropology, derives from in-depth studies of rural and village life, the development of urban anthropology also reflects broader conceptual debates within the discipline. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Urban Anthropology]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/urban_anthropology

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