Specialise in Social Anthropology for your Diploma in Arts at Massey Social anthropology is the study of the relationship between human beings and culture. It gives you a deeper understanding of cultural variation and cultural change. It allows you to better understand your own culture as one among many possible ways of being human. Social (or cultural) anthropologists seek to understand cultural differences. That includes the many ways people maintain and change culture in response to new social contexts.
Social anthropologists bring a comparative approach to the description and analysis of society based on fieldwork that extends across the globe, from hunter-gatherers to industrial nation-states. A Diploma in Arts in Social Anthropology is a good fit if you: want to further your understanding of our society are interested in cultural variation and cultural change want to better understand other cultures and ethnic groups.
