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Anthropology

Recommended resources for getting started with Anthropology research

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors. (2020.)

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Includes 275 substantial entries, over 300 short biographies of important figures in anthropology, and nearly 600 glossary items. (2010.)
The SAGE Handbook of the Social Sciences: The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Anthropology
Contains a rich body of chapters on all major topics relevant to the field, whilst also presenting a possible road map for the future of the field. (2021.)

Being Ethnographic: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography Introductory guidebook to the methods and applications of doing fieldwork in real-world settings. (2017.)
Doing Ethnographic Research: Activities and Exercises Concise descriptions of research methods and prompts for self-reflection. (2020.)
The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods Key topics including picture-sorting techniques, creative methods using artifacts, visual framing analysis, therapeutic uses of images, and various emerging digital technologies and online practices. (2020.)
Sage Research Methods - Little Blue Books From the qualitative research methods series, providing short and accessible texts on all kinds of qualitative methods