Why am I studying this career? Most of the time I can’t answer this question because to study anthropology is like a roller coaster to me: you can learn about social life and culture but sometimes you have no idea about social life and culture because you spend a lot of time reading texts.
When I finished school I wanted to study sociology, but then, in the last moment, I thought that anthropology was what I really wanted. I saw that anthropology is wider than sociology, I mean; anthropology has a point of view that covers more areas of social life, because we study about “culture” that is a bigger concept that “society”. That’s the difference that I saw between anthropology and sociology. And that’s why I decided to study social anthropology.
I think anthropology, especially social anthropology, is a great contribution to society because it emphasizes in “the other”, it reveals different realities that sometimes we don’t note every day. And this is really important, for example, to make public politics that really can include everyone.
I think that most important tool for a social anthropologist is to be a good observer and to be very friendly, because we work with people and their discourses and practices.
My favorite subjects are economic anthropology, because I thinks is very interesting to know about social classes. And also I like politic anthropology because it shows how politic exists in every area of our life, not just in politicians.
Finally I have to say that study anthropology is very interesting and even fun. It is a really beautiful career!!!
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