MIT Anthropology

MIT Anthropology faculty conduct research all over the world, from Mexico to Mongolia, and within the United States. We live and work among the people we study, participating in daily activities and rituals, conducting interviews, and using multimedia tools such as photography and videography to collect data. We analyze how social identities and hierarchies are established or contested, cultural values are transmitted and transformed, and community and state organizations operate.

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MIT Anthropology faculty conduct research all over the world, from Mexico to Mongolia, and within the United States. We live and work among the people we study, participating in daily activities and rituals, conducting interviews, and using multimedia tools such as photography and videography to collect data. We analyze how social identities and hierarchies are established or contested, cultural values are transmitted and transformed, and community and state organizations operate.

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