Anthropologist

Tasks and duties

• Writing about and presenting research findings.
• Planning and coordinating research to compare the economic, demographic, health care, social, political, linguistic, and religious institutions of different cultural groups, communities and organisations.
• Gathering and analysing artifacts to enhance knowledge of ancient cultures.
• Explaining the origins and physical, social, or cultural development of humans, including cultural traditions, beliefs, languages, resource management practices, and settlement patterns.
• Identifying culturally specific beliefs and practices affecting health status and access to services for distinct populations and communities, in collaboration with medical and public health officials.