1. SC2218: Anthropology and the Human Condition Lecture 1: Introduction to Anthropology and the Human Condition Eric C. Thompson Semester 1, 2010/2011
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4. Anthropology and Other Disciplines People who study their own society call themselves Sociologists People who study other societies call themselves Anthropologists People who study markets and exchange in their own society call themselves Economists People who study markets and exchange in other societies call themselves Anthropologists People who study individual thought and behavior in their own society call themselves Psychologists People who study individual thought and behavior in other societies call themselves Anthropologists You get the idea . . . The same is true for history, art, geography, language, genetics, physiology, politics, and every other aspect of “ the human condition .”
19. NUS Anthropologists John Miksic Southeast Asian Studies Tong Chee Kiong Sociology Roxana Waterson Sociology Vineeta Sinha Sociology Pattana Kitiarsa Southeast Asian Studies Thang Leng Leng Japanese Studies Maribeth Erb Sociology Irving Chan Johnson Southeast Asian Studies Eric Thompson Sociology Mokshika Gaur South Asian Studies Liz MacLachlan Japanese Studies Goh Beng Lan Southeast Asian Studies Mika Toyota Sociology