{"id":9272,"date":"2025-12-01T13:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/home-the-department-of-anthropology\/%d7%90%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%97%d7%9c%d7%a7%d7%94-%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%a0%d7%aa%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%92%d7%99%d7%94\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:46:56","slug":"about-department-of-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/en\/academics-school\/home-the-department-of-fine-arts\/about-department-of-anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"About &#8211; Department of Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9272\" class=\"elementor elementor-9272 elementor-2716\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229d97dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"229d97dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496b2e5b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"496b2e5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74bad248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74bad248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About  The Department of Anthropology<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7844d520 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7844d520\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/downtown-long-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9271\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/downtown-long-1.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/downtown-long-1-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/downtown-long-1-768x550.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c3bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1c3bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"sppb-addon-wrapper-rswWemrRF2-hDxPPoYHY0\" class=\"sppb-addon-wrapper addon-root-text-block\"><div id=\"sppb-addon-rswWemrRF2-hDxPPoYHY0\" class=\"clearfix sppb-wow fadeIn sppb-animated\" data-sppb-wow-duration=\"300ms\"><div class=\"sppb-addon sppb-addon-text-block \"><div class=\"sppb-addon-content\"><p data-path-to-node=\"0\">Anthropology is a scientific discipline that holistically explores human culture across all its diverse dimensions.<\/p><p data-path-to-node=\"1\">It operates on the fundamental premise that to navigate and exist in the world, human beings must assign meaning to things. Anthropology investigates how this meaning is created and transformed by examining a wide array of phenomena: food, sexuality, politics, religion, medicine, art, perceptions of self, emotions, economics, identities, home, consumption, violence, and more.<\/p><p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The signature anthropological research methodology\u2014participant observation\u2014is unique in its capacity to integrate multiple layers of knowledge within a single study:<\/p><ul data-path-to-node=\"3\"><li><p data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Explicit Knowledge:<\/b> Overt, official knowledge articulated through language.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Semiotic Knowledge:<\/b> Non-verbal knowledge embodied in physical posture, expression, and touch.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Practical Knowledge:<\/b> Everyday behavior that does not always align with what people explicitly say or believe they do.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"3,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Historical Knowledge:<\/b> Deeply rooted cultural memory preserved within symbols, sacred texts, and material artifacts.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About The Department of Anthropology Anthropology is a scientific discipline that holistically explores human culture across all its diverse dimensions. 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