{"id":1743,"date":"2023-10-11T18:49:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T01:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/?page_id=1743"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:56:15","slug":"why-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/undergraduate\/why-anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"Why anthropology?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--interactive-content-pane \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--interactive-content-pane\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"left\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Anthropology is about&#8230;\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"pagination-wrapper\">\n      <ul 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