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applied anthropology  

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  • Although applied anthropology has a variety of meanings, generally the term refers to what professionally trained anthropologists do when they are involved in solving practical or policy problems found in society at large. This problem solving can be done either indirectly in support of an agency or sometimes directly. [Source: Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia; Applied Anthropology]

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