Anthropology Interview Essay

1. I chose anthropology as my major simply out of needing a different one. I was a business major my first semester and realized I didn’t like what I was doing. I liked history, but didn’t like all the aspects of being a historian, but as an anthropologist I could study many aspects of people and cultures and history all at the same time.

2. Anthropology is the study of people and cultures and civilizations across time an d space (from a cultural perspective).

3. My first exposure to Anthropology was an introductory course at Snow College. My professor was an Anthropologist/Sociologist and I loved his class. There was so much involved that appealed to me about history, and I loved learning about new cultures and people around the world. There is so much diversity out in the world, and I want to learn all about the different cultures, beliefs, people, and traditions. He loved it and passed on the love of anthropology to me through his lessons.

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The most amazing job I could ever think of is a job as an historian at NASA. I have always wanted to go to NASA and work there. As an anthropologist studying cultures and people, there is a lot to learn from the history of space travel and the records that have been brought back. There are many different perspectives in different cultures about the ideas of space travel. Because I love to share my knowledge about other cultures with other people. What else does an anthropologist like to do? I think it would be fun to be a tour guide at NASA and tell people of our fascinating history of space travel. No one before us has traveled into space and there is a fascinating cultural history among the many minds of early space travel and thoughts of space. There were many different beliefs surrounding ideas of space and our own earth. To look at the cultural distinctions surrounding space would be amazing