UNM Anthropology: Ethnology Changes Name to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology (SCALA)

Departmental News

Posted: Apr 07, 2023 - 12:00pm

The Ethnology subfield has changed its name to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology (SCALA). While the term "Ethnology" has a deep history in our discipline, signifying a focus upon contemporary societies and cultures, it has fallen out of use in most departments, and is a term that many if not most students find opaque. We want the subjects of our research to be as transparent as possible, and have chosen a new name that tells students and the general public at UNM that our focus includes both sociocultural as well as linguistic anthropology.