Terrain (journal)
Encyclopedia
Terrain is a French academic journal
of ethnology
, social
and cultural
anthropology
(the three terms are not clearly distinguished in France). Each issue is entirely devoted to a specific theme. It aims to address both specialists and the educated general public; it was initially focused on contemporary France society and then extended on Europe; it also addresses theoretical considerations but with a language accessible to the general public.
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
of ethnology
Ethnology
Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity.-Scientific discipline:Compared to ethnography, the study of single groups through direct...
, social
Social anthropology
Social Anthropology is one of the four or five branches of anthropology that studies how contemporary human beings behave in social groups. Practitioners of social anthropology investigate, often through long-term, intensive field studies , the social organization of a particular person: customs,...
and cultural
Cultural anthropology
Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans, collecting data about the impact of global economic and political processes on local cultural realities. Anthropologists use a variety of methods, including participant observation,...
anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
(the three terms are not clearly distinguished in France). Each issue is entirely devoted to a specific theme. It aims to address both specialists and the educated general public; it was initially focused on contemporary France society and then extended on Europe; it also addresses theoretical considerations but with a language accessible to the general public.