title: Anthropology in cognitive science.
abstract: This paper reviews the uneven history of the relationship between Anthropology and Cognitive Science over the past 30 years, from its promising beginnings, followed by a period of disaffection, on up to the current context, which may lay the groundwork for reconsidering what Anthropology and (the rest of) Cognitive Science have to offer each other. We think that this history has important lessons to teach and has implications for contemporary efforts to restore Anthropology to its proper place within Cognitive Science. The recent upsurge of interest in the ways that thought may shape and be shaped by action, gesture, cultural experience, and language sets the stage for, but so far has not fully accomplished, the inclusion of Anthropology as an equal partner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, GermanyDepartment of Cognitive Science, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Psychology, Northwestern University.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hutchins
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Medin
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D019336:Cognitive Science / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D003469:Culture; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans
keywords: Anthropology; Culture; Field studies