I-anthropology echazayo iwumkhakha ongaphansi we-anthropology egxile ekunikezeni izincazelo ezinemininingwane nezihlelekile zezici ezihlukahlukene zemiphakathi yabantu namasiko. Kubandakanya ukuqoqwa nokuhlaziywa kwedatha ye-ethnographic, okuhlanganisa ukubonwa, izingxoxo, nezinhlolovo, ngenhloso yokubhala phansi izinkolelo, ukuziphatha, amasiko, kanye nezinqubo zamaqembu amasiko ahlukene. Izazi ze-anthropologists ezichazayo zifuna ukuqonda nokuhumusha ukwehlukahlukana kwamasiko, futhi umsebenzi wabo uvame ukufaka imibono namamodeli angasetshenziswa ukuqhathanisa nokuqhathanisa imiphakathi namasiko ahlukene. Kafushane, i-anthropology echazayo iwucwaningo lwesiko lomuntu ngokubheka okuningiliziwe kanye nokubhala imibhalo yemikhuba yamasiko nezinkolelo.