 What is cultural anthropology in introduction? What does anthropology consist of? As stated in the previous video, the four main sub-disciplines include cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and archaeology. In this video we'll be discussing cultural anthropology. Cultural anthropology is anthropology that deals with human culture, especially with respect to social structure, language, law, politics, religion, magic, art, and technology. Origins of cultural anthropology. Frans Boas is widely regarded as the father of American anthropology. He was the innovator who came up with the distinctly American four-field approach to anthropology, which of course includes cultural anthropology. His contributions to the field have been invaluable and numerous, and many of the concepts that he taught are still used today in the field. One of the most famous cultures that Boas studied was the Eskimo culture, which he observed for the first time while working on his dissertation. What do you mean by culture? The beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society grew place or time. It ranges from past cultures to the cultures of developing countries and even to industrialized societies. It concerns itself with many facets of human culture in all time periods and the way in which various cultures have developed over time.