Anthropology is not a science of distant and exotic societies or small communities, neither single nor closed societies. Its interested is in the human being  (άνθρωπος  -  anthropos)  as the object of study (λόγος, logos), knowledge, and speech. The subject institutionalized as science in the nineteenth century and followed the European colonial, industrial, scientific and technological expansion, focusing on the so-called "primitive" societies or "distant", in order to, as in a laboratory situation; understand the “complex” organization of its own society. After decolonization, anthropology returns to the countries where it originates, but also remains in these anthropological grounds arguing, in either place, the relations and comparisons between societies, their relevance and contemporaneity. This course will cover in an introductory way the fundamental concepts of Social and Cultural Anthropology, its contexts, its integrative dimension and some of their fields of study. We will focus in anthropology for our times, anthropology in contemporary societies without fail to explore its historical dimension and its methodological tools.