RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Key considerations in the analysis of the development of social anthropology in Spain A1 Fernández Álvarez, Óscar A1 González González, Miguel A1 Ouali Fernández, Sara A2 Antropologia Social K1 Antropología social K1 Spanish anthropology K1 Ethnography K1 Folklore K1 History K1 Heritage K1 5103 Antropología Social AB [EN] The objective of this article is to present a brief overview of the long history ofanthropology in Spain. Of primary importance is positioning this history bothwithin Spain’s wider social and political contexts, and also against the developmentof scientifc research throughout the country. Methodologically, this study is basedon extensive existing literature concerning the history of the discipline, from thestart of the twentieth century to contemporary times, which informed the decisionto structure this writing in four sections, segmenting the period of history covered.The frst section considers the primary or formative development of a regionalistSpanish ethnography at the beginning of the twentieth century. Following this, inthe second section, we explore the Francoist era when the twentieth century waswell underway; this was a period marked by the strong infuence of foreign researchon the establishment of teaching methods and practical approaches to anthropology.In the third section, we observe how, as Spain transitioned from a dictatorship to astrong democratic state formed of autonomous regions, a uniquely Spanish anthro‑pology emerged and, as we discuss in the fourth section, the country entered a timeof consolidation and institutionalisation throughout the wider feld of Spanish sci‑entifc endeavour. In this way, we examine Spanish anthropology from the contextof intellectual development not dissimilar to that taking place on a global scale. PB SpringerOpen LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18537 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18537 NO Fernández-Álvarez, Ó., González-González, M., & Ouali-Fernández, S. (2023). Key considerations in the analysis of the development of social anthropology in Spain. International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/S41257-023-00085-0 DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León RD 19-may-2024