Anthropology and cultural studies share a close intellectual relationship as both disciplines are concerned with understanding culture, meaning, power, and everyday life. Anthropology traditionally focuses on the systematic study of human societies through fieldwork and ethnography, while cultural studies examines cultural practices, media, and representations, especially in relation to power structures, ideology, and identity. Despite differences in origin and method, the two fields often overlap in subject matter and theoretical concerns. Anthropology, particularly social and cultural anthropology, emphasizes participant observation and long-term fieldwork as primary methods. Classic anthropologists such as Bronisław Malinowski established intensive fieldwork as central to understanding indigenous cultures from within. Cultural studies, emerging in the mid-twentieth century, draws more heavily on textual analysis, critical theory, and media studies. Scholars like Stuart Hall examined how media and popular culture shape identities and reinforce or challenge power relations. While anthropology seeks to interpret social life through lived experience, cultural studies often interrogates how cultural meanings are produced and circulated in modern societies. One major point of convergence is the shared interest in meaning-making. Both disciplines view culture not merely as artifacts or traditions but as systems of symbols and practices. For example, an anthropologist studying marriage rituals in a rural Indian village may document kinship patterns,