Quantum anthropology

Quantum anthropology is the theoretical approach that studies culture and humanity from an quantum perspective. Rather then a recognized subdiscipline of anthropology, quantum anthropology could be described as an emerging field that represents an effort for finding a link between cultural anthropology, social anthropology and quantum mechanics.
Overview
The term quantum anthropology was coined by Shawn Pownell in 1996 in his article "Quantum anthropology" in Anthropology News. From this time several authors used this term in their works,
but the basic principles of quantum anthropology as an new theoretical approach were formulated by Heidi Ann Russell from the Loyola University Chicago and developed later by Radek Trnka from the Charles University in Prague.
From a review of literature some fundamentals of quantum anthropology could be defined as a wave-particle duality and wave function collapse. Quantum anthropology understands humans and cultures as actualizations of potentiality in time and space.

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