Karp first came to Peru in the late 1970s to study Indian (indigenous) communities while working on her Ph.D.

In studying ancient communities, it is used to draw conclusions about biome, including whether a biome is species rich, its relative humidity and level of forestation.

Metagenomics is also used extensively for studying microbial communities.

He studied endolithic microbial communities and astrobiology.

Human geography - social science that studies the world, its people, communities, and cultures with an emphasis on relations of and across space and place.

This work inspired him to conduct a study of how NGO's conceived of human rights, beginning his second career in studying communities, meanings, culture, and social change.

In 1999, Poweshiek County, Iowa was selected for an international wellness consortium to study well communities and how to better integrate community health resources.

Together with his wife Fidelity, Lancaster has studied various tribes, communities and regions in the Arab world since 1971.

Travis studied other native communities, and even lived on an Apache reservation.

The community had studied closely other communities with similar interests, cultural back ground, history.