Anthropology. I began studying anthropology in 1971, and I've been in love with it ever since. The field has changed in many ways since my undergraduate days, even if I haven't. Here are a list of some of my favorite anthropology sites. These can be used for many different courses besides anthropology. Check out a few and see how you can use them in your teaching.
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African National Congress. Check
out the ANC home page. Includes links to sites relevant to South
Africa.
Eggi's
Village: Life Among the Minangkabau of Indonesia is a virtual
exhibition of photos by Peggy Reeves Sanday, an anthropologist
who has spent a significant amount of time in the area.
Welcome to SunSite Thailand,
comes to us from the Information Management Division of Assumption
University. It has IT information, but also includes a variety
of other socio-cultural information about Thailand. Slow-loading
but worthwhile.
Thailand - A Country
Study, comes to us from the United States Library of Congress.
This is an online version of the area handbook produced for the
United States government. Lots of information, but no photos.
Madura, Island
of Charm, is a small, but tastefully done site, with basic
information about Madurese culture. The island of Madura lies
off the coast of East Java and is relatively close to the island
of Bali.
Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog , is a blog about archaelology in Southeast Asia written by a Singaporean writer-journalist-archaelogy student. Interesting for those studying this area. I'll keep track of this site.
Bali Online, is a tourist-oriented
page describing the culture and geography of one of the world's
favorite vacation spots. This site now has information in German, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. Why isn't my house listed?
Background
Notes: Western Samoa 6/96, is a document from the United States
Department of State with basic information about Western Samoa.
Useful in providing a beginning for research on the area.
Vaturanga Home
Page, is another one of those eclectic sites from the denizens
over at Geocities. This site has been developed by a Ph.D. student
over at U.B.C. It covers the Vaturanga people from the Solomon
Islands. Much of the information here is based on the author's
fieldwork. Read an ethnography of the Vaturanga, view some photos,
try out some of the excellent links to other sites about the Solomons,
the Pacific area, and anthropology. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit.
Introduction to the
Sami The Sami are an indigenous people living in Scandinavia.
This page describes their culture. Cool. This is what the internet
is all about - giving you access to information that will expand
your knowledge of the world. Of course, I like looking at baseball
scores, too.
Center for the Study
of the First Americans ,
is a site where you can learn about where the first
Americans came from. It is the cyberhome of the Center for the
Study of the First Americans which is a research institute
located on the campus of the University of Texas A&M. This is
a site useful to university and high school students.
Native Americans,
has an enormous amount of links about Native Americans. This is
a great resource for both students and teachers.
Native American Indian History,
Art and Culture,
is brought to you by LostWorlds.org. Lost Worlds is an online
interactive museum that tells about the Mound Builders of the
American Southeast and Midwest. This is a very cool site about
the Native American tribes that built the pyramids in North
America.
Native American Language
Net ,
is a site about promoting and perserving Native American Languages.
If you work in this area and are concerned about the Native
American languages, you should check this site out.
Russell Means Home Page,
is a site dedicated to Russell Means, the American Indian activist.
Includes writings, philosophy, lectures, etc. Also has links to
other American Indian pages.
Monumental American
Indian Architecture, is devoted to the American Indians of
the Lower Mississippi Valley and the earthworks they created.
Has some links to some very cool sites on ancient earthworks in
the U.S. Some very interesting stuff on American Indians, architecture,
history, etc. I love this place - quite possibly related to my
early interest in the mound builders of the midwest. Check it
out. Makes me think of Dr. Hall who I taught for at Illinois years
ago and loved to throw chalk at sleeping students during his archaeology
lectures. I've been tempted...
Cultures of the Andes, is a page
with music, poetry, the Quechua language and pictures. Very cool
if you're looking for something direct and easy to access on the
Andes region. Great photos and lots of them. Includes links to
other Andes oriented web sites.
University of
California, Berkeley is my old department. Berkeley has a
great history in the field of anthropology - most of my professors
have retired now. Check out News and Resources. There are better
web sites for other departments in terms of resources.
University of California, Santa Cruz
is one of the departments in the UC system.
University of Chicago is one of the classic departments in the United States.
University of Illinois, Chicago is the department where I received my BA and MA in anthropology. I have fond memories of the old department.
American Anthropological Association,
This is the home of the major anthropological association in the
United States. It includes information about the AAA as well as
links to anthropology resources on the internet.
AnthroBase.com is a searchable
database of anthropological texts. I don't know much about this
site right now (24/7/04), but it looks like it has possibilities,
and I will be checking on it more in the near future.
Anthropoetics:
The Journal of Generative Anthropology, generative anthropology
(GA) attempts to understand cultural phenomena in the simplest
terms possible: all things human are traced back to their source
in the hypothetical scene of origin in which human beings as sign-using
creatures first emerged.
The originary hypothesis of GA is that human language begins as
an aborted gesture of appropriation representing--and thereby
renouncing as sacred--an object of potential mimetic rivalry.
The strength of our mimetic intelligence makes us the only creatures
for whom intraspecific violence is a greater threat to survival
than the external forces of nature. Human language defers potential
conflict by permitting each to possess the sign of the unpossessable
object of desire--the deferral of violence through representation.
GA seeks to transcend the impasse between the humanities, imprisoned in the "always already" of our cultural systems, and the empirical social sciences, which cannot model the paradoxical generativity of these systems. The originary hypothesis provides the basis for rethinking every aspect of the human, from language to art, from religion to political organization.
Anthropoetics is dedicated to this rethinking both for its intrinsic importance and as a framework for literary and cultural analysis. The editors of Anthropoetics hope to stimulate the continuing interest in GA and to encourage productive dialogue between the humanities and the human sciences.
Anthropology.net,
says this
about their website:
Anthropology.net’s mission is to create a cohesive online community of individuals interested in anthropology. This website intends to promote and facilitate discussion, review research, extend stewardship of resources, and disseminate knowledge. To serve the public interest, we seek the widest possible engagement with all segments of society, including professionals, students, and anyone who is interested in advancing knowledge and enhancing awareness of anthropology.
Chapati
Mystery, has
this to say about itself:
CM started out wondering what T. E. Lawrence and Bhagat Singh would talk about, over dinner. And it kinda went downhill from there. Over the last three years, you would have read examples of ‘Cool History’ from South Asia [’cool’ being a subjective term, here], wrong analysis of US domestic politics [I thought Kerry would win], many, many rants against journalists and historians who write about Islam, Middle East or South Asia, some sober assessments on Pakistan’s political and religious scene, a few ruminations about public intellectuals and digital history and finally enough snark to overcome a room full of Wicker Park hipsters. Do be aware that CM’s only qualified expertise is in medieval and modern South Asian history. You should take our guided tour.
Now, I'm just getting to examine this blog, but it's about Pakistan which I love, and Wicker Park is mentioned in the quote above which tells me that this fellow is in Chicago which I also love - what could be better?
Cultural
Analysis , is
an interdisciplinary forum on folklore and popular culture : it
is an " interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated
to investigating expressive and everyday culture. The journal
features analytical research articles, but also includes
notes, reviews, and responses." I found a few interesting
articles the first time I found
the site the other day. Give it a try.
Culture
Matters, is
an anthropology blog coming out of the Department of Anthropology
at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. They write about
"the emergent trends in anthropology. In particular we are
interested in discussing the ways in which the methods and
insights of anthropology are being 'applied' in various settings,
both within and beyond the academy."
First-Nations.com, contains
information and links on indigenous people from the United States
to Africa.
Folklore
and Mythology Electronic Texts, is a very basic site in terms
of design with a great deal of information about folklore around
the world. If folklore is your interest, this site is a valuable
resource.
Glossarist, is
a site that contains links to nine anthropology glossaries.
You can also use this site to find glossaries for other subjects
as well.
Genetics
and Human Migration Patterns, is
a site about just what the title says. Interesting stuff
here for the student of genetics and human migration.
Jon Frum Home
Page, tells you about cargo cults and the well-known Jon Frum
(well-known if you've taken some intro anthro courses that discuss
cargo cults). This is an interestingly designed sight and is worth
a look.
Native Web Home Page, is a
"cyber-place for Earth's Indigenous peoples." This site provides
a variety of links relating to indigenous people.
Open
Access Anthropology , is
a blog that examines the state of open access resources in
and around anthropology. For those of us who are far from
libraries and not attached to a university or research institute,
open access materials are heaven sent. I keep an eye on this
just to see what is available.
Savage
Minds , is
a blog that covers all sorts of cool anthropology stuff.
Social
Science Information Gateway: Ethnographic Studies of Peoples and
Communities, has a very large list of cool anthropological
sites. This is a must visit site.
The Archaeology
Channel is the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), an independent,
nonprofit, tax-exempt (501[c][3]), research and education corporation
registered in Oregon in 1999. Recognizing that the archaeological
record is the legacy of all human beings and dedicated to bringing
the benefits of archaeology to a wider constituency, ALI was founded
to address a number of critical issues now facing archaeology
and its potential beneficiaries. Interesting. Check it out.