Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology Links
- Dueling Banners A Smithsonian Magazine article that describes how proverbs in the Asafo war flags of Ghana show Western influence.
- Cross-cultural Psychology A subfield of psychological anthropology concerned with observing human behavior in contrasting cultures.
- Raising Trust An article that describes how some forager groups may nurture a sharing sense in their offspring.
- Kinship and Social Organization Hypertext tutorial covering descent, kinship terminology, marriage systems, and residence rules. Includes ethnographic examples.
- Cross-Cultural Explorations and Dialogue Manuals, tutorials and information on cross-cultural communication prepared by the Institute of Baltic Studies and the Open Estonia Foundation.
- Anthropology, Gender and Masculinity Bilingual site featuring articles, images, news, and links related to the anthropological study of masculinity and gender.
- Game Killing and Killing Games Heidi Dahles discusses the anthropology of power relations in modern hunting in western society.
- Social and Cultural Anthropology A annotated guide to Internet resources from the University of Delaware.
- The Norm of Reciprocity An article that discusses the need to distinguish between the concepts of complementarity and reciprocity.
- Theory in Anthropology Descriptions of various subdisciplines of sociocultural anthropology, reviews of trends in anthropological publications, and biographies of some influential anthropologists.
- Anthropological Theories A guide to anthropological theories and approaches prepared by graduate students of the University of Alabama under the direction of Dr. Michael D. Murphy.
- Introduction: Everyday Life An article that discusses how anthropology brings to light many similarities between ancient and modern cultures, particularly in customs surrounding food.
- What is Culture? A tutorial on the nature of culture and the history of the culture concept.
- Anthropology Page Book reviews and short essays.
- Cultural Islands An essay that critically examines the metaphors which have underlied anthropological theorising and research.
- The Third Culture A directory of links and resources for understanding cultural ecology.
- CRM: International Councils and Treaties "Internet resources related to cultural protection and cultural resource management. Pointers to international councils and treaties."
- Project Ethnography A report on an anthropological approach to assessing digital library services.
- The Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel Essays in cultural anthropology on the philosophy of Aesthetic Realism.
- Symbolic Anthropology A site that explores the relationship between symbols and a society's cognitive structure, rules of moral conduct and patterns of social interactions.
- Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies Description of a program intended to promote the participation of community scholars, artists, healers, performers, and writers at the University of New Mexico through collaborative projects with faculty, museum professionals, and students.
- Cultural Anthropology News Archive Collection of links to media articles from Texas A&M
- Could you survive as a hunter gatherer? A simulation that tests the user's skill at obtaining wild foods.
- Barthelemy Collection of Tarascan Folklife Virtual museum of crafts of the Tarascan people from the Mexican State of Michoacan.
- Brand You An article that describes using anthropological data for advertising commercial products.
- Kinship Glossary: Symbols, Term, and Concepts Definitions of basic terminology and list of common abbreviations.
- Silence, AIDS and Sexual Culture in Africa An article describing social factors in the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
- Critical Theory and Cultural Studies "Cultural studies draws from the fields of anthropology, sociology, gender studies, feminism, literary criticism, history and psychoanalysis in order to discuss contemporary texts and cultural practices."
- Womanist Epistemology and a New Anthropological Paradigm African American women's experiences of oppression and marginalization have led them to espouse a religious framework that would give them the regard society has deprived them. This article advocates an anthropology that presents these people's history and culture from their own perspectives.
- World Food Habits Bibliography Bibliographies sorted by region and topic prepared by Robert Dirks.
- A Journey Through The Culture of Capitalism Explores capitalism as a cultural phenomenon rather than an economic philosophy.
- Anthropology Resource Base Resources for indigenous cultures around the world provided by NativeWeb.
- Culture and Developmental Subjectivities An article that describes how anthropologists and historians have attempted to understand and explore the cultural and textual sources of sexual analysis from a holistic perspective.
- Anthropology and Colonial Administration in New Guinea An article from the Journal of Pacific History that describes Australia attempts to improve the quality of its 'native administration' staff during the 1920s in Papua and New Guinea by appointing government anthropologists.
- Symbolic power struggles in inter-cultural space A lecture given by Thomas Hylland Eriksen at the symposium "Culture in the Global Village", Lund, Sweden, 14-16 January, 1993.
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