Open Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology
See also: This category in other languages: - Explores capitalism as a cultural phenomenon rather than an economic philosophy. - A guide to anthropological theories and approaches prepared by graduate students of the University of Alabama under the direction of Dr. Michael D. Murphy. - Resources for indigenous cultures around the world provided by NativeWeb. - Bilingual site featuring articles, images, news, and links related to the anthropological study of masculinity and gender. - Article by Licia Filingeri discussing the emergence of the ability to symbolize. - An article that describes using anthropological data for advertising commercial products. - Dedicated to fostering and disseminating comparative research. Features news, staff profiles, events and contacts at the Australian National University. - "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." - Features software and data for comparative ethnographic analysis. - A subfield of psychological anthropology concerned with observing human behavior in contrasting cultures. - An essay by Thomas Hylland Eriksen that critically examines the metaphors which have underlied anthropological theory and research. - 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. - Online version of the series of books that include: Plenitude, Transformation, Commotion. The series offers an anthropological account of modern life by Grant McCracken. - Open content project collecting observations made by travelers on behavior in other cultures. Features project description, technical details, and contacts. - Encyclopedia features cross-cultural information on sexual behavior development. Offers researchers the opportunity to participate in the project and bibliography. - Research into the influence of popular culture on the decoration of barber shops in Arusha, Tanzania by Brad Weiss, of the College of William and Mary. Features photos with brief captions. - Donald Brown discusses those features of culture for which there are no known exceptions to their existence in all ethnographically or historically recorded human societies. - Research in architecture on the phenomenology of space of O. F. Bollnow. [in English, French and German]. - An article that discusses how anthropology brings to light many similarities between ancient and modern cultures, particularly in customs surrounding food. - Definitions of basic terminology and list of common abbreviations. - Hypertext tutorial covering descent, kinship terminology, marriage systems, and residence rules. Includes ethnographic examples. - Features mission statement, group member profiles and journal. - An article that describes how some forager groups may nurture a sharing sense in their offspring. - An article describing social factors in the AIDS epidemic in Africa. - A portal dedicated to preserving national traditions and promoting research. Offers photos, articles, and fieldwork reports, as well as a calendar of local events. - A directory of links to research papers that discuss general theoretical approaches and models of culture change. - Paul Roquet's project comparing the acoustic ecology of living places in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Nepal, and Bhutan. Features research proposal, bibliography and guestbook. - A site that explores the relationship between symbols and a society's cognitive structure, rules of moral conduct and patterns of social interactions. - Essays in cultural anthropology on the philosophy of Aesthetic Realism. - A directory of links and resources for understanding cultural ecology. - Descriptions of various subdisciplines of sociocultural anthropology, reviews of trends in anthropological publications, and biographies of some influential anthropologists. - 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. - Bibliographies sorted by region and topic prepared by Robert Dirks.
