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Cultural Anthropology


To anthropologists, culture is the complex of learned, non-genetic behavior shared by the members of a society. Cultural anthropologists document the cultures of specific societies, and/or compare different societies in order to derive general principles of cultural evolution and human adaptation. It is the emphasis on cross-cultural comparison that helps distinguish cultural anthropology from many other Western social sciences.



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The Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel - Essays in cultural anthropology on the philosophy of Aesthetic Realism.
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Cultural Anthropology News Archive - Collection of links to media articles from Texas A&M
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Theory in Anthropology - Descriptions of various subdisciplines of sociocultural anthropology, reviews of trends in anthropological publications, and biographies of some influential anthropologists.
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Anthropology, Gender and Masculinity - Bilingual site featuring articles, images, news, and links related to the anthropological study of masculinity and gender.
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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.
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What is Culture? - A tutorial on the nature of culture and the history of the culture concept.
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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."
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Anthropology Page - Book reviews and short essays.
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A Journey Through The Culture of Capitalism - Explores capitalism as a cultural phenomenon rather than an economic philosophy.
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Kinship and Social Organization - Hypertext tutorial covering descent, kinship terminology, marriage systems, and residence rules. Includes ethnographic examples.
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Kinship Glossary: Symbols, Term, and Concepts - Definitions of basic terminology and list of common abbreviations.
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Cultural Islands - An essay by Thomas Hylland Eriksen that critically examines the metaphors which have underlied anthropological theory and research.
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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.
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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.
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The Third Culture - A directory of links and resources for understanding cultural ecology.
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Silence, AIDS and Sexual Culture in Africa - An article describing social factors in the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
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World Food Habits Bibliography - Bibliographies sorted by region and topic prepared by Robert Dirks.
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Rites of Passage across Cultures - An annotated directory of links and course outline examining the anthropological and psychological elements involved in initiation ceremonies.
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Introduction: Everyday Life - An article that discusses how anthropology brings to light many similarities between ancient and modern cultures, particularly in customs surrounding food.
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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.
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Brand You - An article that describes using anthropological data for advertising commercial products.
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Social and Cultural Anthropology - A annotated guide to Internet resources from the University of Delaware.
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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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Anthropology Resource Base - Resources for indigenous cultures around the world provided by NativeWeb.
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Cross-cultural Psychology - A subfield of psychological anthropology concerned with observing human behavior in contrasting cultures.
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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.
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Raising Trust - An article that describes how some forager groups may nurture a sharing sense in their offspring.
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Dueling Banners - A Smithsonian Magazine article that describes how proverbs in the Asafo war flags of Ghana show Western influence.
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Cultural Evolution and the Variable Phenotype - William Harms critiques attempts to extend the theory of evolution to culture.
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Social and Cultural Evolution - A directory of links to research papers that discuss general theoretical approaches and models of culture change.
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Human Universals - 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.
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Game Killing and Killing Games - Heidi Dahles discusses the anthropology of power relations in modern hunting in western society.
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25th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology - Meeting hosted by the University of Connecticut, Storrs, March 6-9, 2002. Features abstracts, registration materials, and lodging and transportation information.
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Slovenian Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology - A portal dedicated to preserving national traditions and promoting research. Offers photos, articles, and fieldwork reports, as well as a calendar of local events.
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Hip Hop Barbers - 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.
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Anthropology and Resistance - A collection of articles that examine issues of power, exploitation and resistance from an anthropological perspective.
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Culture by Commotion Trilogy - Online version of the series of books that include: Plenitude, Transformation, Commotion. The series offers an anthropological account of modern life by Grant McCracken.
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Circumpolar Ethnographic Field School - Features information and contact details for the project hosted by the University of Northern British Columbia. Summer 2003.
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Implosion - Research in architecture on the phenomenology of space of O. F. Bollnow. [in English, French and German].
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Growing up Sexually - Encyclopedia features cross-cultural information on sexual behavior development. Offers researchers the opportunity to participate in the project and bibliography.
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Sound and Society - 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.
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First International Congress of Investigation and Sociocultural Development - Features topics, program, registration and submission details. Cabeceiras de Basto, Portugal (October 2003, 23th to 25th).
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Center for Cross-Cultural Research - Dedicated to fostering and disseminating comparative research. Features news, staff profiles, events and contacts at the Australian National University.
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Cultural Observations Database - Open content project collecting observations made by travelers on behavior in other cultures. Features project description, technical details, and contacts.
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Cross-Culture Theory Test - Features software and data for comparative ethnographic analysis.
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