Theory in Anthropology Descriptions of various subdisciplines of sociocultural anthropology, reviews of trends in anthropological publications, and biographies of some influential anthropologists.
Anthropology, Gender and Masculinity Bilingual site featuring articles, images, news, and links related to the anthropological study of masculinity and gender.
What is Culture? A tutorial on the nature of culture and the history of the culture concept.
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."
Kinship and Social Organization Hypertext tutorial covering descent, kinship terminology, marriage systems, and residence rules. Includes ethnographic examples.
Cultural Islands An essay by Thomas Hylland Eriksen that critically examines the metaphors which have underlied anthropological theory and research.
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.
The Third Culture A directory of links and resources for understanding cultural ecology.
Rites of Passage across Cultures An annotated directory of links and course outline examining the anthropological and psychological elements involved in initiation ceremonies.
Introduction: Everyday Life An article that discusses how anthropology brings to light many similarities between ancient and modern cultures, particularly in customs surrounding food.
Cross-cultural Psychology A subfield of psychological anthropology concerned with observing human behavior in contrasting cultures.
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.
Raising Trust An article that describes how some forager groups may nurture a sharing sense in their offspring.
Social and Cultural Evolution A directory of links to research papers that discuss general theoretical approaches and models of culture change.
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.
Game Killing and Killing Games Heidi Dahles discusses the anthropology of power relations in modern hunting in western society.
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.
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.
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.
Circumpolar Ethnographic Field School Features information and contact details for the project hosted by the University of Northern British Columbia. Summer 2003.
Implosion Research in architecture on the phenomenology of space of O. F. Bollnow. [in English, French and German].
Growing up Sexually Encyclopedia features cross-cultural information on sexual behavior development. Offers researchers the opportunity to participate in the project and bibliography.
Center for Cross-Cultural Research Dedicated to fostering and disseminating comparative research. Features news, staff profiles, events and contacts at the Australian National University.
Cultures Observations Database Open content project collecting observations made by travelers on behavior in other cultures. Features project description, technical details, and contacts.
Opus corpus: Anthropology of the Corporal Appearances Features articles by St�ephane Malysse on understanding the social and cultural logics made visible by the human body. Requires Flash. In English, French and Portuguese.
AnthroCommons Virtual conference facility for the American Anthropological Association. Offers meeting abstracts, and conference papers.
Dueling Banners A Smithsonian Magazine article that describes how proverbs in the Asafo war flags of Ghana show Western influence.
Brand You An article that describes using anthropological data for advertising commercial products.
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.
