General Links for The Anthropology of Economics, Development, and Globalization

These links are good starting points for further information about anthropology, its history, methods and recent possibilities for a politically and economically engaged scholarship.

Remember as you delve into this vast world of information that materials on the web MUST be evaluated as critically as any other texts we consider in this course.

Economic Anthropology

• Society for Economic Anthropology
  Learn about the goals and history of this section of the American Anthropological Association.
• History of Economic Thought Website
  Searchable index of important names
• The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
  From the Library of Economics and Liberty. "The website is provided by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals."
• A Glossary of Political Economy Terms
  User-friendly glossary from political science professor Paul Johnson

Engaged Anthropology

• National Association of Practicing Anthropologists
  Learn about the goals and history of this section of the American Anthropological Association.
• Association for Feminist Anthropology
  Learn about the goals and history of this section of the American Anthropological Association.
• Overview of Feminist Anthropology
  Angela Bratton's brief essay on history and goals of Feminist anthropology.
• Zero Anthropology Blog: The Yanomami Controversy
• The Race Project
  The American Anthropological Association's traveling exhibit on race
• Public Anthropology Journal Archive Project
  An excellent website offering a searchable database of 3 major anthropology journals, as well as links on possibilities for activist anthropology, annotated photos and more.
• Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism
  Put together by the Anthropology Dept. at SUNY Plattsburgh to accompany courses and a book by Richard Robbins. Readings on capitalists, consumers, the nation-state, the impacts of global capitalism, and various types of resistance and activism.

General Anthropology Blogs

• AAANet Blog
  The blog for the American Anthropological Association. News and announcements for the field.
• Savage Minds
  A group blog by working anthropologists. Reflections on their research and the discipline in general. (One major contributor is Alex Golub, Reed class of '95.) A great collection of links can be found at the bottom of the page.
• Somatosphere
  Critical ethnographic articles. "A collaborative website covering the intersections of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural psychiatry, psychology and bioethics."
• Culture Matters
  Group blog with articles on the ethnography and politics of the global: tourism, the state, ethnicity, etc.
• Material World
  Media, material culture, and meta-disciplinary commentary.
• Sociological Images
  Cultural studies with a quantitative twist. Media analysis and demographics.
• Ethnography Matters
  On doing ethnography in the context of global technologies, the Internet, "studying up."
• Anthropological Research on the Contemporary
  Paul Rabinow's experimental web platform for developing theoretical tookits in the social sciences.
• Anthropology on Tumblr
  A search for the "anthropology" tag on Tumblr. Never know what you'll find!

Global Anthropology Blogs

• Foole
  A "take on political theory - the state, sovereignty, and their boundaries and frontiers" from an anthropologist in South Sudan.
• Islam, Muslims, and an Anthropologist
  News and analysis on Islam around the world.
• Fist Full of Euros
  Economic and cultural lenses on Eurozone happenings.
• Photoethnography Blog
  Visual anthropology and media studies with a focus on Japan.
• Global Voices
  A blogging platform designed for transnational users and communities.

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