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Blog Roll and Web Links
Reading anthro blogs is a great way to keep up with the latest developments and discoveries in the field, to get a sense of the most important debates and controversies, and to find out what anthropologists think about world events. There are literally hundreds of blogs maintained by professional anthropologists from all the subfields (a quite comprehensive list can be found at http://anthropologyreport.com/anthropology-blogs-2014/).
- The Geek Anthropologist (http://thegeekanthropologist.com/)
The Geek Anthropologist is a blog run by a group of graduate students in anthropology. The purpose of this site is to analyze “geek culture” through the lens of sociocultural anthropology. One unique component of the site is a running list of women “who made a significant contribution to geek culture.”
- Popanth (http://popanth.com/)
Popanth is a community-run website whose purpose is to “translate anthropological discoveries for popular consumption.” With the cheeky tagline “Hot Buttered Humanity,” the site contains articles grouped under four sections—Archaeology, Contemporary Culture, Language and Communication, and The Human Body—as well as book and movie reviews.
- anthropologyworks (http://anthropologyworks.com/)
Anthropologyworks was established by the Culture in Global Affairs research and policy program at the George Washington University, whose mission is to promote awareness of what is relevant in anthropological knowledge to contemporary issues and to enhance discussion and debate within and beyond anthropology about contemporary issues. The blog is run by Barbara Miller, a professor of cultural anthropology and international affairs, who studies gender and health issues in India.
- Culture Matters (http://culturematters.wordpress.com/)
Culture Matters is a blog written by current and former students and staff in the Department of Anthropology at Macquarie University in Australia, with a particular focus on “applied anthropology.”
Other Web Resources
The Oxford Bibliographies site includes an entry on culture: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199766567/obo-9780199766567-0039.xml
The National Congress of American Indians has a free online policy paper regarding Native American team mascots: http://www.ncai.org/resources/ncai_publications/ending-the-legacy-of-racism-in-sports-the-era-of-harmful-indian-sports-mascots
The Oxford Bibliographies site includes entries on Bronislaw Malinowski and museum anthropology:
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199766567/obo-9780199766567-0096.xml
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199766567/obo-9780199766567-0053.xml
The Council of Museum Anthropology is online. “CMA’s mission is to foster the development of anthropology in the context of museums and related institutions”: http://museumanthropology.org/