Links (General Resources for an Anthropology of Globalization)

Economic Anthropology

  • History of Economic Thought Website
    Searchable index of important names. Also contains a useful list of major economic schools of thought and institutions.

  • 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."

Engaged Anthropology

  • The Feminist Theory Website
    An online repository of references, internet links, and materials related to feminism and feminist theory.
  • 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

  • anthro{dendum}
    A group blog by working anthropologists. Reflections on their research and the discipline in general, focusing on the practice of public anthropology.
  • 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 toolkits in the social sciences.
  • Anthropology on Tumblr
    A search for the "anthropology" tag on Tumblr. Never know what you'll find!
  • Anthropology Blogs 2019
    A detailed repository of blogs related to anthropology that are still active. There is a lot here, so take some time to browse through and see if anything catches your eye.

Global Anthropology Blogs

  • Foole's No Man's Land
    A "take on political theory - the state, sovereignty, and their boundaries and frontiers" from an anthropologist in South Sudan.
  • Anthrobservations
    News and analysis on Islam around the world. Formerly named “Islam, Muslims, and an Anthropologist.”
  • 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.