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Social Sciences

- group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. They differ from the arts and humanities in that the social sciences tend to emphasize the use of the scientific method in the study of humanity, including quantitative and qualitative methods - Wikipedia.

Sociology

- scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture. Areas studied in sociology can range from the analysis of brief contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social interaction - Wikipedia.

Anthropology

- study of humanity. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences - Wikipedia.

City Visions: Past and Future

understandings of the city generated from both social science literature and urban design, literature on the history and theory of the city, theory and practice of design visions for the city, conditions under which a variety of design visions were conceived, future prospects of cities, design visions that might reflect these new dynamics: readings
 

Intro to Instructional Design

instructional technology is systematic way of designing, developing, implementing, evaluating processes of learning and teaching with specific objectives based on research in human learning and communication, combination of human and nonhuman resources to bring about more effective instruction, aspects of instructional design, product development, interactive learning technologies, multimedia, distance education, and library and information literacy

Communication, Technology and Policy

Technological change, explores the social and policy implications of the digitisation of Australian (and international) telecommunications and broadcasting, Specific policy and technology themes and debates illustrate the choices facing the information society, examines media discourses of communication technology

Social Sciences (general), Sociology & Anthropology - Resource Page

Prime Sites

  • Anthro TECH (US), WWW Virtual Library (WWWVL): Anthropology - provides internet resources, services & solutions for anthropological community & general public: directory (applied anthropology, archaeology, biophysical, conferences, cultural, forums, education, general, job opportunities, linguistic, organizations, publications, specialized fields, theories), services, site of day & month

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  • Intute (UK), Social Sciences - Browse by heading (Anthropology, Business and Management, Economics, Education, Environmental Sciences, European Studies, Government Policy, Hospitality and Catering, Human Geography, Law, Politics, Psychology, Research Tools and Methods, Social Welfare, Sociology, Sport and Leisure, Practice, Statistics and Data, Travel and Tourism, Women's Studies), Internet catalogue, New resources, Internet training, Virtual Training Suite, Support materials, events & conferences, services, Blog, Departments, News channels, Newsround, Timelines
  • WWW Virtual Library, Social Sciences - Sites evaluated for their adequacy as information sources: Directories and Data Archives, Electronic Journals, Scholarly Societies, WWW Resources by Subject

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  • Human Society and the Global Economy

    textbook-in-progress for a survey course in economics: institutionalist/Post-Keynesian approach, organization primarily historical, development of the global capitalist economy and of economics from the beginning of capitalism to present, micro-order and macro-order, market and state, development, growth and evolution of the capitalist economy, technology and society, distribution of income and wealth, and the visions of the major economists

    Ecological Anthropology

    adaptation, cognition & culture, energy flow, time allocation & efficiency, population ecology & carrying capacity, life history & reproductive strategies, foraging systems, agriculture, pastoralism, group size & settlement patterns, land tenure, reciprocity & risk, competition & warfare, social stratification, niche theory & cultural diversity, ecology of disease & nutrition, conservation, "development" & ecological crises/toward sustainability: bibliography

    Anthropology Tutorials

    • biological (Early Theories of Evolution, Primate Behavior, Genetics, Time, Biological Basis of Heredity, Early Primate Evolution, Human Chromosomal Abnormalities, Early Hominin Evolution, Synthetic Theory of Evolution, Early Human Evolution, Human Blood, Evolution of Modern Humans, Human Variation, Human Adaptability, Classification of Living Things, Primates): quizzes, glossary
    • Cultural Anthropology (Human Culture, Ethnicity and Race, Language and Culture, Political Organization, Patterns of Subsistence, Social Control, Economic Systems, Religion, Social Organization, Medical, Kinship, Culture Change, Sex and Marriage, Process of Socialization): glossary

    Anthropology

    manifestations of witchcraft, magic and religion from diverse cultures, belief and ritual, individual well‑being and communal solidarity, potential to generate discord and destruction, uneasy relationship between magic, witchcraft, religion and "science", contemporary Western culture, individuals who reject the world: Tylor, Durkheim, Frazer, Margaret Murray, Freud, Robin Horton's defense of Tylor, myth & symbolic classification, Malinowski & myth, the Dogon, Amazon cosmology, genesis as myth, Mary Douglas, Azande witchcraft, the European witch craze & Salem witch trials

    Social Science Information Sources and Services

    social science information sources with an emphasis on sources issued in US, Scholarly items receive more attention than popular ones, Sources examined will often be those available at larger university and public libraries, considers both print and digital materials, including WWW: anthropology, business/economics, education, political science, sociology, psychology, geography & history

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