Social Sciences, Sociology & Anthropology

Open Courseware and Resources (Social Sciences (general), Sociology, Anthropology)

- Social Sciences: group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world (Wikipedia).
- Sociology: scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture (Wikipedia).
- Anthropology: study of humanity, has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences (Wikipedia).

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
    Search the WWWVL: Anthropology  

  • 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

Other Sites

Anthropology of Religion

theoretical analysis of religion as a cultural phenomenon, functional relationships between religion, culture, society and the individual: Anthropological Viewpoints about Religion, Diversity and Unity in the World's Religions, The Psychology of Religion, Religious Myths and Symbols, Religion as Expressive Culture, Language, Belief, and Religion, Religious Ritual, Religious Social Organization, Religion and Society, Religious Adaptation and Change, quizzes

Science, Magic and Religion

science and religion as historical phenomena that have evolved over time, Examines the earlier mind-set before 1700 when into science fitted elements that came eventually to be seen as magical, how Western cosmologies became "disenchanted", Magical tradition transformed into modern mysticisms, political implications, discussion concerning science in totalitarian settings as well as "big science" during Cold War
 

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

The Anthropology of Computing

examines computers anthropologically as meaningful tools revealing social & cultural orders that produce them, classic texts in computer science, works analyzing links between machines & culture, early computation theory & capitalist manufacturing: cybernetics and WWII operations research, readings

Primate Behavior

explores social lives of the nonhuman primates, introduction to primate evolution and taxonomy and behavioral ecology, examines select groups of living primates through topics such as conservation, social behavior, cooperation/competition, reproduction, ethnoprimatology and evolution of social organization: exam reviews, resources

Rules, Race, and Mel Gibson

Slavoj Zizek talking about the explicit, truth, rules, politics, Mel Gibson, society, race, racism, antisemitism, lecturing and developing a psychoanalysis of culture and societies
 

Medical Anthropology

medicine from a cross-cultural perspective focusing on the human as opposed to biological, various kinds of medical practice as cultural systems, Particular emphasis on Western (bio-medicine, how biomedicine constructs disease health body and mind, how it articulates with other institutions national and international: readings

Sociologies of Health & Illness ELearning Databank

interdisciplinary project to create databank of re-usable e-learning resources shared between disciplines & across institutions, supporting staff & students to embrace technological change: parsons' sick role, doctor/patient relations, social class, Black report & inequalities in health, Gender and health, Social Capital, Gender and health, Medicalisation, Death

Oral History of the City

ideas and history, Skinker-DeBaliviere, memory and society, background and approaches, Methodology and Interviewing: project, readings

Syndicate content