Anthropology and the Environment
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Anthropology
Resources on the Internet
By Allen H. Lutins and more recently, Bernard-Olivier
Clist. A long-time staple of the Internet and a very comprehensive list
of on-line anthropology resources.
Electronic Development and Environment
Information System
ELDIS provides an ever increasing number of descriptions
and links to a variety of information sources, including WWW and gopher
sites, databases, library catalogues, bibliographies, and email discussion
lists, research project information, map and newspaper collections. Where
there is no Internet link available, other information on the availability
of databases, CDRoms, etc. is given.
Environmental Archaeology
Resource Pages
Information and materials for teaching and learning Environmental
Archaeology; information about academic programs, bibliographies, images,
technical information and links.
Sustainable Information Directory
The US National Park Service has also provided an easy
way to locate sustainable information on the Internet. Information is grouped
into communities, facilities, and products. Within those groups the information
is grouped into location (city and country), ecoregion (polar,dry, temperate,
and tropical), application (create, use, and reuse), and setting (urban,
rural, or wilderness). These groupings can help refine information searches.
Worldwide
Email Directory of Anthropologists (WEDA)
A directory with thousands of e-mail, postal and web
addresses for anthropologists around the world (and the only resource of
this kind). The A&E web site provides links to search WEDA for the
authors, speakers and instructors mentioned here, so please consider adding
your contact information to the database.
WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology
Part of a larger distributed network of research guides
on
academic topics.
Academic Web Database
A searchable database of thousands of websites for academic
institutions and publishers.
Research Resources for the
Social Sciences
This began as a student project, but has subsequently
developed into a book and a publisher-sponsored web site. Still a very
comprehensive overview of data and research sources on the Internet.
Databases
Agricola
Database of the National Agricultural Library; includes
two databases, one of NAL holdings (mostly government documents) and another
devoted entirely to journal articles, book chapters, and similar difficult-to-find
items. Includes items on plant and animal sciences; forestry; entomology;
soil and water resources; ag economics and ag engineering; ag products;
alternative farming practices; and food and nutrition.
Anthropological Index Online
Index of current periodicals in the Museum of Mankind
Library (incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute Library).
An excellent database for finding articles on anthropology.
UMI Dissertation Express
After answering some simple questions about payment options
and institutional affiliation (which don't oblige you to order anything),
you can do simple author and title searches of UMI's dissertation hoard
(all U.S. dissertations going back to the 1800s).
Uncover
One of the few publicly accessible databases of journal
articles. It can be confusing to use: click the "Search Uncover" button,
then click it again on the next page (you only need to create a user profile
if you plan to order articles on-line; skip it for now). This service will
also deliver the table of contents for many journals via e-mail.
American Society for Environmental
History
Includes archives for the environmental history mailing
list, as well as bibliographies, syllabi and many similar resources on
environmental history. This is an excellent resource site.
Association for Environmental
Archaeology (UK)
An international organization for everyone with an interest
in bio- and geoarchaeology. Site includes membership, journal and meeting
information.
Association for the Study of Literature
and Environment
Founded in October 1992 to promote the exchange of ideas
and information pertaining to literature that considers the relationship
between human beings and the natural world. Extensive on-line electronic
archive, mailing list archive, and links.
Association
of American Geographers, Cultural Ecology Newsletter
Very much oriented toward geographers and their professional
association; however, the newsletter includes book reviews and calls for
papers.
Association of University Leaders for
a Sustainable Future
The purpose of this academic professional organization
is to promote "global environmental literacy."
Committee
on Anthropology in Environmental Planning
The CAEP is a loosely-knit group of professional anthropologists
who are interested in sustainable community development and resolving disputes
over cultural and environmental resource management options.
Culture and Agriculture
Section of the AAA
Anthropological section devoted to agrarian issues, agricultural
development, and agricultural systems.
Environmental
Studies Association of Canada
Organization information.
Interdisciplinary
Environmental Association
Organization information.
International Society for
Environmental Ethics
Includes the Society's newsletter, and extensive bibliographies
and syllabi.
Programme for Traditional
Resource Rights (TRR)
Based in Oxford, the Programme "aims to extend to Indigenous
peoples and local communities knowledge of appropriate mechanisms for protecting
the integrity of their knowledge and resources."
Society for
Applied Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology Project
The SfAA's Environmental Anthropology Project includes
useful information about employment in the environmental field, general
information about environmental anthropology, job postings, a directory
of applied environmental anthropologists and other resources.
Terralingua
"Terralingua is an international, nonprofit organization
concerned about the future of the world's cultural and biological diversity.
Within this broad focus we have two main aims: preserving the world's linguistic
diversity, and investigating connections between biological and cultural
diversity." Includes organization information and discussion papers.
Electronic Green
Journal
Articles about environmental resources on the Internet.
The Electronic Green Journal is a refereed publication devoted to discussing
and disseminating information concerning sources on national and international
environmental topics. Sponsored by the University of Idaho Library.
Ethics, Place, and Environment
A forum for the publication of research and scholarship
on all aspects of geographical and environmental ethics.
Journal of Ecological Anthropology
JEA is an interdisciplinary forum for innovative academic exploration of the interface between humans and their sociocultural and biophysical environments. Subject areas include, but are not limited to, anthropology of conservation, historical ecology, the evolution of human ecosystems, development anthropology, human population ecology, ethnobiology and comparative indigenous knowledge systems, ecology of health and nutrition, paleoecology, systems anthropology, primate socioecology, and information ecology. Contact the editors at jea@fiu.edu or at JEA, Department of Environmental Studies, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199.
Journal
of Human Ecology
JHE provides a forum for papers concerned with the complex
and varied systems of interaction between people and their environment.
Site includes tables of contents for issues going back to 1995.
Journal
of Political Ecology
JPE is a peer reviewed journal begun in 1994 that welcomes
submissions in English, French and Spanish from a broad range of disciplines
and hopes to encourage research into the linkages between political economy
and human environmental impacts. It is provided free and supported by the
Political Ecology Society (PESO) via the World Wide Web.
Worldviews: Environment,
Culture, Religion
A new international academic journal which seeks to explore
the environmental understandings, perceptions and practices of a wide range
of different cultures and religious traditions.
Aboriginal
Overkill and Native Burning: Implications for Modern Ecosystem Management
Review article Charles E. Kay, written in December 1994.
American
Environmental History
Bibliography compiled by Dan Flores in 1991.
Environmental Ethics
Large on-line database of citations.
Environmental Inequality
Environmental inequality and annotated environmental
justice bibliographies.
Preliminary
Political Ecology Bibliography
From the Political Ecology Society.
References
on the American Indian Use of Fire in Ecosystems
Written by Gerald W. Williams, references by William
Reed in 1994
Starfish:
Sustainability and Environmental Education Resources
This site has large bibliographic and syllabi databases.
Agricultural Genome Information
Server (AGIS)
Confusing, but substantial set of databases on Native
North American Plant uses, including: Medicinal
Plants of Native America, Native
American Food Plants, and Worldwide
Plant Uses.
American
Indian Ethnobotany
An on-line database of foods, drugs, dyes, and fibers
of Native North American Peoples, compiled by Dan Moerman (47,000+ items).
By
the Prophet of the Earth: Pima Ethnobotany
The entire text of this book by L.S.M. Curtin, originally
published in 1949, is available on-line.
Ethnobiology Laboratories (U Georgia)
Ethnobotany and Paleoethnobotany
A bibliography compiled in 1993 by Michael A. Pfeiffer.
What makes it particularly useful is the indices at the end by plant names,
tribes and subjects.
People and Plants Online
WWF International, UNESCO and the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew created the People and Plants Initiative in 1992. The initiative supports
ethnobotanical research for conservation and community development. Their
web site promises lots of exciting materials available online, including
curricula, discussion papers, handbooks and working papers. Other resources,
such as videos, and information on the Initiative are also available.
The projects in this section have been created by anthropologists.
Arctic Circle
Convened by Norman Chance, designed and maintained by
Tom Plunkett and Jon Lizee. A wonderful site for educating on the Arctic
and its peoples and issues.
Ambiente y Desarrollo en el Caribe
(Environment and Development in the Caribbean). Created
by Zaibette Maldonado. A directory of Internet resources with news and
analysis on these issues in the region. Spanish language with references
to resources in English and Spanish.
Native Americans and the Environment
Supports public education on environmental issues facing
Native American communities, within a framework of respect for land and
treaty rights.
Consortium for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN)
A good starting place for international environmental
information relating to the human dimensions of global environmental change.
CIESIN is the World Data Center A (WDC-A) for Human Interactions in the
Environment, this might mean something to someone.
Environmental Archaeology
Unit
Department of Biology, University of York. Information
about the Unit's research and publications.
International Human
Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)
Includes a newsletter and information about their mailing
list.
Zooarchaeolosgy Home Page
Zooarchaeology is the analysis of animal remains (e.g.
bone or shell) from archaeological sites to reconstruct the cultural lifeways
of people and the interrelationships between people, animals, and the environment.
This site includes links, bibliographies, meetings, and similar resources
on this topic.