Resources

Faculty in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology have assembled a list of useful and interesting information for students studying both sociology and anthropology. Have something to add to this list? Let your professor know.

Resources on Sociology & Anthropology

Books in Donnelley and Lee Library:
last updated April 2010

Anthropology

Sociology

Blogs and Sites Devoted to Sociology and Anthropology:

Savage Minds — “Savage Minds is a collective web log devoted to both bringing anthropology to a wider audience as well as providing an online forum for discussing the latest developments in the field.”

Anthropology Works — “Provides an important place for highlighting what is new and important in anthropology and how anthropology connects to important current affairs.” 

Anthropology Blogs — A site that lists anthropology blogs as well as news in the field. 

Everyday Sociology — “A brand-new site that features interesting, informative, and most of all entertaining commentary from sociologists around the United States. Go to this site regularly to get a sociological take on what is happening in the news (and on what should be in the news).”

Thinking Difference — “A blog about difference, diversity, multiculturalism… mainly challenging categories such as race, ethnicity, gender.” 

Sociology Lens — This site hosts daily posts, video files and news items from the contributors to Sociology Compass, Wiley-Blackwell’s review journal on all fields sociology.

International Cognition and Culture Institute — “Explore the relationship between the biology of the mind and the behavior and culture of humans in this informative and well-written blog.”

Somatosphere — “A collaborative weblog covering the intersections of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural psychiatry and bioethics.”

Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution and Science

Hanging Around On the Wrong Side of the World (still)

Mundane Ethnography — Anthropology of food and cuisine

Ethnography — Ethnography through film 

Archaeology — A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America, this blog reports on recent news stories in the Archaeological world. 

Middle Savagery — A PhD student chronicles her travels and studies (from Texas to Turkey) in this blog. 

Archeaolog — Blog about recent news in the field combined with great photography. 

Linguistic Anthropology — A general academic blog about linguistic anthropology

Virtual Culture — A blog exploring the culture of gamers and the internet.

media/anthropology — Media/Internet studies blog

Museum Blogging — Museum Studies

Fieldwork on a Ghanaian Road — A blog about a student’s fieldwork concerning the social interaction and life that happens on and around a major highway in Ghana.

Neuroanthropology — “For a greater understanding of the encultured brain and body…”

Space and Culture — A blog dedicated to the study of social space

This Blog Sits At — A blog that combines anthropology and economics to discover how money, advertising and excahnge systems affect society.

Anthro Goggles — A blog that looks at social media, business and technology through an anthropological lens.

Mongabay — More of a news blog but really interesting stuff on South & Central America

Visual Anthropology of Japan

Prairie Sociology — Social theory and Public policy

American Anthropologist Association Human Rights Blog

Amitai Etzioni Notes — Sociological Perspectives from a renowned Sociologist.

Public Criminology — Blog on Sociological Criminology

Sociological Images — “Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry.”

The Color Line — “Applying sociological concepts, trends, and data to more fully understand the real-world issues related to race, ethnicity, and immigration in 21st century American society.”

Economic Sociology — A blog that centers around the sociological foundations of money and markets.

Contech — Social Media in Social Contexts