Communication & Language

Examples of real vervet alarm calls:

http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~mnkylab/media/vervetcalls.html


Dances with bees:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/dancesbees1.html


Video of Washoe, the signing chimpanzee:

http://crackle.com/c/Pets_and_Animals/07_Washoe_transmite_su_cultura/422307


Website on the Development of writing:

http://www.ancientscripts.com/index.html

Anthropologists in the news

Anthropologists in Afghanistan, translating Afghan culture for American troops

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/world/asia/05afghan.html?ref=world

Saudi Arabian family

Short piece on Saudi Arabian family life:

http://countrystudies.us/saudi-arabia/21.htm

Ju/wasi today

Lee suggests eco-tourism and crafts sold without middlemen as way to gain living for Ju/wasi today

http://ant.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/6/4/455.pdf

Bolivian cocaine production

Articles on Bolivian cocaine production

http://www.american.edu/TED/bolcoca.htm
http://www.cocaine.org/bolivia/index.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article771298.ece

Yanomamo horticulture

Nice article by Raymond Hames on Yanoma horticulture practices

http://www.unl.edu/rhames/212/YANREADG.htm

Cultural Survival's reviews

Film reviews from Cultural Survival, the indigenous people's human rights group

http://www.culturalsurvival.org/resources/education/film.cfm

Kevin Kelly's reviews

Kevin Kelly's picks for best anthropology films. There are other good films out there but he highlights many of the best.

http://www.kk.org/truefilms/archives/visual-anthropology/

Kalahari Family: A Trailer

A trailer for a multi-part series by John Marshall, who has been working with the Ju/wasi since the 1950s. Posted on Youtube in July 2007.

Nanook of the North

1921 Documentary of Eskimo Culture, filmed by Robert Flaherty