Franz Boas History

Franz Boas, father of US anthropology, is particularly well known for his work with the Kwakwakawakw

Franz Boas photo collection at the American Philosophical Society


Kwakuitl Museum site

Welcome!

This is an occasional blog usually used for posting links to websites, video clips and articles of interest to new anthropology (usually cultural anthropology) students. Comments with suggested links particularly welcome.

all best,

Leila
Leila Monaghan, PhD
Department of Anthropology
University of Wyoming

Social structures drawn

!Kung social structures mapped out with a computer program.

http://www.mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de/~lk/netvis/SocMorph.html

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