Student Resources

Links Chapter 11

Culture Change
http://anthro.palomar.edu/change/default.htm
A tutorial from Palomar College in California, it includes discussion of key terms, flash cards, a glossary, and links to related sites

Anthropology in the Global Age
http://aitga.wordpress.com/
A blog on the changing nature of anthropology in a changing and globalizing world

Diffusionism and Acculturation
http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/diffusion.htm
From the website “Anthropological Theories: A Guide Prepared by Students for Students” out of the University of Alabama, discusses the history of anthropological thinking on acculturation and diffusion, with major theorists like Boas and Kroeber, plus a bibliography

Social Change
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=120029
A page on the Intute: Anthropology website, features links to sites and articles on specific issues and cases of culture change in the contemporary world

“Natural Selection and Cultural Rates of Change”
http://www.pnas.org/content/105/9/3416.full
An article from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” which discusses why cultures change at varying rates

Human Adaptation and Cultural Change
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/anthrosupersite/cult-act2.html
A site from publisher A. B. Longman with links to readings, sites, and activities to explore culture change in the modern world

Acculturation
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Acculturation
Provides a definition and typology of acculturation, as well as links to other related topics like colonialism, cultural assimilation, ethnocide, syncretism, and westernization

“Introduction: Genocide and Anthropology”
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/Hintonintro.pdf
An essay by Alexander Laban Hinton on the anthropological study of genocide

“Kurdish Culture and Bridging the Gap”
http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=13962
An article from Kurd Media on the cultural situation and struggle of the Kurds and their acculturation experiences

“Technical Innovation and Political Invention: Making Media Technologies in Hungary”
http://www.media-anthropology.net/lboro_wormald.pdf
A short essay by Tom Wormald applying anthropological concepts to innovations of media in contemporary Hungary