Student Resources

Links Chapter 13

Ethnicity and Nationalism
http://folk.uio.no/geirthe/Ethnicity.html
A summary and excerpts from Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

“Nation and Decolonization”
http://ant.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1/4/419
A free article provided by Sage, John D. Kelly and Martha Kaplan “Nation and Decolonization: Toward a New Anthropology of Nationalism” published in Anthropological Theory 2001

Whither “Nation” and “Nationalism”?
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-13284665.html
A site of Article Archives, features a lead essay on nations and nationalism in the modern world, with links to many articles on specific states and ethnic groups

The Nationalism Project
http://www.nationalismproject.org/what/anderson.htm
The Nationalism Studies Information Clearinghouse site, dedicated to Benedict Anderson’s notion of the nation as “imagined community,” features excerpts from Anderson’s work as well as a bibliography, book reviews, links, conferences, and other information

Diaspora, Migration, Transnationalism
http://www.culanth.org/?q=node/155
A list of relevant articles published in Cultural Anthropology, the journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology (requires a login or access through a participating library or institution)

Diaspora
http://www.diaspora.org.uk/
Site of a British organization “committed to advocating for the rights and entitlements of refugees and asylum seekers and other immigrants coming to or living in the U.K.”

Armenian Diaspora
http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/
Site created and operated by Armenians in diaspora

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies
http://www.utpjournals.com/diaspora/diaspora.html
Site of the journal dedicated to the analysis of diaspora processes and groups in diaspora

The Indian Diaspora
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Diaspora/diaspora.html
Site focusing on the diaspora of the people of India

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
Home site of the United Nations organization “established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country.”

Refugees International
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/
Website of a major international organization that “advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises.”