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PapuaWeb: Working Papers In Dani Ethnology (UNTEA 1962)
Full text of the 1962 book by L. J. Pospisil et al.
http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/pbb/dani-1962/_toc.html
Directory Of Open Access Journals
Language English Keywords scandinavian studies, ethnology, history, area studies Start Year 1997. 7 journals belonging to Subject ethnology
http://www.doaj.org/ljbs?cpid=126
Institute Of Ethnology Jagiellonian University
Offers information about the institute as well as provides contact information.
http://www.uj.edu.pl/IE/
Simon Fraser University Museum Of Archaeology & Ethnology
Includes photographs and descriptions of prehistoric sites.
http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/index.htm
Bureau Of American Ethnology Bulletin Series Home Page: SI LIbraries
Bulletin 200 List of Publications of the Bureau of American ethnology with Index to Authors and Titles. Note by Clifford Evans, 1970
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/BAE/baehome.htm
List Of Publications Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology
Bulletin 200 (End of Series). List of Publications of the Bureau of American ethnology. With Index to Authors and Titles
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/BAE/Bulletin200/200title.htm
Ethnology
II. Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology. C. ethnology. ethnology, or the theoretical aspect of anthropology, is concerned with the explanation of
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/courses/122/module1/ethnolog

Extractions: Ethnology, or the theoretical aspect of anthropology, is concerned with the explanation of cultural regularities and variation through comparison and generalization based on existing ethnographic literature and the formulation of hypotheses for further research. Accordingly, theory building occurs both before fieldwork, as the anthropologist reviews the findings of other researchers to identify issues for investigation, and after, as he/she evaluates the significance of the findings. While there is some loose agreement on basic concepts, such as culture, numerous theoretical controversies and differences in orientation have dominated the development of ethnology. The following discussion covers the major anthropological theories that start from a scientific orientation and from the Boasian assumption that human nature must be understood in terms of cultural conditioning. I shall not cover those schools which cont est these axioms, namely: Postmodernists, who deny the possibility of objective scientific reporting and explanation.
Jane's Oceania Home Page
Comprehensive information on the Pacific Islands of Oceania. Includes culture, ethnology, mythology, history, genealogy, customs, rituals, lifestyle, geography, travel, accommodation, extensive photo galleries, postcard images and Pacific Islands Radio.
http://www.janeresture.com/
Ethno::log
The finest stuff from ethnology social/ cultural anthropology and cyberanthropology. Collected with ceaseless endeavour by the staff of the Institut fÃ¼r Ethnologie and Afrikanistik in MÃ¼nchen/ Germany and countless others.
http://sonner.antville.org/
Introductory Page - Uncle Remus History/Ethnology Research Project
History and ethnology research project of Joe Harris' tales of Uncle Remus; includes selected texts.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/remus/remus.html

Extractions: On July 20, 1879 an undersized thirty-year-old journalist from Atlanta known as Joe Harris began a journey from relative obscurity to interregional fame. On that day, the Atlanta Constitution published the young copy editor's "Story of Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Fox as told by Uncle Remus." Within months, magazines across the country were reprinting his tales, and after more than 1,000 written requests for a collection, the first Uncle Remus book was published in November, 1880. At the time, Harris said his purpose was not ethnology, or folklore analysis, but simply documentation. He doubted that his stories and character sketches would have any lasting historical value. He was wrong. Uncle Remus: Social Context and Ramifications is an attempt to reintroduce Harris' tales, and his legendary narrator, while placing them in a historical context. The primary sources and commentaries we offer hopefully will shed light on Harris' purpose in publishing his stories and the public response to both his Remus tales and his other works. They will make observations about post-Civil War black culture, and Southern society in general, using the stories and the reactions they engendered as points of reference. Hopefully, this collection will offer other students of the South one or two new insights into the region's endlessly complex myths and meanings.
Ethnology
The ethnology range stores and studies the material culture of contemporary or recently living peoples. Though the Museum has collections from all parts of the world, North America and Southeast Asia are especially well represented.
http://www.umma.lsa.umich.edu/Ethnology/Ethnology.html
Museum Of European Cultures
The Museum of Ethnography in Berlin collects and preserves objects of popular culture from the sixteenth century to the present. Established in June 1999 it embraces the merged collections of the Museum of Folklore and the European holdings in the Museum of ethnology in Berlin.
http://www.museen-berlin.de/mek/e/s.html
Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
Journal published by the FinnoUgrian Society (Finland), and devoted to articles dealing with Finno-Ugric linguistics and ethnology.
http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/sus/julkaisut/susa/
Institute Of Ethnology And Folklore Research - Www.ief.hr
The Institute of ethnology and Folklore Research was founded in 1948 in Zagreb. The members of the Institute are experts in a variety of disciplines,
http://www.ief.hr/en/

Extractions: e-mail: institut@ief.hr The Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research was founded in 1948 in Zagreb. The members of the Institute are experts in a variety of disciplines, such as: ethnology, cultural anthropology, folklore studies, literary theory, theatre studies, music studies, choreology, and art history. They are engaged in interdisciplinary research into historical and contemporary cultural phenomena and processes.
Afghanistan
Maps showing the development of the civil war, geography, ethnology and humanitarian situation.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/afghanistan/large-map.htm
Native Americans - Ethnology
In the 19th cent. ethnology was historically oriented and offered In the 20th cent. ethnology has focused on the comparative study of past and
http://www.nativeamericans.com/Ethnology.htm

Extractions: Ethnology The scientific study of the origin and functioning of human cultures. It is usually considered one of the major branches of cultural anthropology, the other two being anthropological archaeology and anthropological linguistics. In the 19th cent. ethnology was historically oriented and offered explanations for extant cultures, languages, and races in terms of diffusion, migration, and other historical processes. In the 20th cent. ethnology has focused on the comparative study of past and contemporary cultures. Since cultural phenomena can seldom be studied under conditions of experiment or control, comparative data from the total range of human behavior helps the ethnologist to avoid those assumptions about human nature that may be implicit in the dictates of any single culture. See R. H. Lowie, The History of Ethnological Theory (1938); E. A. Hoebel, Man in the Primitive World (1949, 2d ed. 1958); Margaret Mead, People and Places (1959); Barton Schwartz, Culture and Society (1968); Clifford Geertz
Home
Official journal of the Anthropos Institute. The scope covers ethnology, linguistics and related human sciences. Features index of past issues, instructions for authors and contact details.
http://www.anthropos-journal.de/
Papua New Guinea Ethnology
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ethnology. The aboriginal Negroid Papuans, who occupied most of New Guinea, Oceania ethnology Home Page. Melanesia Home Page
http://www.janeresture.com/oceania_ethnology/png.htm

Extractions: PAPUA NEW GUINEA ETHNOLOGY The aboriginal Negroid Papuans, who occupied most of New Guinea, differ from the modified Melanesians of its eastern shores in many aspects of social customs, arts and crafts. The Papuans are more individualistic and democratic; they live in small, independent village communities, whose leader or headman does not submit to an hereditary territorial chieftain. They lack a comprehensive understanding of a universe and its controlling gods, and thus have no priesthood; tapu, too, is of little importance to them. Examples of Papua New Guinea art. Social status is of much greater significance to the Melanesians. Both in New Guinea and the islands, there are large organised men's clubs, with grades of membership acquired partly by definite accomplishments such as head-hunting, and partly by initiation fees in the form of pigs or other food for the accompanying feast. Huge club houses, adorned with all the resources of native art, are erected, and become repositories of sacred images and trophies of war. As might be expected, women and children are rigorously excluded from them. The young men, on qualifying for membership, are allocated a compartment in the house and given a recognized place in feasts and dances; they will also be permitted to wear some distinguishing badge, such as a feather crest or an elaborately carved bark belt. A duty of membership would have been to adorn their compartments, or the special rack at the front of the club house, with skulls taken from other tribes - headhunting, therefore, and general fighting and cannibalism were rife among them.
Museum Für Völkerkunde - Museum Of Ethnology
With a total of 500,000 objects and large numbers of sound recordings, documentary photographs and films, the Museum of ethnology collects, preserves and researches cultural products of preindustrial societies. Special permanent collection cover Africa, American archaeology, American ethnology, the Islamic Orient, Asia, the South Seas and Australia, as well as the ethnology of music.
http://www.museen-berlin.de/mv/e/s.html

Extractions: Museums in Dahlem With a total of 500,000 objects from throughout the world and large numbers of sound recordings, documentary photographs and films, the Museum of Ethnology ranks among the largest and best of its kind. The museum collects, preserves and researches cultural products of pre-industrial societies, primarily outside of Europe. The museum currently embraces the following collections: Africa, American archaeology, American ethnology, Europe, the Islamic Orient, eastern and northern Asia, south and south-east Asia, the South Seas and Australia, as well as the ethnology of music. Other facilities include the Children's Museum and the Museum for the Blind. At present only a few of the different collections have permanent exhibition areas. Now that the Picture Gallery and the Sculpture Collection have been moved, space has been gained for additional presentations. In autumn 1999 two major exhibitions will be opening here on North American Indians and African Art. The exhibition "American Archaeology" presents the great diversity of pre-Hispanic cultures in Meso-, Central and South America from 2,000 BC to the first half of the 16th century. Exhibits include unique stelae from Guatemala with carved reliefs, painted stoneware vessels of the Maya, Aztec stone figures of gods and a selection of gold objects from Central America, Colombia and Peru.
Melanesia Ethnology
OCEANIA ethnology. MELANESIA. Melanesia differs markedly from the broad, islet studded expanse of Polynesia and comprises, instead, a fairly compact chain
http://www.janeresture.com/oceania_ethnology/melanesia.htm

Extractions: OCEANIA ETHNOLOGY MELANESIA Melanesia differs markedly from the broad, islet studded expanse of Polynesia and comprises, instead, a fairly compact chain of large and small islands, chiefly volcanic in origin but here and there still being some active volcanoes. The larger islands are from 50 to 100 miles in length with their mountains ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 feet in height. The climate is tropically humid and forest and jungle prevail, affording shelter and seclusion for the inland tribe, who remain as aloof from one another as they are from the remote coastal folk. The result of this is that, while there is a degree of physical variation among Melanesians, there is everywhere a much greater, indeed a remarkable, diversity of language and culture. Indeed it is impossible to describe the whole area in general terms, we must be content to note the chief features of each recognised group, to suggest the waves of migration by which the region has become populated, and to observe in what respects Melanesia resembles or differs from Polynesia. War Clubs from Fiji.

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