Building on the foundational content in the first volume, Ethnographic Video Online: Volume II introduces high-value archival material while also focusing on the state of the discipline today. Current issues such as environmental crises, refugee migration, and endangered languages are well documented, and every sub-discipline of anthropology will be represented, including cultural, linguistic, applied, social,Continue reading “Ethnographic Video Online: Volume II – Trial ended 28 May 2013”
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Asian Studies in Video – Trial ended 22 April 2013
Asian Studies in Video is an online streaming video collection of narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts. With Asian voices addressing Asian issues, and through works selected by Asian film experts, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights. Its themes—such as modernity, globalization, national identity, female agency, inequalities in opportunity amid social and politicalContinue reading “Asian Studies in Video – Trial ended 22 April 2013”
Twentieth Century Religious Thought – Trial ended 12 April 2013
Twentieth Century Religious Thought will be a multivolume, cross-searchable online collection that brings together the seminal works and archival materials related to key worldwide religious thinkers from the early 1900s until the turn of the 21st century. It will cover the major strains and new directions in religious questioning that have often altered the veryContinue reading “Twentieth Century Religious Thought – Trial ended 12 April 2013”
Early Encounters in North America – Trial ended 3 April 2013
Early Encounters in North America contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters. Particular care has been taken to index the material so that it can be used in new ways. For example, you can identify all encounters between the French and the Huron between 1650 andContinue reading “Early Encounters in North America – Trial ended 3 April 2013”
South and Southeast Asian Literature – Trial ended 16 March 2013
South and Southeast Asian Literature is a searchable collection of fiction and poetry written in English by authors from South and Southeast Asia and their Diasporas. Focusing on works composed during the late-colonial and postcolonial eras, the collection will also feature author interviews and manuscript materials that will shed additional light on the rich literaryContinue reading “South and Southeast Asian Literature – Trial ended 16 March 2013”
Ethnographic Video Online: Volume II – Trial ended 25 January 2013
Building on the foundational content in the first volume, Ethnographic Video Online: Volume II introduces high-value archival material while also focusing on the state of the discipline today. Current issues such as environmental crises, refugee migration, and endangered languages are well documented, and every sub-discipline of anthropology will be represented, including cultural, linguistic, applied, social, visual,Continue reading “Ethnographic Video Online: Volume II – Trial ended 25 January 2013”
Anthropology Online – Trial ended 9 June 2012
Anthropology Online brings together a wide range of written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behavior the world over. This will be the most comprehensive resource for the study of social and cultural life yet created, and will be cross-searchable with Ethnographic Video Online. Please send additional comments to ChrisContinue reading “Anthropology Online – Trial ended 9 June 2012”
Classical Music in Video – Trial ended 15 May 2012
Classical Music in Video will contain 1,000 hours of classical music performances and masterclasses captured on video—approximately 1,500 performances in all. The collection will contain performances of all forms of classical music, including major orchestral performances by leading orchestras, plus chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with masterclasses and interviews with master teachers fromContinue reading “Classical Music in Video – Trial ended 15 May 2012”
Caribbean Literature – Trial ended 17 April, 2012
Caribbean Literature is a searchable collection of poetry and fiction produced in the Caribbean region during the 19th and 20th centuries, presented in the original languages (English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and various Creoles). Also includes dictionaries of the Creoles spoken in these countries. Please send additional comments to Tim Shipe.
South and Southeast Asian Literature – Trial ended 17 April 2012
South and Southeast Asian Literature is a searchable collection of fiction and poetry written in English by authors from South and Southeast Asia and their Diasporas, focusing on works composed during the late-colonial and postcolonial eras. Please send additional comments to Tim Shipe.