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Links and Resources
for Feminist Anthropology
and Related Subjects
Audiovisual
Resources on Women and Gender Studies Internationally
From the Women and International Development Program at Michigan State
University.
Society for Women in Philosophy-UK
SWIP UK is an organisation of UK women in philosophy, including students
and professionals, working within or outside academic departments.
Feminist Anthropology
This site, prepared by Angela Bratton, contains an overview of the history
of feminist anthropology, along with a bibliography and a diagram.
Syllabi for Women- and Gender-Related
Courses in Anthropology
More than a dozen syllabi are listed on this site, including those from
courses taught by Emily Martin, Peggy Sanday, and Nandini Gunewardena.
Exploring
Gender Through Archaeology
Selected Papers from the 1991 Boone Conference
Graduate Concentration
in Feminist Anthropology at the University of Iowa
This graduate program was created over a decade ago in order to allow
students to take advantage of areas of strength in the Anthropology faculty
as well as in the Women's Studies Program.
Celebration
of Women Anthropologists
Dr. Elizabeth Bird's Visual Anthropology class created this wonderful
site, which highlights the lives and works of thirty-one different women
anthropologists -- one for each day of March (Women's History Month).
The anthropologists featured include Franziska Boas, Ruth Fulton Benedict,
Zora Neale Hurston, Rosebud Yellow Robe, Mary Nichol Leakey, and Annette
Barbara Weiner.
Three Generations of Women Anthropologists
This site chronicles the lives and work of three women anthropologists
who were closely associated with the Peabody Museum of Harvard University:
Alice Fletcher, Harriet Cosgrove, and Cora Du Bois. The Peabody Museum,
along with the Tozzer Library, holds many of their notes, publications,
journals, and other artifacts.
NYWAC/IWAC 1972-2002
This site chronicles the engagement of feminist anthroplogists with a
globalizing women's movement.
Sexism in Advertising
This collection of over 150 images was put together by Charlene Makley
and her students at Reed College. In order to obtain a password to view
the entire collection, e-mail Char at charlene.makley@reed.edu.
Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists
(SOLGA)
This site contains information about SOLGA's history, its mentoring program,
and its book and paper prizes. There are also many useful links to other
sites on the web.
The Feminist Theory Website
This site has been fully updated and expanded to include over 5000 bibliographical
references, nearly 600 internet links, material on feminism in 130 different
countries, and in-depth profiles of 80 internationally-known feminists.
Lilith: A Feminist History Journal
Lilith is a fully refereed journal published out of the University
of Melbourne in Australia that is committed to publishing articles and
reviews in all areas of feminist history. The editorial board is currently
seeking articles for the next issue containing historical work of 6000
words (including endnotes) focusing on women, gender, sexuality and related
issues.
ViVa Database on Women's
History
ViVa, compiled by scholars at the International Institute of Social History,
is a large listing of articles that have appeared in dozens of European
and U.S. women's history journals. The ViVa database has an especially
comprehensive listing of women in African history.
(gender
Inn)
(gender Inn) is a women's and gender studies database on the World Wide
Web that is now available in both a German and an English version. Currently,
the database provides access to over 6,000 records pertaining to Anglo-American
literary studies, feminist theory and gender studies.
University of Maryland's
Women's Studies Database
This site contains a great deal of useful resources for those interested
in women's studies and/or those interested in starting a women's studies
program, including curricula and syllabi, job listings, announcements,
conferences, funding sources, and bibliographies.
Center for American Women and Politics.
This site contains a wealth of information on women and politics in the
US, including a collection of syllabi for courses on women, politics,
and feminist theory. There is also information on The National Education
for Women's Leadership (NEW Leadership) program, which educates young
women to participate actively in politics and policy making.
Gender, Technology and Science Gateway
"The Gender, Science and Technology Gateway is a resource for researchers,
policy makers, and NGOs. It provides key links and information on research,
practice, policy and partners in sustainable development which focuses on
gender equality."
Womenspace
"This site looks at the changes, effects and implications of Information
and Communications Technologies (ICTs) for women and women’s equality
issues."
“The Women of
Appalachia: Their Heritage and Accomplishments”
This conference is held yearly in October at Ohio University in Zanesville,
Ohio.
The Global Fund for Women
This organization makes grants to seed, support, and strengthen women’s
human rights groups around the world. The Global Fund for Women’s
areas of interests include improving women’s health and reproductive
rights, challenging harmful traditional practices, increasing women’s
economic independence, expanding girls’ access to education, and
others.
Women's Environment
and Development Organization
This site contains the WEDO Primer on Women and Trade.
The Association for Feminist Ethics
and Social Theory (FEAST)
FEAST “is a new professional organization for folks with interests
in feminist ethics and social theory, broadly construed.”
Gendercide Watch
This educational and activist project will confront and conduct research
on gender-selective mass killings of women and men around the world.
Post-9/11
Links and Resources
Dr. Carol C. Mukhopadyay and Dr. Roberto Gonzalez have put together a
list of web-based resources on 9/11, Afghanistan, and the Middle East.
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