Ethnography (Cultural Anthropology)

Ethnography Sites:

Pacific Encounters Pacific Encounters: Ethnographic descriptions and photography of village life in Western Samoa. (Ethnography) http://merriewood.com/pacific/ Masai Masai: A ethnographic summary of the famous warrior pastoralists of East Africa. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7860 Yakut Yakut: The Yakut people live in Siberia in the basin of the Middle Lena River and the Aldan and Vilyuy rivers. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7883 The Songs of the Ancestors - A Comparative Study of Bashiic Folklore The Songs of the Ancestors - A Comparative Study of Bashiic Folklore: Full-text version of the book by Deszo Benedek of the culture of the Yami, a people of Malayo-Polynesian stock living in Taiwan. (Ethnography) http://www.uga.edu/~asian-lp/jpn_html/yami/content.html The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug: Provides an ethnographic study by Patty Gray of the Chukotka. Contains map, facts, reindeer research, aid efforts, scientific research, and archive. (Ethnography) http://www.chukotka-ethnography.org/ Kurd Kurd: An ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the mountainous crescent that extends from the Euphrates River in northern Syria and Turkey to Kermanshah in Iran. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7855 Libyan Bedouin Libyan Bedouin: An ethnographic summary of the nomadic and partially sedentarized Bedouin living in the Libyan Desert. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7858 Ojibwa Ojibwa: A cultural summary of an American Indian ethnolinguistic group centered about the upper Great Lakes in both Canada and the United States. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7862 Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life: Cultural anthropologists studying working families in the United States. (Ethnography) http://ceel.psc.isr.umich.edu/ Peoples and Cultures of the Kingdom of Biffeche Peoples and Cultures of the Kingdom of Biffeche: Describes Biffeche Fula (Peulh), Sereer (Ndut), Wolof, Moor, and European peoples and cultural practices in the small Kingdom of Biffeche on the Senegal River between Mauritania and Senegal. Features news and information for visitors. (Ethnography) http://www.kingdomofbiffeche.net/people.htm Ethnography and Health Care Ethnography and Health Care: An article describing how ethnography can be used to study the social aspects of health care delivery. (Ethnography) http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0999/7273_321/68642322/print.jhtml Hopi Hopi: An ethnography of a tribe who live on a reservation of nearly 4,000 square miles in northeastern Arizona. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7846 Iban Iban: Ethnography of a riverine group of rice cultivators inhabiting the interior hill country of Sarawak (Malaysia) and parts of Indonesian Borneo. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7847 Somali Somali: A ethnography of this predominantly nomadic pastoralists living in the northern part of the Somali Democratic Republic in northeastern Africa. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7870 Mataco Mataco: An ethnographic report on an Native American ethnic group located in the western part of the Argentine-Bolivian Gran Chaco. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7861 Ganda Ganda: A ethnography on a group that lives on the shores of Lake Victoria. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7841 Maya Pages Maya Pages: Provides original cultural material on the Mayan Indians. Contains information of current struggles, menu of topics, and links. (Ethnography) http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maya/maya.html Social Context and the Limits on Symbolic Meanings Social Context and the Limits on Symbolic Meanings: A ethnographic report that discusses the symbolism of the Sixth Festival of Pacific Arts held in Rarotonga, The Cook Islands, during October 1992. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Tradition/Vaka.html Highland Scots Highland Scots: An ethnographic report on an isolated and culturally conservative people of the Western Highlands of Scotland. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7845 Tzeltal Tzeltal: A ethnographic analysis of a Native American ethnic group concentrated in the central highlands of the State of Chiapas, Mexico. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7881 Central Thai Central Thai: Ethnographic report on the people of Central Thailand. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7836 Backstrap Weaving in Jacaltenango Backstrap Weaving in Jacaltenango: Features an illustrated description of a woman using the traditional loom in Jacaltenango, Guatemala. In English and Spanish. (Ethnography) http://plato.ess.tntech.edu/cventura/hairsashes.html Azande Azande: A report on the Azande pastoralists of Africa. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7829 Cuna Cuna: An ethnolinguistic group located mainly in eastern Panama. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7839 Bemba Bemba: A short ethnography on the Bemba of Africa. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7831 Bush Negroes Bush Negroes: An ethnographic account of the descendants of Black slaves brought as plantation laborers from Africa to Surinam in northeastern South America. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7834 Wolof Wolof: A ethnography of a large ethnic group located mainly in the western part of the former French West African colony of Senegal. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7882 Tlingit Tlingit: A ethnographic report on a American Indian people living on the southeastern coast and islands of Alaska (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7875 Tarahumara Tarahumara: A culture summary of a people who inhabit the Sierra Madre Mountains of the State of Chihuahua in Northwest Mexico. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7872 Truk Truk: Ethnography and culture history of a formerly isolated population living on a atoll of the Central Caroline Islands in Micronesia is located in the Pacific Ocean (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7878 Social Organization and Economy Development Social Organization and Economy Development: A ethnography of Northern Pakistan that the relationship between social organization, economy and development in an agricultural community. (Ethnography) http://anthropology.ac.uk/Bhalot/ Dogon Dogon: A report on the Dogon pastoral society of Uganda. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7840 Chukchee Chukchee: Ethnographic description of a people who live in the extreme northeastern reaches of Siberia, partly within the Arctic Circle. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7837 Yanomamo Reader for HRAF Yanomamo Reader for HRAF: A ethnography that discusses variation in Yanomamö economic activities at cross-cultural, regional, and individual comparative levels. (Ethnography) http://www.unl.edu/rhames/212/YANREADG.htm Dr. H. Otley Beyer Virtual Museum Dr. H. Otley Beyer Virtual Museum: Features articles, maps, and photographs from the Beyer Collection of Philippine Anthropology. (Ethnography) http://www.beyermuseum.com The Transforming Leader: A Meta-Ethnographic Analysis The Transforming Leader: A Meta-Ethnographic Analysis: The author describes a method to conduct an interpretive synthesis of qualitative research and other secondary sources as a counterpart to meta-analysis for quantitative research. (Ethnography) http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0HCZ/3_26/63323086/print.jhtml Last Refuge: Waorani Last Refuge: Waorani: A photo gallery of the Waorani, a horticultural society Amazonian tribe found in Ecuador. Features short articles and references. (Ethnography) http://www.lastrefuge.co.uk/data/articles/waorani/waorani_articles_main.html Maithil Brahmans: An Online Ethnography Maithil Brahmans: An Online Ethnography: Details from Carolyn Brown Heinz's research in the Mithila region of North India. (Ethnography) http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/mithila/ Lau Lau: Ethnography of the people living in Lau or Eastern Archipelago of the Fiji Islands. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7857 Taiwan Hokkien Taiwan Hokkien: A cultural summary of the Hokkien-speaking peasant villagers of Taiwan. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7871 Toradja Toradja: A ethnographic analysis of a culture that inhabits the high mountain ranges and interior valleys of Central Celebes Island of Indonesia. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7876 Cultural Display and the Construction of Ethnic Identities Cultural Display and the Construction of Ethnic Identities: A report that discusses the effects of the spread of independent churches (or "spiritual" churches) that are proliferating across the African continent. (Ethnography) http://aaas.ohio-state.edu/dka/ars.htm Anthropology Research Guide Anthropology Research Guide: A annotated list of resources primarily for conducting bibliographic and Internet research on the ethnographic present. (Ethnography) http://www.lib.utah.edu/ResGuides/anthropology.htm Tucano Tucano: An ethnography of a group of horticulturalists who live in the northwestern Amazon region. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7879 Ifugao Ifugao: Ethnographic summary of a group of indigenous mountain peoples of northern Luzon, in the Philippine Islands. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7848 Silicon Valley Cultures Project Silicon Valley Cultures Project: The Silicon Valley Cultures Project is a ten year anthropological study of the identities and cultures of the people living and working in the Silicon Valley region. (Ethnography) http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/anthropology/svcp/ Aranda Aranda: Ethnography and culture history of one of the largest aboriginal groups in central Australia. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7827 Trobriands Trobriands: Ethnography of an island culture who traditionally subsisted off fishing and horticulture. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7877 Klamath Klamath: The ethnography of an Native American ethnic group located in southwestern Oregon. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7853 Kapauku Kapauku: Ethnography of a Papuan ethnic group located in the west-central part of the Central Highlands of Western New Guinea (now West Irian). (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7851 Native Planet NGO Native Planet NGO: A resource for studying indigenous cultures, Eco-tourism, documentaries, and travel information. Contains volunteer information, aid projects, photos, and stories. (Ethnography) http://www.nativeplanet.org/ngo/ngo.htm The Los Loros Ethnography The Los Loros Ethnography: This document describes an HTML ethnography that Chris Tennant is creating with the Ethnoweb authoring tool. (Ethnography) http://www.ethnoweb.com/loros/ Serbs Serbs: An ethnography and culture history of the Serbian people. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7867 Kanuri Kanuri: A report on the dominant ethnic group of Bornu Province in northeastern Nigeria. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7850 Ethnographic Studies Internet Resource Page Ethnographic Studies Internet Resource Page: A collection of ethnographic resources provided by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. (Ethnography) http://www.loc.gov/folklife/other.html Bahia Brazilians Bahia Brazilians: An ethnographic analysis of the inhabitants of the city of Bahia (Salvador), the capital of the state of Bahia in eastern Brazil. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7830 Yanoamo Yanoamo: A tribal society living in Venezuela and Brazil that subsists off hunting and gathering and horticulture. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7884 Cagaba Cagaba: A group of four Chibchan-speaking tribes located in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a mountain massif in northern Colombia (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7835 Cultural Profiles Project Cultural Profiles Project: An archive of thumbnail sketch ethnographies that provide an overview of life and customs in the profiled country. (Ethnography) http://www.settlement.org/cp/ Pawnee Pawnee: A ethnographic report on a Plains Indian ethnic group of the Caddoan linguistic stock. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7864 Iroquois Iroquois: An ethnography and ethnohistoric report on the North Eastern United States people. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7849 Korea Korea: An ethnographic analysis of the earliest of the present-day nations of the world. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7854 Arabesque Dance Project Arabesque Dance Project: Features "Dance Described" project. Contains book excerpts, genres, images, and videography of North Africa, Central and Western Asia. (Ethnography) http://www.arabesquedanceproject.com Guarani Guarani: An ethnography of a culture in Paraguay whose subsistence was originally based on slash-and-burn agriculture. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7843 Pygmies Pygmies: A ethnographic summary of several various groups of hunter-gatherers of the Ituri Forest of West Africa. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7865 Japanese Culture and Society Japanese Culture and Society: An analysis, and observation of Japanese culture, and society by a leading Japanese anthropologist. (Ethnography) http://www.isei.or.jp/books/75/Front.html Yoruba Ethnographic Archive Yoruba Ethnographic Archive: Provides research on history, culture and society. Includes study on the Ayede, Ishan, and Itaji Kingdoms, resources, photos, audio, and videos. (Ethnography) http://anthropology.uchicago.edu/yea/ Social Organisation, Economy Development Social Organisation, Economy Development: A doctoral student's ethnographic research in a Pakistani village, with weekly updates from the field. (Ethnography) http://sapir.ukc.ac.uk/SLyon/ Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative: Full-text ethnographic materials from Central Asia in PDF and MP3 formats [English, Turkish]. Features description of the collection and links to related sites. (Ethnography) http://aton.ttu.edu Tiv Tiv: A profile of a African ethnic group that is primarily dependent on agriculture for subsistence. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7874 List of Ethnic Units List of Ethnic Units: A directory of links to thumbnail sketch ethnographies of West African cultures. (Ethnography) http://www.mandaras.info/EthnicGroups.html Bradshaw Foundation: The Unambal Bradshaw Foundation: The Unambal: Excerpts from Andreas Lommel's 1938 account of the Unambal people of northwestern Australia, including pictures of Wandjina rock paintings. (Ethnography) http://www.bradshaw-foundation.com/unambal/ Lozi Lozi: Profile of interrelated ethnic groups located along the Zambezi River in Barotse Province of western Zambia. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7859 Ethnographic Research Ethnographic Research: A description of the Ethnographic Method that includes a discussion of key concepts and a glossary of terms. (Ethnography) http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/ethno.htm Twi (Ashanti) Twi (Ashanti): A ethnographic report on a African chiefdom. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7880 Garo Garo: Ethnography of a agricultural society that lives in the Garo Hills in the state of Meghalaya in northeastern India. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7842 Peabody Museum-Lewis and Clark Peabody Museum-Lewis and Clark: Provides ethnography of Lewis and Clark, Native American objects, and the American quest for commerce, and science. (Ethnography) http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/Lewis_and_Clark/ CSAC's Ethnographics Gallery CSAC's Ethnographics Gallery: A directory of reports and cultural summaries from the University of Kent. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/ Lapps Lapps: An analysis of an ethnolinguistic group inhabiting an area that extends from the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia over the northernmost part of Finland to the Arctic coast of Norway, and through Scandinavia. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7856 West New Britain Web Page West New Britain Web Page: Description of research conducted by Dorothy and David Counts in West New Britain between 1966 and 1985. Features reports and links to related sites. (Ethnography) http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/ANTHRO/rwpark/WNB/WestNewBritain.html Sinhalese Sinhalese: A ethnographic report on the dominant ethnic group of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7869 Aymara Aymara: An ethnographic description of a people located mainly on the Bolivian and Peruvian altiplano, centering about Lake Titicaca. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7828 Hausa Hausa: A ethnography on the Hausa people of Africa. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7844 Santal Santal: An ethnography of one of the largest ethnic groups in India. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7866 Andamans Andamans: Isolated group of foragers living on the Andaman Islands. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7826 Copper Eskimo Copper Eskimo: An ethography of a group of arctic foragers. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7838 Shluh Shluh: A profile of the Shluh who belong to the Masmuda branch of sedentary Berbers inhabiting the Grand-Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7868 Ona Ona: A Native American ethnic group formerly occupying most of the large island of Tierra del Fuego. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7863 NPS Archeology and Ethnography NPS Archeology and Ethnography: Program features on the preservation, conservation, and protection of archaeological sites, collections, and ethnographic resources. Includes issues about traditional peoples, and ethnographic research conducted in the national parks. (Ethnography) http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/ Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana: The Okavango Delta Peoples: their history and culture, and the challenges they face due to rapid economic development and social change. (Ethnography) http://www.mindspring.com/~okavango/ Amhara Amhara: A ethnographic report on the Amhara people of Africa. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7825 Bororo Bororo: A ethnographic description of a group of Ge-language speakers, are found in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7832 Blackfoot Blackfoot: Profile of the Great Plains tribe of the United States and Canada. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7833 Khasi Khasi: A ethnographic report on a group that lives in northeastern India in the District of the United Khasi and Jaintia Hills. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7852 IPSG Links IPSG Links: A directory of links to native information and resources worldwide provided by the Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group. (Ethnography) http://www.unc.edu/depts/geog/aisg/links.html Tikopia Tikopia: Ethnography of one of the British Solomon Islands whose culture traditionally subsisted by fishing, collecting, and horticulture. (Ethnography) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7873