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Aboriginal Connections
http://directory.aboriginalconnections.com/
This is a directory of links and resources providing information about Indigenous groups worldwide. It contains extensive material on Native American cultures in the U.S. (specifically in the aspects of arts, nations and tribes, and heritage and culture) closely followed by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada (business, arts, organizations, and news). Other information available regards the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, Asia, Latin America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as other international groups and organizations.
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Asian Ethnology
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/afs/afsMain.htm
Asian Ethnology is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the promotion of scholarly research on the peoples and cultures of Asia. It began in China as Folklore Studies in 1942 and is now published semi-annually at Nanzan University in Japan. The journal seeks to deepen understanding of and further the pursuit of knowledge about the peoples and cultures of Asia and to facilitate intellectual exchange between Asia and the rest of the world. The journal presents formal essays and analyses, research reports, and critical book reviews relating to a wide range of topical categories, including folklore, popular religion, indigenous health and healing, indigenous environmental knowledge and collective memory and uses of the past. The entire journal is available on line. The web site gives details of editorial policy and membership of the editorial board, submission guidelines and subscription rates for the print version. There is also an author index, a cumulative contents listing and a search engine.
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Consortium on Human Rights and Expressive Culture
http://chreculture.blogspot.com/
The Consortium on Human Rights and Expressive Culture is a student led research initiative headed by representatives of CUNY Hunter College. It aims to focus on the role of anthropology in social change and human rights movements. There is a particular focus upon ethnomusicology, expressive culture and the arts in relation to development, human rights and social justice. The blog was created in 2009 to support the project, its associated workshops, discussion forums and activities.
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Cultures of the Andes
http://www.andes.org/
This website is concerned with the cultures of the Andes of South America, and includes photos, songs in the native Quechua language (words and music), jokes and riddles, dances with movie clips, poetry in both Ecuadorian Quechua and Peruvian Quechua, Bible translation in Quechua, as well as lessons basic Quechua and language pronunciation.
A list of other Andean resources and websites, special volunteer projects, as well as contact information of Quechua native speakers are also provided.
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Ethnographic wax cylinders: British Library archival sound recordings
http://sounds.bl.uk/Browse.aspx?collection=Ethnographic-wax-cylinders
This site is maintained by the British Library. It provides free access to historical recordings from the World and Traditional Music collections of the British Library Sound Archive which would be of value to anthropologists and researchers of traditional music and ritual. They include over 200 examples of songs, chants and other recordings of traditional music and folk song made between 1898-1915 . Wide areas of the world are covered including: India; Pakistan; Torres Strait; Nigeria. Details on copyright and technical requirements are provided.
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Gradhiva: d'anthropologie et de muséologie
http://gradhiva.revues.org/
Grahiva is a French language academic journal founded in 1986 and published by le musée du quai Branly. It specialises in articles, reviews and studies of issues relating to anthropology, material culture and museum studies. It includes debates on the history and current study of anthropology founded on materials from major archives and museums. Key coverage of ethnomusicology, material culture, visual arts and artefacts. Full text articles from 2005 onwards (with 2 year rolling wall) can be read free of charge online via the revues.org site. All articles in French only.
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Music from India collection: British Library Archival Sound recordings
http://sounds.bl.uk/Browse.aspx?category=World-and-traditional-music&collec
This site is maintained by the British Library as part of their Archival Sound recordings collection. It contains a small collection of online sound recordings of Indian traditional and ritual music and songs recorded by the recordist and ethnomusicologist, Rolf Killius, as part of a collaborative project with The British Library and the Horniman Museum. They include Sora Ancester ballads and marriage songs. The materials would be of value for researchers of Anthropology of ritual and ethnomusicology. The website includes background information on the collection, Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
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NFSC Portal for Journals in Indian Folklore
http://indianfolklore.org/journals/
This site is maintained by the National Folklore Support Centre, a non-governmental research body based in Chennai which concentrates on the promotion and research of Indian folklore research. This section of its website provides links to free open access ejournals. These include articles and book reviews from over 10 peer reviewed titles published by the Centre. Topics covered by these include Indian folklore, ethnomusicology, theatre studies, performance art, tribal arts and cultures. They include materials relating to the Tamil community.
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Pitt Rivers Museum
http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/
This is the site for the Pitt Rivers Museum, the University of Oxford's Anthropology and World Archaeology Museum. The site is broken into sections: Practical Information for Visitors, such as visitor information, educational services and opening hours; Special Exhibitions, Events and News; The Museum, which includes general information, teaching and research, a virtual tour, music and textiles, and friends of the museum; and Collections, which includes an introduction to the collections, museum catalogues, research services and human remains. There are also virtual collections such as the Forster Collection (Pacific art and material culture), Basketry in the Pitt Rivers Collection and the Wilfred Thesiger Web Gallery. There is also information on employment, contacting the museum, a publications list with an online ordering facility and links to other websites.
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