with DURHAM UNIVERSITY
and in conjunction with 
THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
ANTHROPOLOGY

Discovering Anthropology

A Resource Guide for Teachers and Students

Editors: Simon Coleman and Bob Simpson. 

ISBN: 0 90063242 9

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgements

How to use this Guide

1. What is Anthropology?

Some history

What do anthropologists do?

Introductory texts

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Field methods in anthropology

2. Specialist Areas and Related Disciplines

Archaeology and Anthropology

Art and Anthropology

Children, Childhood and Anthropology

Development and Anthropology

Ecological Anthropology

Economic Anthropology

Ethnicity and Anthropology

Family and Kinship

Gender and Anthropology

Literature and Anthropology

Medical Anthropology

Performing Arts and Anthropology

Physical/Biological Anthropology

Political Anthropology

Religion and Belief Systems

Visual Anthropology

3. Material Resources: Libraries, Museums and Resource Centres

Some Libraries with Anthropological Content

Film and Audio Visual Libraries and Distributors

Resource Centres, Charities and Information

Miscellaneous Teaching Aids

Museums - Ethnology and Archaeology Collections

4. Organisational Resources

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Association of Social Anthropologists

Anthropology In Action

National Network for Teaching and Learning Anthropology

European Association of Social Anthropologists

Anthropological Association of Ireland

Anthropology Wales/Anthropoleg Cymru

American Anthropological Association

Miscellaneous Organisations

Anthropology Journals

5. Anthropology and Information Technology 

Communication channels

Distribution of resources

Computers as a subject of study

Getting started with electronic sources

6. Pathways into Anthropology

School Examinations in Anthropology

International Baccalaureate

Access to Higher Education Courses

Workers' Educational Association

Adult Education in Universities and Colleges

Pre-University Anthropology Forum

7. Anthropology in Higher Education

Admissions Requirements

Universities Offering Anthropology

Undergraduate Curricula

Main Teaching Departments

Anthropology and the Open University

Other Institutions Offering Anthropology

8. Anthropology and Careers

What an anthropology degree has to offer

What anthropology graduates go on to do

Some brief examples

Some useful addresses

9. Glossary of Terms

Email about the Resource Guide to the authors:
   Robert Simpson at Robert.Simpson@durham.co.uk 
   S.M. Coleman at S.M.Coleman@durham.ac.uk
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