Diederik F. Janssen from the University of Nijmegen kindfully provided me with a link to his recently online published database Growing Up Sexually (World Reference Atlas & The Scripting of Sexual Development). He writes: "It comprises of a two-volume, bimodal overview of cross-cultural material relevant for the study of preadult sexual behaviour curricula and trajectories. The first volume (Atlas) consists of an annotated bibliography using a rough geo-/ ethnographical organisation. The outcome is a heterogeneous collection of accounts of sexual behaviour trajectories that may be or have been typical for given communities within a given ethnohistorical space or time span. The second thematic volume tentatively elaborates on this collection, by (1) organising and challenging traditions, theoretical paradigms, and meta-scientific positionings pertaining to sexual development issues provided by anthropologists; which, together with (2) the influx of (non-) cross-culturalist sociological data and perspectives, is to accommodate (3) a cross-cultural presentation of Atlas data within a polythematic format."

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Meanwhile, a pressure group from the United States (lawyers, antique and art dealers, scientists and curators) are already trying to open the trade with Iraqui Antiquities after the war, reports the german Süddeutsche Zeitung. You may also read about this in the Science Magazine, if you have a subscription.

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Anthropological Literature is a bibliographic index to articles in journals and edited works received by Tozzer Library with more than 600,000 entries from the 19th century to the present. More than thirteen hundred edited works have been indexed since 1984. The index is updated quarterly. Coverage is international in scope. Major topics include cultural/social anthropology, Old and New World archaeology, biological/physical anthropology, linguistics, history, sociology, folklore, human geography and geology.

Kerleone adds: But it seems that you have to pay for accessing the database in case you're not a lucky member of harvard university. But: Students from Munich University can access it via the e-Media Portal from Bayrische Staatsbibliothek. You only need to enter your library number and PIN.

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Web site for HADDON, the online catalogue of archival ethnographic films and film footage shot during the first half-century of cinema.

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not only links to American Indians can be found on the page of the University of Arizona Library, but a lot of links to native groups. I found this link on the main page of Anthropology there.

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At the library of congress, the largest library in the world I discovered a interesting feature (which a lot may already know): If you search for a book using the "basic search feature, you can click on the "call number" of the book ("Signatur" in german). Now you can browse up and down through the books with a call number near the searched book and you will find mostly books with a very similar topic (but not always). A great help, even if you have to order the books at your local library afterwards.

The call numbers are sorted by an hierachical classifacation system, which is best explained at this external site. Also you may want to read more about the composition of a call number.

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Chungará. "The Journal of Chilean Anthropology. It publishes original articles, both theoretical and empirical, in the fields of archaeology, cultural or social anthropology, bioarchaeology, conservation of cultural materials, ethnobotany, ethnohistory, geography, geology, geoarchaeology, history, linguistics, paleoecology, semiotics, textile studies, zooachaeology, and other linked fields dealing with the Andean region of South America and other related areas of the world." Mainly archaeology and anthropology, though.

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Don't be too delighted after reading the headline: The Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture is another scientific magazine with an interesting title, which was published only for a short period. From 1993 to 1996. But this is really early for this topic, so it could be quite interesting to browse the old issues.

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"The Mundus Gateway makes it easier for researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds to locate collections of missionary materials held within the UK that are relevant to their research. The Mundus database contains descriptions of more than 400 collections accumulated in Britain by individuals and societies engaged in the overseas missionary movement between the 18th and 20th centuries."

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Is a fundamental critique of contemporary capitalism possible/necessary or can capitalism be tamed? Under the title "Spiel ohne Grenzen" ("play without borders") there will be a conference on this topic from 23 to 25 May in Ethno::log's hometown Munich. Among the sponsoring organizations are jungle world (leftist magazine), PDS Munich (post-communists), ASTA Munich, informationszentrum 3.Welt

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Amazon Tribes Isolated by Choice? National Geographic News (3/10/03) Outside Pressures Threaten Isolated Amazon Cultures National Geographic News (3/12/03) Loggers vs. Invisible Tribes Secret War in Amazon National Geographic News (3/12/03) Land Victory for Amazon Indians BBC (3/11/03)

Via Anthropology in the News

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I just stumbled about a early online magazine, made by the colleagues from the University of Münster, called Ethnologie Heute (Anthropology Today). Only three issues back in the end of the 90's have been published, then it sadly seems to have been discontinued (even if there's a button misleading to other beliefs, saying "Against War" - it's against the war in yugoslavia). You can still read the articels from the former issues. Well, I hope the Ethno::log won't be discontinued; but it looks good at the moment. Its surprising, that a lot of people not involved in anthropology and even from different continents are not only reading this site, but also posting news and thoughts here. I guess, the advantage of the Ethno::log is, that it's really easy to quickly post (in bad english) about a news or a website, you found in your daily work.

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