Anthropological Niche

No longer are we studying peoples that have no or limited contact with the west...  Inside Higher Ed interviewed James D. Faubion and George E. Marcus who recently published a book on how fieldwork has changed in anthropology.  

I show the film Applying Anthropology: Careers That Count in my introductory courses and also suggest it to students who are interested in pursuing and career in anthropology or want to share it with friends or loved ones that do not know what anthropologists do.  I finally found an online version of the film, but it is a bit small. You can always request a free copy!

The MLA has an interesting map tool that shows what languages are spoken in the United States.  It is simple, but looks like a good teaching tool for a introductory linguistics course.

A former Russian language professor from Bucknell University, Dr. Robert Beard has constructed a list of the 100 most beautiful words in the English language.  In addition, Dr. Beard has links to several articles that he has written on linguistics.

A new book of interest in available at the NKU Steely Library, Shane, the lone ethnographer : a beginner’s guide to ethnography by Sally Campbell Galman.  It is a very basic book, but a nice introduction nonetheless.