Humanities 156: Global Humanities II (Spring
2008)
Links and Resources
Listen to the World (audio shows connecting to global issues and cultures):
KMSU 89.7 FM, public radio at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Latino music all day Saturday, World Beat, Afropop Worldwide, BBC News, and more: http://www.mnsu.edu/kmsufm/schedule/
Here on Earth, Wisconsin Public Radio. A range of topics from all over the world: http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/
The World,
Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Radio. News and culture from
around the globe: http://www.theworld.org/
Holt, Rinehart, Winston World Atlas: http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm
Interactive online atlas
Information Please Almanac: http://www.infoplease.com/
Good starting place for general information. Includes almanac, atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia
MnPALS, Research Quickstart (by subject):
Access to Memorial Library's online
databases, arranged by subject. You can also access materials
alphabetically.
Subject terms you could try include Anthropology, Art,
English, Ethnic Studies, History, Mass Communication, Modern Languages,
Philosophy, Theatre and Dance, Women's Studies
The "General Resources" link also gives you access to many
more reference materials, including Oxford Reference Online.
Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/
Huge online encyclopedia. WARNING!: Wikipedia's contributors and editors are other online users. Its contents may change from day to day and may reflect the lack of knowledge or biases of its contributors.
National Association for Humanities Education, Resources:
http://www.nahe.org/humres.htm
Includes links for art galleries and other
museums, many other resources
The Voice of the Shuttle:
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
Huge website from U of California, Santa
Barbara, with links to numerous resources in the humanities.
Global Humanities and World Cultures Resources
The EMuseum:
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/index.shtml
Award-winning website from MSU's
Anthropology Department. Much information about daily lives in various
cultures, past and present.
World Cultures (Washington State University):
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/
Website for world civilization classes.
Useful overviews and summaries of world civilizations and cultures. May be
somewhat out of date (last updated in 1999).
Africa South of the Sahara (Stanford University):
http://library.stanford.edu/africa/guide.html
Links by country or topic to a wide range of resources
African Music on the Internet (Stanford University):
http://library.stanford.edu/africa/music.html
Links to many sites dealing with African music, including
downloadable playlists and videos
African Studies Center: Resources (Michigan State
University):
http://africa.msu.edu/resources.php
Links to many resources on African culture, including art and
other humanities-related topics
African Studies Center (Boston University): http://www.bu.edu/africa/index.html
Fespaco:
http://www.fespaco.bf/index_en.html
Official website of the largest African film festival, held
every other year in Burkina Faso
Wonders of the African World: Website for a PBS series on
Africa, hosted by Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University:
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/index.html
Artsedge: Sundiata, Africa's Lion King: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2352/
Sunjata Sundiata Links: http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/orias/hero/sunjata/links_sunjata.html
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art: http://africa.si.edu/collections/index.htm
European Society of Oceanists:
http://cc.joensuu.fi/esfo/links/index.php
Includes links to arts, museums and much more
Map South Pacific:
http://www.mapsouthpacific.com/pacific/index.html
Quick information about Oceania and its territories
Humanities in Latin America:
http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/humanities/
Links by topic area
Latin America Humanities:
http://www.latinamericalinks.com/latin%20america%20humanities.htm
Especially useful for its music links