Globalisation and Anthropology : a guide to library resourcesContents: Starting PointsDictionaries on globalisation [print] will help with general definitions, & the guide to Anthropology dictionaries/encyclopedias will help if you need explanations of anthropological terminology or theory. The following are selected overviews/introductory texts on globalisation and anthropology topics: - Anthropology of development and globalization (2004) [print]
[Overview from its earliest origins to the free market & globalisation]
- Anthropology of globalization: a reader (2nd edition, 2008) [print]
[Focuses simultaneously on the large-scale processes through which various cultures are becoming increasingly interconnected, and on the ways that people around the world mediate these processes in culturally specific ways]
Anthropology of globalization: cultural anthropology enter the 21st century (2002) [electronic]
[Examines the ways that globalization impacts migrants and stay-at-homes, peasants and tribal peoples, men and women etc. Also available in print format]
Global anxieties: concept-metaphors and pre-theoretical commitments in Anthropology (2004) [electronic]
[Published in vol. 4 of Anthropological theory, this article addresses the problem of the global and the local in anthropology, and asks how their interconnections might be theorized. Also available in print format]
Globalization and the future of anthropology (2002) [electronic]
[Published in vol.101 of African Affairs this article argues that globalisation itself is not as new as is sometimes supposed, not least in that even the world's most isolated societies have always been constituent, permeable, parts of wider networks. Also available in print format]
Globalisation: studies in anthropology (2003) [electronic]
[Assesses the impact on the teaching and practice of anthropology. Also available in print format]
Local and the global (1995) [electronic]
[Published in vol.24 of the Annual review of Anthropology, this article examines anthropological literature on the movement of information, symbols, capital, and commodities in global and transnational spaces. Also available in print format]
Urbanization and the global perspective (2003) [electronic]
[Published in vol.32 of the Annual review of Anthropology this is a review of anthropological literature on change in cities under late capitalism and globalization. Also available in print format]
Finding Books Using The Library Catalogue Books on globalisation and anthropology can be found by searching the library catalogue. Keyword searching is probably the best way of identifying material, and your results will be maximised by using keyword searching techniques such as truncation and Boolean operators and by incorporating subject headings into your search where appropriate.
Here are some examples: - globali?ation and food
globali?ation and (anthrop? or ethnograph?)
"anti-globalization"
"protest movements" and globali?ation
Finding Journal Articles Using DatabasesJournal articles can be found through databases listed in the Databases for Anthropology guide - Sociological Abstracts, Academic OneFile, Academic Search Premier and Anthropology Plus are probably the best starting points. Remember you may need to cover both spellings of globalisation/globalization by using Boolean operators or Wildcard symbols where available. Web ResourcesGlobalization101.org : Useful Links
From the Levin Institute. YaleGlobal Online
From the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. The aim is to analyze and promote debate on all aspects of globalization through publishing original articles and multi-media presentations. Last update: 18 December 2009 Helen Attar
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