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Add free, open Anthropology subjects	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
Anthropology	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/anthropology/	MIT	non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate, graduate
Ethnic and National Identity	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/anthropology/21a-226-ethnic-and-national-identity-fall-2009/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Jean Jackson	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
A General Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology	http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/FILES/lectures.html	(Cambridge University)	non-degree	Prof. Alan MacFarlane	Browser	What is Social Anthropology?, Some Technical Terms used by Anthropologists, Introduction to Kinship and Marriage, Politics and Economic Life, Strategies of Survival, Introduction to Religion and Ritual given by Dr Stephen Hugh-Jones, Symbols, Language and Communication	English
History of Anthropological Thought	http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details_new.php?seriesid=2010-B-2603&semesterid=2010-B	UC Berkeley	non-degree	Prof. Rosemary Joyce	Browser	Start anytime	English
Introduction to Anthropology	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/anthropology/21a-100-introduction-to-anthropology-fall-2004/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. James Howe	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Photography and Truth	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/anthropology/21a-348-photography-and-truth-spring-2008/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. James Howe	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Science, Technology, and Society	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/	MIT	non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate, graduate
Social Theory and Analysis	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/anthropology/21a-750j-social-theory-and-analysis-fall-2004/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Michael M. Fischer	Browser	Start anytime	English	Graduate
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Anthropology of the Contemporary. 2010. http://anthropos-lab.net. UC Berkeley.

Boellstorff, Tom. 2008. Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Bohannan, Paul and Dirk van der Elst. 1998. Asking and Listening: Ethnography As Personal Adaptation. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.

Cerwonka, Allaine and Liisa Malkki. 2007. Improvising Theory: Process and Temporality in Ethnographic Fieldwork. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Clifford, James and George E. Marcus (eds.). 1986. Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Fischer, Michael M. J. 2004. Emergent Forms of Life and The Anthropological Voice. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Hatch, Elvin. 1974. Theories of Man and Culture. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

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Delaney, Carol. 2004. Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Kottak, Conrad. 2005. Mirror for Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (with PowerWeb) (6th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages.

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Hobart, Mark. 2010. Mark Hobart Inaugural Lecture - A Very Peculiar Practice. (The lecture illustrates with images and video two apparently quite different instances from the Indonesian archipelago - (The title is taken from Andrew Davies’s 1986 BBC comedy series about the workings of a university medical practice: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/verypeculiar/interview.shtml). London, UK: University of London.

Posthuman

Theys, Frank. 2006. Transhumanist´s Wet Dreams - Technocalyps. (echnocalyps is an intriguing three-part documentary on the notion of transhumanism by Belgian visual artist and filmmaker Frank Theys. The latest findings in genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, bionics and nanotechnology appear in the media every day, but with no analysis of their common aim: that of exceeding human limitations). Belgium: Votnik.

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Royal Anthropological Institute. 2010. http://www.therai.org.uk. England.

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