Open Access Anthropology

Thanks to everyone who has found these discussions of OA in folklore studies of interest, especially those who have posted links to them or who have written with encouraging comments. In this final post, which I will try to keep brief, I will take the final leg of my proposed journey and mention new (and […]

In my previous post, I discussed the example of Oral Tradition, citing it as an example of a vital, established house journal that made the transition to OA. Another established folklore studies journals that has made this switch is Asian Ethnology, a venerable (founded 1942) journal that was known until recently as Asian Folklore Studies.
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In a series of brief “did you know” posts I want to lay the foundations for a reflection on the state of OA in a field neighboring anthropology with which cultural and linguistic anthropologists have long had close dealings (or dual identities). This comes easily to me as I was trained in both folklore (or […]

[Cross posted at Savage Minds]
Jen Cardew has set up a website where you can download podcasts of sessions from this year’s SfAA meeting. Only a few are up so far, but more will be posted as they become available. Great work Jen!
It is worth noting that she did this using Wordpress.com’s free blog hosting - […]

[Previously posted on Savage Minds]
I’m happy to inform you of a new open access book entitled Libraries and Indigenous Knowledge: A National Forum for Libraries, Archives and Information Services:
This book is an outcome of the Libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Colloquium held at the State Library of New South Wales in December 2004. The editors have […]

In November 2006, Tonga was swept by a wave of civil disorder. One of the casualities of this was the Friendly Islands Bookstore, one of the few places in Nuku’alofa (the capital of Tonga) where you could go to purchase academic books.
Enter Michael Evans, a professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. […]