Alexander Street Anthropology
1. About the Collections
Alexander Street Anthropology is a comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior. Featuring cross-searchable access to the acclaimed Ethnographic Video Online and Anthropology Online collections, Alexander Street Anthropology provides Anthropologists, Sociologists and cultural historians with an expansive and multifaceted survey of the discipline. Researchers can explore a wide range of materials—from documentaries and field notes to written ethnographies and reference works.
Thematic areas include: family and race, material culture, language and culture, kinesthetics, body language, food and foraging, cooking, economic systems, social stratification and status, caste systems and slavery, male and female roles, kinship and families, political organization, conflict and conflict resolution, religion and magic, music and the arts, culture and personality, marriage, gender, and family roles.
Key names represented in the collection include: John Marshall, Timothy Asch, Robert Gardner, David MacDougall, John Bishop, David Plath, Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict Margaret Mead, Claude Levi-Strauss, Clifford Geertz, A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, David MacDougall, Paul Rabinow, E.E. Evans-Pritchard, and Bronislaw Malinowski.
Research Power: Intended for use across the curriculum—from introductory Anthropology and Sociology courses to advanced interdisciplinary courses in women’s studies, economics, and international studies— the collections in Alexander Street Anthropology are Semantically Indexed to enable cross-cultural comparisons. Researchers can quickly identify and compare materials by theme, cultural group, geographic location, Ethnographer, content type, and Anthropological subject. The collection also makes it easy to analyze how the practice of and discourse surrounding visual Anthropology have changed over time.
Our content can be shared via embeddable links; user-created playlists and clips, with annotation features and the ability to incorporate other content from outside the collection; and more. These features and capabilities render online content as useful for research and classroom use as any print text.
Alexander Street videos feature:
- uniquely powerful browse and search capabilities enabled by ASP's Semantic Indexing™
- multiple points of access—browses, searches, thumbnail images, transcripts—allowing you to find your point of interest in hundreds of hours of video within seconds
- synchronized, searchable transcripts
- video clip-making tools
- annotated playlists—you can make, annotate, and share playlists for course or individual use, and you can include links to materials or resources outside of the collection to make this your one-stop resource
- high quality, licensed, in-copyright material plus other valuable footage
- the ability to create synchronized annotations and multi-media presentations
- an embeddable video player and playlist for use on a class Web site, library home page, or an electronic syllabus—lets you drive usage and deliver content to users where and when they need it without instructions or countless screens and clicks
- streaming, quickly accessible online video at 400 and 800 kbps with no delays and no special equipment (just Flash and a browser)
- Open URL compliance
Acknowledgments
At Alexander Street, the following people have been instrumental in the development of the collection:
- Pat Carlson
- Christina Chamberlain
- Thomas Christ
- Kat Cook
- Andrea Eastman-Mullins
- Stephanie Garrett
- Mike Kangal
- Joanna Koslowsky
- Shauna Kreidler
- Isabel Lacerda
- Nicholas Lebeda
- Tim Lloyd
- Kimberly Milio
- Stephen Rhind-Tutt
- Becka Rosenberg
- Nazar Sharunenko
- Lucy Sullivan
- Ziep Truong
- Jen Walsh
- Will Whalen
- Aaron Wood
- Hao Xu
- Xiaowei (Shawn) Xu
- JiaJun Zhu
3. Subscription and Free Trial Information
Alexander Street Anthropology is available for one-time purchase of perpetual access, or as an annual subscription. Please contact us at sales@alexanderstreet.com if you wish to begin a subscription or to request a free 30-day trial.
4. Technical Support
You can contact us by:
- email at support@astreetpress.com
- telephone toll-free at 1-800-889-5937
When reporting a problem please include your customer name, e-mail address, phone number, domain name or IP address and that of your web proxy server if used.
5. Errata
Our intention is to have a database without errors. We appreciate suggestions for improvements and notice of factual errors. To report errors or to suggest improvements, please email the Editor at Editor@astreetpress.com. Please identify the title, collection, publisher, and publication date, as well as the issue itself, whether in a work itself, a transcript, or other accompanying materials. Please also include your email address, so that we can let you know the status of your correction.
6. Copyright
All materials in the database are protected under U.S. and International Copyright Law.
7. Cataloging Records
MARC records will be available for this collection.