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New Open Access Archaeology Book

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:53:12 -0400

This was posted on Digging Digitally and I thought I would share it-

Archaeology 2.0: New Approaches to Communication and Collaboration is now available via the University of California’s eScholarship repository.

This book explores the social use and context of the World Wide Web within the discipline of archaeology.

"Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist": A call for action

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:53:09 -0400

"Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist": A call for action:

A good overview of some of the recent discussion about open access and publishing in anthropology.

Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:46:47 -0400

Rex discusses Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands, an impressive OA monograph, on Savage Minds.

Update- Open Access Archaeology Journal List

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:18:54 -0400

Update- Open Access Archaeology Journal List:

The list of open access archaeology journals has been expanded to 259 and covers multiple languages.

Ruth Finnegan’s New Book on Quotations Available in Gratis OA Form

Sat, 07 May 2011 07:33:50 -0400

Ruth Finnegan’s New Book on Quotations Available in Gratis OA Form:

Senior scholar in the study of anthropology and oral narrative publishes a new book on quotations with an innovative not-for-profit academic publisher with OA goals and an innovative business model.

Kerim's Academic Reading Journal (Maid in Japan: An Ethnographic Account of Alternative Intimacy)

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:22:00 -0400

Kerim's Academic Reading Journal (Maid in Japan: An Ethnographic Account of Alternative Intimacy):

Before entering the café, the customer is asked, ‘Is this your first time coming home?’ (gokitaku hajimete desu ka). The rather awkward question captures the ambiguity of an impersonal commercial space designed to be a personal intimate space.

Maid in Japan: An Ethnographic Account of Alternative Intimacy

New Open Access Journal: Anthropology Reviews: Dissent and Cultural Politics (ARDAC)

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:09:05 -0400

New Open Access Journal: Anthropology Reviews: Dissent and Cultural Politics (ARDAC):

Is this one of the first real web2.0-journals in anthropology? A new Open Access journal was launched: Anthropology Reviews: Dissent and Cultural Politics (ARDAC)

Kim Fortun on Open Folklore in Anthropology News

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:44:32 -0400

Kim Fortun on Open Folklore in Anthropology News:

The AAA and Wiley are providing free access to Kim Fortun’s essay on the Open Folklore project www.openfolklore.org. In this essay, she considers the broader implications of the project.

Review of: Once Upon a Virus: AIDS Legends and Vernacular Risk Perception by Diane Goldstein

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:58:53 -0400

Review of: Once Upon a Virus: AIDS Legends and Vernacular Risk Perception by Diane Goldstein:

This is an open access book review of a book published by Utah State University Press in 2004. The publisher has made the book freely available as a PDF download at http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/32/ .

Times Higher Education - Book of the Week: Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:43:30 -0400

Times Higher Education - Book of the Week: Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software:

Christopher Kelty’s book is much more than merely a technical - or even a social - history. It is a broadly based analysis of how the congruent elements of otherwise wildly differing ideologies have interacted across human development at those critical nodes where technology-induced change or intellectual revolution has threatened social stability.

Book can be found online, here.

Solidarity, Open Access, and the Future of Anthropology

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:28:00 -0400

Solidarity, Open Access, and the Future of Anthropology:

The violent backlash from the community of anthropologists who felt alienated by the AAA with exclusion of the word; the media’s handling of the debate pegging it as “an epic struggle in the discipline between the true scientists and their foes” (Kuper and Marks, 2011)