Links to Culture-Related Web Sites
As you might imagine, this is not the only place on the Web where one can read about culture. There are other educational resources which describe culture in different ways, and there are many other resources which provide a window into U.S. culture, U.S. subcultures, and/or cultures from other parts of the world. In fact, the Web itself is becoming an important element of modern cultural practice and cultural reproduction; see
"Computers and Culture" on this page for discussions of this very subject. The resources described below represent a sampling of what exists -- a lot more can be found by those intrepid enough to go searching. (If you find links which you would like to see included on this page, please contact the authors.)
Click on any title in the following resource list for a site/category description and link(s):
Hundreds of millions of people spend billions of hours each year working and playing and living with computers. Not suprisingly, some modern-day philosophers have spent some time thinking about the effect this development is having on the production and practice of cultures. Below are a couple of articles that contribute to this discussion:
- Article: "Schole: Teaching Culture in a Non-linear Environment" This site, from the University of Ghent, addresses the development of a non-linear educational environment whereby the internet serves as an additional tool for teaching and learning.
- Article: "A Slice of Life in My Virtual Community" ("virtual communities," argues this author, "are cultural aggregations that emerge when enough people bump into each other often enough in cyberspace")
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http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Cultures/
This is a directory page from the Yahoo Directory maintained at Stanford University. As of May 26, 1999, this directory includes references for cultural groups from most of the world. Categories relevant to particular ethnicities in the United States are contained within the 1,910 listings under that heading.
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http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion/
From Aristotian to Zoroastrianism, Yahoo's directory of religious resources is a great "A to Z" starting place for spiritual Web exploration.
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http://www.si.edu/activity/exhibits/start.htm
The Smithsonian Institution is charged with keeping up with U.S. culture in the present as well as maintaining our understanding of U.S. culture as it has changed through history. SI's excellent Web pages can be an excellent place to research or browse for cultural information. This particular link takes you to SI's current and temporary exhibits page, which links you to the following museums (bold type indicates the museum's physical, as opposed to virtual, location): Museums On and Near the National Mall in Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution Building, Arts and Industries Building, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of American History, National Museum of Natural History, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, The Freer Gallery of Art, National Museum of African Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, National Postal Museum. Also on the National Mall: S. Dillon Ripley Center (International Gallery). Also in Washington, D.C.: Anacostia Museum, National Zoo. In New York City: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, National Museum of the American Indian.
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http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/
This is a directory page from the Yahoo Directory maintained at Stanford University. As of May 26, 1999, this directory included the following categories (numbers in parentheses indicate the number of links available in each category): Advice (1,950); Bibliographies (12); Chat (28); Crime(2,398); Cultures and Groups (10,507); Death and Dying (439); Disabilities (1,347); Environment and Nature (2,999); Etiquette (8); Events (34); Families (686); Fashion (1); Firearms (103); Food and Drink (3.045); Gender (35); Holidays and Observances (1,475); Issues and Causes (3,209); Journals (5);Magazines (235); Museums and Exhibits (146); People (55,874); Pets (1); Relationships (492); Religion and Spirituality (17,594); Reunions (305); Secuality (1,653); Social Organizations (388); Web Directories (11); Weddings (258)
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http://www.sas.upenn.edu/transcult/
The Center for Transcultural Studies, at the University of Pennsylvania, is a leading research institute that creates new forms of cultural understanding for a rapidly internationalizing world.
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http://www.csulb.edu/gc/libarts/cultarts/index.html
This link to Cal-State Long Beach's Global Campus offers two subpaths, both of which house broad collections of art from many cultural traditions. The first subpath, "World Art Treasures," offers a sampling of art from areas from North Africa, Micronesia, Southeast Asia and the Far East (specifically, Egypt, China, Japan, India, Myanmar/Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand). Two digital collections of Egyptian art are also housed here, as well as a collection of Boticelli's work and a lecture on Boticelli (in French). The second path takes you to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Krannert Art Museum. This large museum houses more than eight thousand works of art, some of which date back to the fourth millenium BCE. The main page offers nine separate links, including "African Art" and "Pre-Columbian Art."
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