Check these links out for further information on this week's topics!

Use these links as quick references and contextualizing material as well as for ideas about forms of related activism and community work. To really delve, you need to print and read all essays, or go look at books and articles in Further Reading.

Remember that materials on the web MUST be evaluated as critically as any other texts we consider in this course. For brief guidelines on thinking critically about the web, click
HERE.

Theory

  • A Look At Sherry Ortner’s Contributions to Anthropology:
    A biographical essay by Angela Bratton on Ortner’s life and works with an annotated bibliography and suggestions for further reading.

  • Nature, Science, and Gender Online:
    A "Teaching and Learning Resource" from the University of Greenwich featuring recommended readings on nature, science, and gender with reading questions. Includes reading questions for the Jordanova (1980) chapter on the syllabus.

  • Evolutionary Psychology and Sociobiology Online:
    An entry on Dr. G. Scott Acton’s Great Ideas in Personality website introducing the basics of sociobiological thought, outlining one of E.O. Wilson’s major arguments, etc. Contains definitions, links, and a suggested reading list.

Multimedia Resources

Activism/Community Work Resources

  • The Survivor Project:
    This Portland-based organization addresses the needs of transsexual and intersex survivors of domestic and sexual violence through education, consultation, referrals to sympathetic professionals, and more. Website contains basic information on intersex and transsexual issues, links, and volunteer opportunities.