Open Educational Resources

Textbook designed for an introductory anthropology course which uses stories and ethnographic anecdotes to engage students with anthropological concepts. Topics covered include fieldwork, culture, evolution, language, and globalisation. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Textbook offering a holistic approach to the broad field of cultural anthropology with an emphasis on interconnectedness and comparisons between cultures. CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial) license.

Textbook that examines culture as a variable in interpersonal and collective communication. It explores cultural universals, social categorization, stereotyping and discrimination, with a focus on topics including race, ethnicity, social class, religion, gender and sexuality as they relate to communication.CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Textbook designed to aid discussion around theories and research in cultural sociology. It takes a learner-centered teaching approach with an expectation that instructors will serve as a mediator between the content and the learners' understanding of the material. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Collection of mini lectures contributed by a wide range of anthropologists to assist instructors with the shift to online teaching during COVID-19. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Podcasts and shorts films produced by students from the University of Edinburgh documenting an element of city life. Created as part of an advanced ethnography field class in Berlin. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

An international, multilingual, primarily volunteer community of writers, translators, academics, and human rights activists with the aim of building understanding across borders. Text CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licensed. Other content various licenses.

List of freely available journals in anthropology and related fields. Various licenses. Check individual journal for license, most openly licensed but some may only be free to access.

Podcast series from the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Only episodes with a (CC) symbol next to their title are available under a CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Curated collection from the British Library consisting of digitised items created by the artists and scientists who were a part of the expeditions of James Cook. Includes modern day responses from people of the communities Cook encountered with reflections on their legacy and impact. Website text CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licensed. Most collection items public domain.

Database from the World Bank containing high-quality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Courses in anthropology as taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Content varies but can include lecture notes, videos, assignments with solutions, student project examples etc. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license but courses may refer to copyright material.