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Tonight screening of People of the Wind
By Cecile Dubuis, on 29 October 2008
Mike Dodds, one of the original camera crew, will be attending for a Q&A session.People of the Wind
In 1975 precisely fifty years after Merian C. Coopers and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s 1925 Odyssey ‘Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life’ , Anthony Howarth and David Koff decide to pay tribute to their daunting predecessors in another Documentary illustrating the same journey, only the reverse trip.
This time in colour this documentary entitled « People of the Wind » shot in 1975 and released in 1976 allowed the film crew to focus on one particular tribesman leader, whose words, translated into English and read by the actor James Mason, tell the timeless story of the great migration.
Wednesday, 29 October, 18:30 pm Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS (http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/visit/how-to-find-us.html)
If you want to find out more about on the Bakhtiari in general or on the related exhibition “A People’s Migration: The Bakhtiari Kuch’ at SOAS Brunei Gallery’ and the screenings, please visit the SOAS website:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/bakhtiari-kuch
Library Acquisitions September 2008
By Cecile Dubuis, on 21 October 2008
New Books added to library stock during September included:
MacCormack, Patricia.
Cinesexuality / by Patricia MacCormack.
Aldershot : Ashgate, c2008.
ANTHROPOLOGY A 9 MAC
Humphrey, Nicholas.
Consciousness regained : chapters in the development of mind / Nicholas Humphrey.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983.
ANTHROPOLOGY B 30 HUM
Alland, Alexander, 1931-
Evolution and human behaviour : an introduction to Darwinian anthropology / Alexander Alland, Jr.
London : Routledge, 2009.
ANTHROPOLOGY B 36 ALL
Cambridge University Press ebooks
By Cecile Dubuis, on 7 October 2008
This is a reminder about the current ebooks project involving UCL and Cambridge University Press. This project gives UCL users access to 750 ebooks in a variety of subjects, including law, anthropology, medicine, psychology and life sciences. These ebooks are hosted on the MyiLibrary platform, where you can browse and search the titles that are part of the project. In addition, all the titles appear on the Library catalogue.
Royal Anthropological Institute Library Open Day
By Cecile Dubuis, on 29 September 2008
The Centre for Anthropology, British Museum invites all undergraduate and postgraduate students in Anthropology and related subjects to an OPEN DAY.
To introduce them to the staff and the collections of objects, photographs, books and journals at the Centre for Anthropology.
There will be brief introductory talks and an opportunity to explore the extent of the Centre 10 am – 12.00am(Coffee and biscuits from 9.30).
Thursday 6th November
All welcome http://www.therai.org.uk/MoM/MoM.html
Library Acquisitions August 2008
By Cecile Dubuis, on 19 September 2008
New Books added to library stock during August included:
Greer, Germaine, 1939-
The female eunuch / Germaine Greer.
London : Flamingo, 1999.
ANTHROPOLGY D 47 GRE
Lambright, Anne.
Creating the hybrid intellectual : subject, space, and the feminine in the narrative of José María
Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, c2007.
ANTHROPOLOGY A 8 LAM
Redfield, Robert, 1897-1958.
Social anthropology / Robert Redfield ; edited by Clifford Wilcox ; with an introduction by the edit
New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Transaction, c2008.
ANTHROPOLOGY A 8 WIL
Gobo, Giampietro.
Doing ethnography / Giampietro Gobo ; translated by Adrian Belton.
London : SAGE, 2008.
ANTHROPOLOGY A 9 BRE
Schuster, Gerd.
Thinkers of the jungle / Gerd Schuster, Willie Smits, Jay Ullal.
[Königswinter] : h.f. ullmann, c2008.
ANTHROPOLOGY B 24 SCH
Takacs, David.
The idea of biodiversity : philosophies of paradise / David Takacs.
Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
ANTHROPOLOGY B 28 KEL
New ejournals list – firewall settings
By Cecile Dubuis, on 17 September 2008
Some users are experiencing problems related to local firewall settings when accessing the new ejournals list off-site. The errors vary depending on the specific firewall and browser, but can generally be characterised as “access denied” messages.
The solution is to make sure that the addresses metalib-a.lib.ucl.ac.uk:9003 and metalib-a.lib.ucl.ac.uk:8331 are explicitly permitted for traffic through your (or your organisation’s) firewall. If the problem is to do with your firewall at home, you’ll need to consult the documentation for whichever package you use (F-Secure, Norton, ZoneAlarm etc.) The section will probably be called “Firewall”. There should be something like a set of “Rules” or a “Trusted Zone” that allows you to specify sites and port numbers that should be allowed through the firewall.
Aries and other Social & Historical Sciences ejournals
By Cecile Dubuis, on 8 September 2008
Now available:
Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism Vol. 1, 2001-
Also UCL students and staff now have access to the following Social & Historical Sciences ejournals:
- American Political Science Review Vol. 1, 1906- (check ejournals list for access to early volumes)
- Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice Vol. 1, 2005-
- Journal of Global History Vol. 1, 2006-
- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Vol. 1, 1991-
- Perspectives on Politics Vol. 1, 2003-
- PS: Political Science & Politics Vol. 1, 1968- (check ejournals list for access to earlier volumes)
Social & Historical Sciences backfiles
By Cecile Dubuis, on 8 September 2008
UCL Library Services has bought the following Sage backfiles (older journal content):
Body and Society Vol. 1, 1995-
East European Politics and Societies Vol. 1, 1986-
European Journal of International Relations Vol. 1, 1995-
Journal of Material Culture Vol. 1, 1996-
Journal of Theoretical Politics Vol. 1, 1989-
Progress in Human Geography Vol. 1, 1977-
Public Understanding of Science Vol. 1, 1992-
Sociology Vol. 1, 1967-
Theory, Culture and Society Vol. 1, 1982-
UCL has also purchased some Biomedical Sciences Backfiles (relevant for Anthropology).
- American Journal of Human Biology Vol. 1, 1989-
- American Journal of Medical Genetics Vol. 1, 1977-
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology Vol. 1, 1918-
- American Journal of Primatology Vol. 1, 1981-
- Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews Vol. 1, 1992-
- Genetic Epidemiology Vol. 1, 1984-
- Human Mutation Vol. 1, 1992-
- International Journal of Osteoarchaeology Vol. 1, 1991-
- Journal of Experimental Zoology Vol. 1, 1904-
- Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews (now entitled Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews) Vol. 1, 1995-
- Teratogenesis, Carcinogenesis, and Mutagenesis (now entitled Birth Defects Research Part B) Vol. 1, 1981-
- Teratology (now entitled Birth Defects Research Part A) Vol. 1, 1968-
- Zoo Biology Vol. 1, 1982-
Sociel Theory Database Trial
By Cecile Dubuis, on 15 July 2008
We have a trial for Social Theory, available until 11 August.
Social Theory: http://soth.alexanderstreet.com
Feedback most welcome.
Social Theory offers an extensive selection of documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. The current release features more than 76,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Ulrich Beck, Howard Becker, Nancy Chodorow, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Erving Goffman, Robert Merton, and Talcott
Library Acquisitions June 2008
By Cecile Dubuis, on 10 July 2008
New Books added to library stock during June included:
Wilcox, Clifford, 1956-
Robert Redfield and the development of American anthropology / Clifford Wilcox. Lanham, Md. ; Plymouth : Lexington Books, 2006.
ANTHROPOLOGY A 8 WIL
Leader, Darian.
The new black : mourning, melancholia and depression / Darian Leader. London : Hamish Hamilton, 2008.
ANTHROPOLOGY D 18 LEA
