AU Cultural Studies

African American Culture Studies
http://igcs.binghamton.edu/igcs_site/igcsculture.htm — Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghampton University, State University of New York. This site has a very good introduction into African Heritage, Islam in Africa, Western Culture in Africa, Indigenous African Cultures, African and African American Study Programs, and Other links.

Aboriginal and Indigenous People's Cultural Connection
http://directory.aboriginalconnections.com/ — This site contains useful information on Aboriginals and Indigenous Peoples from Africa and the Middle East, Asia, Canada, Europe, International, Latin America, Oceania, and the United States of America. Each regional area contains important information about Heritage and Culture, Education, Government, Health, People, and Organizations.

Activity Theory
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/activity.html — This site is the starting point for your research into what activity theory is and why it is a highly predictive theory. Much of the links on this page include classical theorists like Lev Vygotsky, Alexander Luria, and more contemporary theorists like Bonnie Nardi. This page http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/act_dff.html contains a summary of theorists and their contributions to Activity Theory.

Bigotry
http://www.come-and-hear.com/editor/adl-hates-censorship/ — This site gives an overview of some of the different organizations and movements that have been fall under the Anti-Defamation League's "Hate on the World Wide Web: A Brief History of Bigotry."

Counter Culture
http://www.jahsonic.com/Counter.html - This site is designed for easy topic viewing. Covering information about the Black Panthers, Anti-Hero, Beat Generation, Media Activism, and much more, this site is at the top of the list for a wide sample of Counter-Culture topics.

Cyber Culture
http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/ — Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies from the University of Washington. This site is dedicated to creating and cultivating Cyberculture through resources and links to Cyberculture.

Cigarette Smoking Mapped through Environment Analysis
http://www.secapt.org/NewFiles/EnvChangeTheory.pdf — Environmental Change Theory is discussed in detail with useful diagrams to describe how individuals react to isolated and shared environments with controlled and variable conditions. The discussion of norms changing and symbolic approaches are very insightful.

Dadaism and Freedom
http://www.wsws.org/arts/1997/jun1997/breton1.shtml — The world Socialist Web Site discusses Art and Freedom using examples from the Leon Trotsky and Andre Breton Manifesto to discuss Andre Breton and Problems of the Twentieth Century Culture.

Devil Worship
http://www.dpjs.co.uk/devil.html — Get righteous on the atheistic perspectives of Satanism. This site introduces the students to a world without the presence of a higher order, but instead clears up some of the mysticism behind contemporary Satan worship and Christianity.

Ecology Movement
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/e/ec/
ecology_movement.htm — This is the page where you should begin your environmental journey. You will see why when you go there.

Economic Development and Environmental Protection: An Ecological Economics Perspective
http://www.pucp.edu.pe/escgrad/desamb/
Examen_Ecologic_econ.pdf — William E. Rees from the University of British Columbia discuss the inherent conflict between the economy and the environment. By discussing the virtue of "natural capital", Rees identifies the thermodynamic relationship between natural consumption and production.

Futurism
http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/ — Get with the times and go to this site. It includes actual manifestos and links to underground activists from the early 20th century. Also available are books written by futurists, manifesto of the futurist programmers, Encyclopedia Britannica Online links, and the Russian Futurist Movement.

Graphic Culture
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/gallery/fractals.shtml — The benefit of this site are the two galleries of Computer Art and Fractals. Using principles of raytracing and light pattern imaging in 3D environments, these graphic examples tell a story of digital culture that words cannot describe.

Globalisation and Culture in the Asia-Pacific Region
http://www.mediatimesreview.com/february05/Globalisation.php — This article by Hyung Gu Lynn is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Colombia. This article conveys how globalization has caused change among Asian language, style of dress, and other social norms.

Geopolitics
http://www.cefos.gu.se/sitingconf/lidskog2.pdf — Read Rolf Lidskog's "String Conflicts – Democratic Perspectives and Political Implications. Description taken from paper abstract: "All citizens, irrespective their geographical location, have a stake in the global environment. At the same time, they have different interests as well as unequal resources concerning the possibility to develop strategies and to influence environmental agendas and decisions. This forms the basis for the quest for an ecological citizenship, where people wherever they are located in world, have a voice in matters that concerns their environment" (Lidskog, 2001.)

Holeworld
http://www.holeworld.com/holeart/artdflt.html — Holeworld places the user in an antpile and makes them navigate the site as if they are an ant. It has an interesting design with links to Museum Art, Digital and Non-Digital Art, Pop Art, and Comics.

Hare Krishna
http://www.harekrishna.com/col/philo/ — This site is dedicated to the exploration of Krishna culture. It includes resources, art, centres, books, and an introduction to the Krishna philosophy.

Holocaust Denial
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
jsource/Holocaust/denialtoc.html — Many people try to deny that the Holocaust ever existed. Learn more about why these Anti-Semites made the claims they did and the evidence that exists to refute them.

Indymedia.org
http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml — Indymedia.org is a great site where people all over the world can upload their stories, video, images, and other media of materials that are happening all over the world. The organization has members all over the world who continue to provide an unbiased representation of events you will not hear about on the mainstream media.

Justice and Women's Culture
http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/socialsci/socres.html — Get the resources on criminology, deviance, social theory, and women's culture from Western Connecticut State University's Sociology Internet Resources. Each section contains many useful links from other universities and organizations.

Killers
http://www.crimelibrary.com/ — Visit the Crime Library and get the dirt on serial killers. Read about how and why these killers do the things they do and browse the most notorious killers.

Library of Congress International Cultural Gateway
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html — The Library of Congress. Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources. This site contains information on Centers for International Research, International Exhibits, Portals to the World, Collaborative Digital Libraries, and Research Opportunities.

Mainstream Media
Ever wonder why you see and hear the same ads all the time? It is because there are some very large media giants out there who control the media. At this link, http://www.chomsky.info/articles/199710--.htm — Noam Chomsky talks about "What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream."

Muslim and Islam Reconstruction
http://www.yespakistan.com/iqbal/reconstruction/5-1.asp — Religious groups and cultures have permeated social norms and mores for centuries. Come to this site to learn more about the Spirit of Muslim Culture. Also note the links to "The Conception of God and Meaning of Prayer."

Nature of Time
http://www.inteco.cl/biology/nature.htm — The Nature of Time…if you don't get it, you'll be late for class. Time comprehension is one of the principle international governing systems. Humberto Maturana gives us an explanation on why reality depends on time.

Organized International Cultural Studies Groups
http://www.cultstud.org/links.htm — Cultural Studies Associations Worldwide. This site showcases a list of worldwide cultural studies associations, centers and networks, teaching programs in cultural studies, cultural studies websites, and cultural journals.

Profiles of International Countries from Canada
http://cp.settlement.org/english/ - Cultural Profiles Project. This project funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada contains a list of countries from where people have immigrated from. Each country section contains a profile that describes the culture, economy, politics, and other special topics about international countries.

Queer Theory
http://www.clga.ca/ — The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives have been in Toronto for over 30 years now. Now they are on the internet for the world to enjoy. Take a look at their new stories and archived files to make your queer searching all the more fruitful.

Robot Renegades
http://unite-and-resist.cloudmakers.org/mankindfirst.html — These Anti-Robot fighters are uniting to save humanity that is threatened by robots. They have interesting quotes from Karl Marx entailed in the "Mankind First" manifesto. This is a good example of how people with similar beliefs can unite when they feel threatened, in this case, Robots are the threat.

Subculture
http://www.subculture.com — This is definitely a multi-media rich site intended for mature audiences. Doomsday, Politics, Pornography, and Gothic themes are expressed through expressive brainwashing techniques. On top of exposing many corporate brands and multinational identities, this site uses gritty examples and course language…please be advised.

Culture of Space
http://www.ibtauris.com/ibtauris/pdf/1860649084.pdf — "Culture and Space: Conceiving a New Cultural Geography." Joel Bonnemaison. Edited by Chantal Blanc-Pamard, Maud Lasseur, and Christel Thibault. Translated by Josee Penot – Demetry. This online article provides an scholastic look at Bonnemaison's 30 years of experience of questioning the geography of culture and anthropology of space.

Religious Tolerance
http://www.religioustolerance.org/scientol.htm — Come see what L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology are getting into with an overview of Scientology, controversial topics, essays and articles, and internet links and books.

Theory
http://www.theory.org.uk/resources.htm — Contains essential theoretical components for analytical interpretation of cultural history and development. Includes links to Theodor Adorno, Antonio Gramsci, Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, Identity Theory, and Media Effects.

University of Cambridge Corporate Culture Forecast
http://www.jims.cam.ac.uk/people/faculty/pdfs/
willmott_strength_ignorance.pdf — University of Cambridge. Hugh Willmott. "Strength is Ignorance; Slavery is Freedom: Managing Culture in Modern Organizations." This review from the Judge Institute of Management illustrates how contemporary corporate culture is defined in modern organizations.

Virtue Theory and Aristotelian Logic by Marcuse
http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/marcuse/works/
one-dimensional-man/ch05.htm — Herbert Marcuse's One Dimensional Man. "Negative Thinking: The Defeated Logic of Protest." Explores the nature of truth and reality in relation to Aristotelian Logic.

Vampire Sigils
http://www.house-eclipse.org/paths.shtml — Learn about Lycanthropy, Therianthropy, and what it means to be part of a house sigil. This page contains many links to community issues, legends and myth, Therians and Otherkin, and Occultism.

Word Control
http://www.anxietyculture.com/wordcontrol.htm — How do words control us? How do they define our culture, values, politics, and identities? What is propaganda? These are some of the many questions Anxiety Culture attempts to answer during their discussion of word control. Contrasting ideas of social mechanism vs. personal mind, self vs. conditioning and other elements of control, this site will make you question many of the conflicting systems between pop, sub, and counter cultures. Be sure to check out the drop bar on the left that has MORE control mechanisms and links to surveillance culture.

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page — Wikipedia has stormed the Internet through an open environment where users can submit information about any topic in the world. As a result, tremendous loads of information have been documented for digital reference.

X – Straight Edge
http:/ oefur.com/straightedge/articles/review.html Put an X on it. Straight Edgers believe in abstinence from drugs, alcohol, promiscuous sex, and other toxins and illustrate their belief through the symbol of an X. Read about how Ian Mackaye and Minor Threat made the subculture come to life through music in the 1980s.

Youth Culture and New Technologies
http://wiki.media-culture.org.au/index.php/
Youth_Culture_and_New_Technologies — Technology is changing our communities, culture, and communication. Learn about how youth use these technologies to create new realities.

Zenith Culture in Spatialised Computing
http://www.headmap.org/headmap.pdf — This 115 page document gives the reader about how our spaces, places, and faces are changing in digitally brave new world. The article is titled "Know Your Place – Headmap – Location Aware Devices." The book is broken down by chapters and discusses themes such as localization, community and spatial interfaces, location aware devices, nomads, mapping sex, future architecture (life without buildings), unlearning, new geography, community schisms, and waypoints.