Library Research Guides: Anthropology: Streaming Videos

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Audiovisual Resources

Streaming videos are viewable online. Search for more using the Films on Demand Database or AVON: Academic Video Online.

Introduction to Physical Anthropology: Physical Anthropology and Archaeology Methods

This film provides an introduction to the history of anthropology as a discipline and explains how physical and cultural anthropology differ.

Anthropology and the Study of Humanity (collection)
From our tree-dwelling primate ancestors 63 million years ago through today's globally connected citizens, anthropology looks at Homo sapiens to find out why we are the way we are. Available until 4/15/2020.
Breaking the Wall of the Museum: How Anthropology Investigates the Cultural Heritage of the Future
Cultural anthropologists like Sharon Macdonald are examining the reasons why some elements of culture are passed on to the future while other are being put away or erased from collective memory. Museums are societies’ official places for this process of "curating memory."
A Conversation with Margaret Mead—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Providing an intriguing window into cultural anthropology as it was practiced and conceptualized during the mid-20th century, this 1959 NBC interview features renowned researcher Margaret Mead discussing her work with one of her students, William Mitchell.
Dawn of Humanity
NOVA and National Geographic present exclusive access to a unique discovery of ancient remains. Located in an almost inaccessible chamber deep in a South African cave, the site required recruiting a special team of experts slender enough to wriggle down a vertical, pitch-dark, seven-inch-wide passage. Available until 4/15/2020.
Introduction to Physical Anthropology Series
Introduction to Physical Anthropology is a five-part series.
No Bone Unturned: Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology
This ABC News program spotlights the work of Doug Owsley, curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, who is a keen interpreter of the silent yet expressive language of bones.

DVDs

DVDs must be viewed in the library. Search for more using the SC4 Library Catalog.

Food: A Cultural Culinary History [dvd] by Ken Albala This course explores the history of how humans have produced, cooked, and consumed food--from the earliest hunting-and-gathering societies to the present. This course examines how civilizations and their foodways have been shaped by geography, native flora and fauna, and technological innovations
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Publication Date: 2013
People and Cultures of the World [dvd] by Edward Fischer Why is anthropology such an inherently fascinating subject? Because it's all about us: human beings. As the "science of humanity," anthropology can help us understand virtually anything about ourselves—from our political and economic systems, to why we get married, to how we decide to buy a particular bottle of wine.
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Publication Date: 2004
Race: The Power of an Illusion [dvd] by California Newsreel Challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs that human beings come divided into a few distinct groups. A look at why race is not biologically meaningful yet nonetheless very real.
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Publication Date: 2003
Understanding the Human Factor: Life and Its Impact [dvd] by The Teaching Co. A journey surveying the remarkable innovations that transformed humankind into the sole agriculturists on our planet. Inasmuch as humankind has changed the species it domesticates, so have the plants and animals we cultivate and tend changed the shape of our history and lives. These interactions are the key not only to our rise but also our continued success on this planet. It's been suggested that if contributions from our domesticates suddenly stopped, civilization would almost certainly and instantly collapse.
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Publication Date: 2009