Web Links

General links about cultural exchange and survival

Cultural Survival: Promoting the Rights, Voices, and Visions of Indigenous Peoples
http://www.cs.org/
The website for Cultural Survival, an organization dedicated to promoting and preserving the cultures of the world's indigenous peoples. They publish articles, make documentaries, report on conditions and issues around the world.

UNESCO Votes New Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention
http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/0312pa-news.htm
An article from the December 2003 Anthropology News about the meaning and impact of the new UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage.

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention activities
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php@URL_ID=2225&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

UNESCO International Declaration on Human Genetic Data (October 16, 2003)
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=16740&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
A news release about the new Declaration.

UNESCO Human Genetic Data Declaration
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=16632&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Worldwatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org/
Worldwatch is an "independent research organization working for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society."

State of the World 2004, Special Focus: The Consumer Society
http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/sow/2004/
From this site you can order a copy of Worldwatch Institute's new publication, available for purchase in January 2004

Links to more information about the Hmong people, and about crosscultural health issues

WWW Hmong Homepage
http://www.hmongnet.org/
Quote: "The WWW Hmong Homepage, first made available on the Internet in March, 1994, is a volunteer effort bringing together a collection the Internet-based resources related to Hmong news and current-events, issues, history, publications, and culture. WWW Hmong Homepage contributors include K-12 ESL and art teachers, Hmong students and professionals, and people who have lived in or traveled to Laos and Thailand. The WWW Hmong Homepage serves as a gathering place for references to Internet resources and is aimed at anyone seeking more information about the Hmong people. We intend the WWW Hmong Homepage to provide not only basic background and historical information about Hmong people, but also extensive references to on-going research projects, current events, and issues pertaining to Hmong history, resettlement, and repatriation."

Hmong Cultural Center
http://www.hmongcenter.org/
The website of the Hmong Cultural Center of St. Paul, Minnesota. Quote: "The mission of the Hmong Cultural Center is to promote the personal development of children, youth, and adults through Hmong cultural education while providing resources that enhance cross-cultural understanding between Hmong and Non-Hmong people."

Hmong (language) Lessons
http://members.aol.com/nyablaj/hmong.html
Includes 30 lessons in reading/writing Hmong, and well as a message board where people leave messages in Hmong for others to read.

Hmong National Development, Inc.
http://www.hndlink.org/
Website for the Hmong National Development organization in Washington, DC. Quote: "Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND) is a national non-profit organization developing capacity to ensure the full participation of Hmong in society. HND works with local and national organizations, public and private entities, and individuals to promote educational opportunities, to increase community capacity, and to develop resources for the well-being, growth, and full participation of Hmong in society."

Ethnomed
http://www.ethnomed.org/ethnomed/
Ethnic medicine information from Harborview Medical Center (Seattle, Washington). Quote: "The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world."

Medical Anthropology Web
http://www.medanth.org/
Quote: "promoting the cultural & biological study and understanding of health, illness & health care." Has links to all the major medical anthropology web sites and organizations.

Society for Medical Anthropology
http://www.medanthro.net/
The main website of the Society for Medical Anthropology.

Medical Anthropology (journal)
http://www.sfu.ca/medanth/
Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness. The website of the journal.

Health Outcomes in a Binational Context
http://agcenter.ucdavis.edu/Announce/AgChallenges2003Abstracts/PDF/18Mines.pdf
An interesting study of health issues among Mexican migrant farm workers in California; they concluded that the most severe health problem was severe cultural clash.

Queensland Health: Cultural Diversity
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/hssb/cultdiv/cultdiv/home.htm
A website from the Australian government, with information about health and cultural issues for a number of different ethnic/cultural groups found in Queensland, Australia.

Culturing Psychotherapy
http://researchmag.asu.edu/stories/psychotherapy.html
An article about an Arizona State University researcher, and her approach to psychotherapy for people from different cultures." Quote: "Joan Koss-Chioino views people the same way. A cultural psychologist and professor of anthropology at Arizona State University, she works with youths and families transplanted from Mexico to the United States."

Links to more information about "Patio Man and the Sprawl People"

Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
http://www.bookbrowse.com/dyn_/title/titleID/526.htm
Read excerpts from and reviews of David Brooks' book-length treatment of the sprawl people, Bobos in Paradise.

The First Suburbs Consortium
http://www.firstsuburbs.org/
Quote: "The First Suburbs Consortium is the largest government-led advocacy organization in the country working to revitalize mature, developed communities and raise public and political awareness of the problems and inequities associated with urban sprawl and urban disinvestment."

Endless Suburbs
http://califia.hispeed.com/EndSub/endless.htm
A video and text presentation about the problems many discover when they leave urban homes and head for the suburbs. These people in this video are much like the characters in Patio Man.

The Swinging Suburbs
http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2002/05/20020507_a_main.asp
This website discusses the new suburbs, which they see as a complicated configuration of wealth and poverty, high-end schools and crowded classrooms.

The Beauty of the Suburbs
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/richtucker/rt20030910.shtml
Columnist Rich Tucker takes a look at life in the suburbs and admits there are both positive and negative sides to the question; it just depends on how you want to "spin" the answer.

Knowledgeplex web site
http://www.knowledgeplex.org/search2.html
A listing and link to over 120 articles that pertain to the growth of suburbs, urban sprawl, and life of the people who there.

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