LibGuides: Anthropology: Open Educational Resources

Anthropology

Adopted OER at UTRGV

Anthropology

This is a collection of openly licensed or free textbooks and materials that can be used to enhance teaching and learning. This page highlights some of the Open Educational Resources (OER) available, but this is by no means an exhaustive list. If you would like to learn more about OER please visit the Library's Textbook Affordability Project website.

Anthropology Textbooks

Explorations: An Open Invitation To Biological Anthropology Explorations is an anthropology textbook that deals with the discipline from a biological point of view.
OpenStax - Introduction to Anthropology Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, OpenStax Introduction to Anthropology is a four-field text integrating diverse voices, engaging field activities, and meaningful themes like Indigenous experiences and social inequality to engage students and enrich learning.
The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology This cultural anthropology textbook covers a wide range of subjects in this field of study. Looking extensively at real world examples this monograph is a great asset to individual new to the discipline.
Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology This is a textbook of essays dealing with subjects in cultural anthropology. It takes a holistic approach to the discipline of anthropology.
Open Textbook Library - Anthropology Search A list of anthropology textbooks from the Open Textbook Library, a comprehensive referatory that points to open textbooks by a variety of authors and publishers.
Pressbooks Directory - Anthropology and Archaeology Search A list of anthropology and archaeology textbooks from The Pressbooks Directory, a repository of online resources created using the Pressbooks Authoring and Editing software.
LibreTexts - Anthropology A list of anthropology textbooks on LibreCommons. LibreCommons hosts curated Open Educational Resources from all 14 LibreTexts libraries in one convenient location.

Anthropology Resources

OER Commons - Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics Full Courses A collection of full courses and course activities related to Anthropology, Archaeology, and Linguistics.
OER Commons - Anthropology Search Anthropology resources from OER Commons, a public digital library of open educational resources.
EdX Courses - Anthropology Freely available video education courses in a number of different fields including Anthropology. These resources are created by universities affiliated with EdX.
EdX Courses - Archaeology Freely available video education courses in a number of different fields including Archaeology. These resources are created by universities affiliated with EdX.

Anthropology Media

TEDEd - Anthropology Created by Technology, Entertainment and Design or TED this curated selection of videos covers a large number of subjects in Anthropology.
CrashCourse - Anthropology CrashCourse is an educational YouTube channel started by John and Hank Green in 2012. This curated YouTube search covers a number of topics related to anthropology,
Creative Commons - Anthropology Image and Audio Search An extensive library of free Anthropology stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use.