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"After September 11th"
relevant web-based resources
The events of September 11, 2001 have motivated
many Americans to ask questions about the context and consequences
of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Anthropologists
can offer important insights into both issues. We can help provide
the social, cultural, and historical context necessary for understanding
these events. We can also suggest what the implications of a
long-term "war on terrorism" might be and how new
laws and social norms in our own country might transform our
everyday lives.
In the spirit of enhancing and deepening public
understanding of the context surrounding September 11th, the
undersigned faculty in the San Jose State University department
of anthropology have compiled this list of online Internet resources.
We have tried to identify useful anthropological and scholarly
resources along with other sources that are informative, concise,
and written for non-specialists. We have consciously tried to
include perspectives that are not frequently heard or seen in
the mainstream media, especially progressive, non-European,
and international perspectives.
We have grouped Internet sites into six categories:
(1) U.S. Government Sources; (2) U.S. Scholarly professional
organizations (3) "Think Tanks" (4) Gender and Afghanistan
(5) U.S. Alternative and Ethnic Media (6) International News
Sources (7) Miscellaneous resources. We have provided brief
descriptive material on most websites.
We hope you find this useful and welcome your
feedback.
Dr. Roberto Gonzalez
Dr.
Carol C. Mukhopadhyay
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(1) U.S. Government Sources
[the official US perspective]
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(2) U.S. Scholarly Professional
Organizations, and Educational Institutions
American Anthropological Association, Middle
East Section: contains general information and resources
on Middle East.
http://www.aaanet.org/mes/index.htm
A specific
link to Sept.11th website contains extensive resources &
links
to other relevant sites
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/daniel_m_varisco/wtc.htm
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at
Austin: a wealth of scholarly information on all aspects
of the region and specific countries.
http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/
Social Science Research Council: "After Sept. 11th:
Perspectives from the Social Sciences."
http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/
This website features an extraordinary and still-expanding collection
of
essays
by leading social scientists from around the country and the
world.
These
essays are the efforts of social scientists to bring theoretical
and
empirical knowledge to bear on the events of Sept. 11, their
precursors,
and
what comes after. There are several anthropologists including
Veena Das, Mahmood Mamdani, and Robert Hefner.
Arab American Resource Directory
http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/Arab-American-Resources.id.95.htm
The Arab American National Museum's Arab American Resource Directory.
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(3) Established foreign policy-oriented "Think
Tanks"
Institute for Policy Studies. Well-established with a progressive
perspective.
http://www.ips-dc.org/
Foreign Policy in Focus. A newer [1996] "think
tank without walls"...."international network of more
than 650 policy analysts and advocates...committed to advancing
a citizen-based foreign policy agenda... FPIF is a collaborative
project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) and the
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)." Funding from Ford,
MacArthur, Carnegie.
http://www.fpif.org
The Brookings Institute. Well-established with a liberal perspective.
http://www.brookings.org/
The Heritage Foundation. Well-established with
a conservative perspective.
http://www.heritage.org/
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(4) Women, Afghanistan, and Sept. 11th
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan [RAWA]: a prominent,
long-standing [1977] "political/social organization of
Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's
rights." Historically, anti-Soviet, "anti-fundamentalist"
and, anti-"ultra-fundamentalist" (i.e. Taliban).
http://rawa.fancymarketing.net/index.html
or www.rawa.org
Feminist Majority Website: a major, feminist organization involved with Afghan
women's groups. Facilitated international women's organization
response to Sept.11th and post-Taliban Afghanistan plans, including
the Afghan Women's Summit which produced the Brussel's Proclamation
and Solidarity Declaration. Activist-oriented web-site but also
contains excellent informational-oriented links.
http://www.feminist.org/afghan/intro.asp
Specific
activist-oriented sites.
http://www.helpafghanwomen.com/
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org
The full
text of the Brussel Proclamation and the Solidarity Declaration
can
be found
at the Global Fund for Women website.
Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan [WAPHA]. The founder is a cultural anthropologist [Phd 1990s,
U of Wisconsin Madison] now working full-time on the situation
of Afghan women.
http://www.wapha.org/
Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan [HAWCA]: an NGO, founded in 1999, to help Afghan women.
Located in Pakistan.
http://www.hawca.org/index.htm
Women on the Road for Afghanistan (WORFA). Access
this group and other groups concerned with gender issues through
www.afghanradio.com
Amnesty International: this site has general post-sept.
11th updates, as well as, specific information on women in Afghanistan.
www.amnesty.org
For detailed
1995 report on women under the Taliban see
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/afgan/afgtoc.htm
Women in Black: a peace organization nominated for Nobel
Peace Prize in 2001. Originally started by Israeli/Palestinian
women. Now world-wide. Bay Area Women in Black, P.O. Box 8003,
Berkeley, CA 94707.
http://www.igc.org/balkans/wib/
Institute for Women's Policy Research: gender aspects
of international issues.
www.iwpr.org/pdf.html
See especially
Briefing Paper [IWPR Publication #1908, Nov. 2001]
"Why
Gender Matters in Understanding September 11: Women,
Militarism,
and Violence" by Amy Ciazza.
Foreign Policy In Focus: the newsletter of the Institute
for Policy Studies [see earlier]. One of the few sources to
look at gender-foreign policy connections.
www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org
[or www.fpif.org
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See especially:
"Women in the Middle East" by As'ad AbuKhalil,
Vol.5,
no.30, Sept. 2000
"Masculinity as Foreign Policy Issue" by Cynthia Enloe,
Vol.5,
No.36, Oct. 2000
Social Science Research Council Website. "After
Sept. 11th: Perspectives from the Social Sciences."
http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/
Three
essays specifically address women's issues: see gendered Afghani
perspective
by Sba Gul Khattak, articles by Margaret Mills, and Haideh
Moghissi.
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(5) U.S. alternative, non-profit and relevant ethnic news sources.
Public Television and Radio
National Public Radio [KQED 88.5] and Television: [channels 9, 54, 60]
www.npr.org
www.kqed.org
www.pbs.org
Pacifica Radio [KPFA FM 94.1]
http://www.pacificnews.org
Democracy Now
with Amy Goodman
http://www.democracynow.org
Alternet: an independent news and syndication service
[like Reuters, AP, etc.] and on-line magazine. "Alternet
is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent
and alternative journalism." Provides brief summaries of
leading stories; includes links to news sources and relevant
background information.
http://www.alternet.org/
Common Dreams News Center: a national non-profit "citizens"
source. Pulls from U.S. and international wire services, progressive
magazines and Web sites. Excellent online source for alternative
news and views. Links to other sources.
http://www.commondreams.org
The Nation:
a 136-year journal with a tradition of hard-hitting progressive
journalism.
http://www.thenation.com
The Atlantic Monthly. long-established, thoughtful, well-researched articles;
covers variety of contemporary issues.
www.theatlantic.com
The American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee [ADC].
http://www.adc.org
Arab American Institute: a non-profit organization with
special post-Sept. 11th resources on Arab Americans, AAI statements,
resources for educators, other links.
http://www.aaiusa.org/
Azadi Afghan Radio: Afghan news, extensive links to Afghanistan organizations,
including governmental groups, relief organizations, women's
groups, books.
http://www.afghanradio.com/
ArabNet
http://www.arab.net/
India West www.Indiawest.com
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(6) International Media Sources
Britain
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.bbc.co.uk
India
The Times of India
http://www.timesofindia.com
Pakistan
Dawn
http://www.dawn.com
AMIN: Arab Media Internet Network (in English and Arabic)
www.amin.org/
Palestine
Daily (English newspaper)
www.palestinedaily.com
Palestine-Intifada 2000
www.palestine-net.com
Israel
The Jerusalem Post
www.jpost.com
Ha'aretz[liberal]
www.haaretzdaily.com
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(7) Additional Resources
San Jose State University Library
Special September 11th related website
www.library.sjsu.edu
select "Hot Topics"
or
http://library.sjsu.edu/dept/ref/terrorism.htm
"September 11: Contexts and Consequences"
A reader edited by Misha Klein and Adrian MacIntyre,
anthropology graduate students at the University of California,
Berkeley. SJSU on-reserve
[Anthropology 146, Anthropology 141].
May also be purchased through
www.copycentral.com
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org
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the SJSU Department of Anthropology,
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