Defines and describes the potential value and nature of an urban anthropology internship as a significant learning experience. Explains necessary steps for setting up and carrying out such a placement while avoiding the pitfalls experienced by field interns in other professions. (CJM)

Special issue on Black Dialect: Historical and Descriptive Issues'' edited by William A. Stewart. (RS)

Reviews a book that surveys the field of human urban biology and assesses the needs for further research. Summarizes seventeen chapters which include topics such as human genetics, the human biology of buildings, social disturbances affecting young people, and various urban-rural comparisons. (CS)

An analysis is made of the questions that urban anthropologists ask and the perspectives that they adopt in their work. The first half of the article inquires into general questions and comparative methodology. The second half uses the case of the Puerto Ricans of Rochester, New York, to suggest how important and creative perspectives may be…

Discusses the curriculum design and instructional goals of an undergraduate urban anthropology service course with a heterogeneous student composition. Compares the pedagogical techniques used with Bruner's theory of instruction. (CJM)

Reviews the "risks" and "benefits" inherent in the field-oriented urban anthropology courses described in the preceding articles and recommends the development of more long-term large-scale research projects within such courses. (CJM)

This is one of several study guides on contemporary problems produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science with support of the National Science Foundation. This guide focuses on the ethnology of traditional and complex societies. Part I, Simple and Complex Societies, includes three sections: (1) Introduction: Anthropologists…

The anthropological study of the city's role in the evolution of human systems requires the use of both macro and micro levels of analysis. From the macro perspective, the city is viewed as part of a wider complex society, while from the micro point of view, the city provides the context for understanding specific human institutions or processes…

Reports on an attempt to relate academic models of urban communities to actual housing and community development for a student population of mixed graduate/advanced undergraduate levels and anthropology/urban studies majors. (CJM)

Discusses the needs for urban anthropology teachers dealing with students of architecture and urban planning to understand and incorporate the assumptions, clients, preferred roles, and data needs of those disciplines into the curriculum content of urban anthropology courses. Urges a practical, applied, project-oriented course. (CJM)

This guide is intended to help colleges and universities identify sources of federal funding in the social sciences. Brief summaries of federal program grants for institutions and for individuals are provided. Each summary includes a description of the grant, the amount of money available, and deadlines for applications. Grants for research and…

This guide to the social studies was developed for use in the senior high schools of Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida. Topics covered are United States government, United States history, anthropology, bible history, comparative institutions, European history, Florida history, human relations, political science, economics, psychology, sociology,…