Cultural Studies

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* The Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum
The museum gives visitors a glimpse into the history of the family whose name became name became synonymous with the tobacco industry in America. Our online tour will give the viewer the opportunity to see the ancestral home of the Duke family and learn about the tobacco manufacturing that built its financial empire.

* Global News Flow
On these pages, you can read about a global study of foreign news and international news flow that involves researchers in nearly 50 countries.
*The North Carolina Chapter of the Artist Blacksmith Association of North America
ABANA promotes the ART of BLACKSMITHING. They have begun developing our home page on the World Wide Web. This project will include a members gallery, information resources (vendor's list, formulas, where to find coal, helpful hints), educational events, and more.
*American South Internet Resource Center
A collection of resources about the American South, including Documenting the American South, The Southern Historical Collection and Southern Folklife Collection, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, the Center for the Study of the American South (including the Southern Focus Poll and Southern Cultures, a quarterly publication from Duke University), Southern Exposures, weather maps, and a listing of academic institutions of higher learning throughout the American South.

*The Bahá'í Homepage
Information about the Bahá'í movement and faith

*  ¡Cuba!        
a multimedia exhibit featuring Cuban music and musicians; pictures of Cuban people and places; and links to other information about Cuba.
*Dazhdbog's Grandsons
Current news and information about Russia, including politics,law, science and hot topics. Russian music, literature and humor, as well as connections to Russian networks are also available. Much of this server is in Russian. Instructions are given to force your browser to display Cyrillic characters.

*The DharmaNet Electronic Files Archive
D.E.F.A. is one of the oldest and most comprehensive Web sites for Buddhist resources, online and off.

*EXPO
Expo, the world's most exciting electronic expostion. A "virtual" tour through the Library of Congress archive and more! Visit Rome Reborn, a collection of the Vatican Library's most precious manuscripts, books, and maps. Or, from the Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley, examine An Exhibition of Fossil Life, a presentation of the diversity of life that has existed in the past. For a change of pace, grab a seat at the Expo Restaurant, currently serving up masterpieces of French cookery. There's much, much more, so get your ticket, or hop on the bus and see for youself!

*Free Burma
A multimedia exhibit and information archive designed to "hasten the replacement of the current military government who tortures its citizens with one chosen by the people who live there."

*The Gaelic Homepage
Information about the Gaelic-based languages and cultures.

*The Hong Kong Picture Archive
Pictures from modern and traditional Hong Kong

*The Lunar Institute of Technology
The Lunar Institute of Technology is a virtual on-line "university" with over 400 members, including the Schools of Starship Design, Low Gravity Mining, and Exo-Science and Alien Studies. There are also pages devoted to examining the science behing the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence and methods of interstellar communication at The Contact Project.

*The Nation of Gods and Earths Homepage
This society, also known as the 5% Nation of Islam, is very influential in today's hip-hop culture; it stems from the Nation of Islam, founded by Master Fard Muhammad. The basic goal of the 5% Nation is to teach the Black Man to be God for himself in order for him to do for Self in Society.

*Soviet Archive Exhibit
The first public display of the hitherto highly secret internal record of Soviet Communist rule.

*The Vietnam Pictures Archive
Pictures (JPEG's) of the Scenery, Monuments, People and Art of Vietnam

*Women's Resources Project
Information about Women's Studies Programs, library collections and community resources for women in North Carolina and beyond.

* The Virtual Shtetl
A resource for Yiddish language and culture, with information about library resources, mailing lists, schools, recipes and more. Visit the Art Center to view some paintings, or investigate Jewish genealogy.

Zen @ SunSITE
A center for various Zen sources to be found on the Internet, as well as an HTML version of The Gateless Gate, a collection of Zen koans.
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