From: "Arthur Kosten" To: REVS@csf.colorado.edu Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:58:16 +0000 Subject: Update on Migration and Ethnic Relations V-lib Reply-to: ajkosten@xs4all.nl *** apologies for cross-posting *** For those interested in the field of migration and ethnic relations, this is to inform you that the WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations has been significantly improved and expanded. It now contains annotated links to over 200 major online resources in the field and many new features that make it easier to locate relevant resources. The Virtual Library has been designed as a shared resource for both professionals in the field and the wider Internet community. You are invited to have a look at it and see if there is something in it for you, and whether you know interesting resources that are not included yet. You can find the Virtual Library at: http://www.ruu.nl/ercomer/wwwvl/index.html Recent new features include: - many new sites and new descriptions of existing sites. - In response to popular demand: full online keyword searching of resource descriptions; - a new and enhanced navigation structure to facilitate navigation; - an updated help file for the Information Board with answers to frequently asked questions; - a new and state-of-the-art animated logo with a spinning globe; - many smaller changes. Below is a list of resources added since 14 May 1996: Research Institutes CEEM - USMA - Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua, El Dorado ; Panama 6, Panama URL: http://www2.usma.ac.pa/ceem/ceeming.html "The Centro de Estudios Etnicos y Migratorios-Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua (CEEM-USMA) is an education and research group in the fields of ethnic and migration studies, which we believe responds to a profound need experienced by Panamanian society. The Center has been developed over the past two years through the collaboration of academics from various social disciplines, such as history, anthropology, sociology and psychology, including both intellectuals from USMA as well as from other institutions and universities." [Description from selfpresentation / 5 June 1996] Research Programs ATMHN - the Australian Transcultural Mental Health Network URL: http://ariel.its.unimelb.edu.au/~atmhn/ "The Australian Transcultural Mental Health Network seeks to improve the quality and accessibility of mental health services available to Australia's immigrant communities through the establishment of a national agenda in transcultural mental health research; professional and community education and service development; the provision of a national information and clearinghouse service. Information provided on research, professional development, community education and network members. State and national policy documents in full text. Links to medicine, psychiatry, migration, refugees, cross-cultural studies, ethnic health, and Australian institutions." [Description provided by atmhn@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au / 3 June 1996] OSI-FMP - Open Society Institute - Forced Migration Projects New York, New York USA URL: http://www.soros.org/migrate.html "... The Forced Migration Projects are action-oriented programs that monitor circumstances in the 15 countries that emerged or re-emerged after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in order to warn of forced movements and to identify conditions that may cause such dislocations, including armed conflict, human rights violations, economic underdevelopment, environmental degradation, and other failures of governance. The Forced Migration Projects seek to encourage early humanitarian responses to migration emergencies, advocate humane treatment and protection of the rights of those unable to return, and promote measures aimed at averting people's need to flee...." [Description provided by agalietti@sorosny.org / 17 May 1996] Journals and Newsletters World on the Move - ASA Newsletter of the Section on International Migration Michigan State University Sociology Department, USA URL: http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~soc/pub.html "The World on the Move newsletters and other publications of the Sociology Department. The Newsletter is available in zipped format only" [Description by Arthur J. Kosten - WWW VL editor / 5 June 1996] Non-Periodical Publications Arthur Hu's collected writings on race and ethnicity Arthur Hu, Kirkland, USA URL: http://www.halcyon.com/arthurhu/ "Compiled writings on race and ethnicity, mainly political columns by Arthur Hu, a conservative Asian-American." [Description by Arthur J. Kosten - WWW Virtual Library editor / 5 June 1996] Conferences and Meetings Inaugural Conference of the Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Brisbane, 30 September-2 October 1996 Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Faculty of Humanities, Griffith University, Queensland 4111, Australia. URL: http://www.gu.edu.au/gwis/hum/conf/culture_citizenship_conf.html "The 'Culture and Citizenship' conference will make a significant contribution to debates on the place of citizenship in national and international cultural and media policy. It will address the following questions: What is the relationship between citizenship, culture and government? What role should media, arts and culture play in shaping citizenship? The following topic areas will be addressed at the conference: Public Culture and Citizenship; Cultural and Media Policy Professions; Peoples and Citizens; Redefining Citizenship; The Future of Citizenship" [Description from self presentation / 5 June 1996] World Congress on Violence and Human Coexistence, University College Dublin 17-21 August 1997 University College Dublin, Ireland URL: http://www.ucd.ie/~congress/congressindex.html "As mankind moves into the third millennium, the World Congress proposes to provide an interdisciplinary, multicultural forum for expression, research and exchange on the conditions required for the fullness of human coexistence, with a view to achieving a more global and deep understanding of the many eruptions of violence in human life and history." [Description from self-presentation / 5 June 1996] Data Archives REFWORLD on Internet UNHCR's Centre for Documentation and Research (CDR) URL: http://www.unicc.org/unhcr "The new REFWORLD site continues HCR's policy of providing authoritative information on refugees worldwide, and includes country reports, legal and policy-related documents, literature references, statistics and publications. Of particular interest are the Repatriation Information Reports prepared by UNHCR's Special Operation in former Yugoslavia (SOFY). These reports, created and updated by UNHCR field staff, provide detailed information about specific municipalities within Bosnia & Herzegovina, in order to inform those contemplating return. Among the subjects covered are political background, demographic characteristics, security situation, registration procedures for returnees, infrastructure conditions and existing assistance programmes. CDR is an information, research and training centre for UNHCR. It is dedicated to providing reliable and current information and analysis on all aspects relating to refugees and displaced persons, including their countries of origin, legal instruments, human rights, minorities, conflict situations and resolution of conflicts." [Information provided by myles@unhcr.ch / 7 May 1996] Mailing and Discussion Lists RACE-POL Subject: Internet Discussion List for Race, Ethnicity and Politics Sponsored by the APSA Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics Computerized administrator: LISTSERV@ACADCOMP.CMP.ILSTU.EDU Human administrator: ttodd@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Send mail to the group: follow guidelines upon subscription Subscription: Send the message "SUBSCRIBE RACE-POL your name" to LISTSERV@ACADCOMP.CMP.ILSTU.EDU Description: RACE-POL is an internet discussion list sponsored by the American Political Science Association's Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics. The list exists to facilitate communication among political scientists and other scholars who share an interest in race, ethnicity, and political power. Messages to the list include, among other topics, discussion of issues in racial and ethnic politics, requests for citations and sources, book reviews and new book announcements, information about graduate programs, notices of upcoming conferences and meetings, and reports from the Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics. REVS Subject: An International E-Mail Network about Racial-Religious-EthnoNationalist Violence Open to: anyone Computerized administrator: LISTSERV@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Human administrator: SPECTOR@CALUMET.PURDUE.EDU Send mail to the group: write to: REVS@csf.colorado.edu Subscription: Send the message "SUB REVS Your name" to LISTSERV@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Description:: An electronic mail network for scholars, researchers, students, activists, and all interested observers for reporting, investigating, and analyzing the rapid growth and development of Racial-Religious-EthnoNationalist Violence (REVS). NGO's NativeTech: Native American Technology and Art. URL: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/NativeTech/ "NativeTech is an educational web site that covers topics of Native American technology and emphasizes the Eastern Woodlands region. The web site is organized into categories of traditional Native uses of beads, birchbark, cattails, clay, cornhusks, leather, plants, pottery, stone, and other materials. I also have some simple instructional information about how many of these materials are used by Natives. I try to provide detailed background on the history, development, changes and continuities in Native technologies from pre-contact to the present." [Information provided by Tara Prindle (prindle@uconnvm.uconn.edu) / 3 June 1996] Topical Information Photius Coutsoukis on the new U.S. immigration bill which was recently passed in the Senate: Photius Coutsoukis, Information Technology Associates, Medford, OR, USA URL: http://www.immigration-usa.com/interview.html "Transcription of radio interview with Photius Coutsoukis, director of Information Technology Associates, producers of immigration software, on the new U.S. immigration bill which was recently passed in the Senate" [Description by Virtual Library editor Arthur J. Kosten (ajkosten@fsw.ruu.nl) / 28 May 1996] _________________________________________________________________ Arthur J. Kosten European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations P.O. Box 80.140, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands Phone: +31 30 2532968, Fax: +31 30 2534733 e-mail: ajkosten@fsw.ruu.nl ERCOMER website: http://www.ruu.nl/ercomer Virtual Library: http://www.ruu.nl/ercomer/wwwvl/wwwvlmer.html _________________________________________________________________