Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
http://joeant.com/DIR/cat/3940/Genealogy
JoeAnt.com hosts a curated web directory focused on genealogy resources, listing sites for ancestor searches, family tree research, obituary databases, ethnic records, heraldry, and surname lookups. A well-organized gateway to dozens of genealogy tools and databases, it covers everything from beginner guides to specialized resources like military records and international family history searches.
https://userrights.contemporary-home-computing.org/
A crowd-sourced manifesto collecting user-submitted demands for digital rights, from the right to undo actions and export data to true anonymity and freedom from app store restrictions. Created by net artist Olia Lialina and programmed by Dragan Espenschied, this interactive site lets visitors vote on and discuss each demand, forming a living document of grassroots tech user advocacy.
https://worldgenweb.org/
The WorldGenWeb Project is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to collecting and providing free access to genealogical and historical records from countries around the world. An invaluable resource for family history researchers, the site organizes records by country, covering virtually every nation on the globe from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
http://theatrehistory.com/index.html
TheatreHistory.com is a dedicated archive covering the history of theatre, offering online play texts, monologues, and curated links for researchers and enthusiasts alike. The site includes a script archive and bookstore, making it a practical reference hub for anyone studying or performing in theatrical productions.
https://heavensgate.com/
The infamous Heaven's Gate website, preserved in its original form, presents the beliefs and writings of the UFO religious cult led by Marshall Applewhite ('Do'), who taught that Earth was about to be recycled and that members could ascend to the 'Level Above Human' via a spacecraft accompanying comet Hale-Bopp. Visitors can read the group's foundational texts, video transcripts, student exit statements, and the press release documenting the 1997 mass suicide that made this site one of the most historically significant and haunting artifacts of the early web.
https://people.umass.edu/klement/tlp
Kevin C. Klement's scholarly project presents Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in a carefully typeset side-by-side-by-side format, placing the original German alongside both major English translations for easy comparison. Available in multiple formats including PDF, HTML, and ePub, this edition is notably more accurate than most online versions and includes Russell's introduction and a hyperlinked index.
http://warble.com/BahaiArtGallery
The Baha'i Art Gallery showcases paintings, photography, poetry, music, and sculpture created by over 20 artists inspired by or related to the Baha'i Faith. Jointly produced by James Herbert and The Vision Factory, this online gallery invites artists to submit their work and offers links to related spiritual and artistic sites.
https://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm
Malcolm Austen, an IT staff member at Oxford University, dedicates a significant portion of his homepage to his deep involvement in genealogy, including maintaining GenUKI pages for Kent and Oxfordshire and serving in leadership roles for multiple family history societies. His interests extend to Scottish dancing, Morris dancing, and amateur radio, but genealogy clearly dominates the page with extensive links to societies and resources.
http://ufowisconsin.com/links.html
UFO Wisconsin is a comprehensive hub for UFO sightings, alien research, crop circles, and paranormal activity focused on Wisconsin and beyond, with over 1,000 archived reports. The links page alone organizes hundreds of external resources into categories like UFO organizations, alien research, paranormal investigations, and cryptid sites from around the globe.
https://mycelial.technology/
Glyph's personal site explores the intersection of mycology, botany, coding, and decentralized technology through a philosophy of symbiosis and 'wu wei.' Visitors will find art, projects, and musings spanning fungi cultivation, fermentation, electronics, meditation, and computers, all woven together by a vision of a multispecies future.