Humanities and Social Sciences
This page is designed to support academics with teaching by providing a wealth of OER specifically for Humanities and Social Sciences.
Explore our curated collection that highlights Deakin and Australian OER, and the following topics: anthropology, criminology, cultural heritage and museum studies, history, languages, philosophy, politics and international studies, and religion.
Deakin OER
Español down under: Spanish for Australia and New Zealand by Ramon Lopez Castellano, Israel Holas and Fanny Rios Rodriguez is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
This book focuses on a hands-on, student-centric approach to learning Spanish. Designed for the Australian and New Zealand environment for use at Deakin University, currently available is foundation level content, suitable for a first introduction to Spanish speaking. The resource is still in development with additional content progressing to more advanced skill levels.
Australian OER
- Introduction to the Social Sciences by Zoe Staines, Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Ned Binnie (2023) is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- JUNTXS: Introductory Spanish by Adriana Diaz (2021) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Australian Politics and Policy by Diana Perche, Nicholas Barry, Alan Fenna, Zareh Ghazarian and Yvonne Haigh (2024) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Exploring Sociology in the Antipodes: Introduction to Sociology – 1st Australian Edition by Theresa Petray and Nick Osbaldiston (2023) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Anthropology
- Perspectives An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology by Nina Brown, Thomas McIlwraith and Laura Tubelle de González (2022) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Discovering Cultural Anthropology by Antonia M. Santangelo is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Criminology
- Command and Persuade: Crime, Law, and the State across History by Peter Baldwin (2021) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies
- New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology by Naoko Sonoda (2016) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
History
- Modern World History by Dan Allosso and Tom Williford (2021) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook by John Rankin and Constanze Weise (2023) licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Languages
- Elementary Arabic I by Sadam Issa and Ayman Mohamed (2022) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Elementary Arabic II by Ayman Mohamed and Sadam Issa (2021) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Elementary Chinese I by Wenying Zhou (2022) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Elementary Chinese II by Wenying Zhou (2022) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Philosophy
- Learning from Arguments: An Introduction to Philosophy by Daniel Z. Korman (2022) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Inquiry: A New Paradigm for Critical Thinking by Mark Battersby and Sharon Bailin (2018) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Politics and International Studies
- International Relations by Stephen McGlinchey (2016) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- International Relations Theory by Stephen McGlinchey, Rosie Walters, Christian Scheinpflug (2017) licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Religion
- World Religions: the Spirit Searching by Jody Ondich (2021) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Where to find more OER?
There are many platforms available that contain OER, the platforms listed below are a good starting place to find openly available humanities and social sciences resources.
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Includes reports, journal articles and a range of sources. - Edsitement!
Offers a wide range of humanities subjects, from American history to literature, world history and culture, language, art, and archaeology, and have been judged by humanities specialists to be of high intellectual quality. - Lowitja Institute LitSearch
This search tool provides access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health literature in PubMed. Refine your search to “Open Access” or select "Free Access" and check the license of individual article before reusing the content.