Talk:Cultural Anthropology/History of Anthropological Theory

=1 History=

1.1 Early Cultural Studies
I made an edit on the type of field notes that were taking by early anthropologists. --Sharpc2 (talk) 01:06, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

1.3 Early influential personalities
=2 Historic Cultural Anthropologists= o 2.1 Edward Burnett Tylor I captioned the picture of Edward Burnett Taylor. Lianalewis (talk) Lianalewis (talk) 06:39, 8 March 2009 (UTC) o 2.2 Lewis Henry Morgan o 2.3 Franz Boas o 2.4 Ruth Benedict I made a link to the other Ruth Benedict page on Wikipedia. --Shearer2868 (talk) 04:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

The picture for Ruth Benedict wasn't showing up so I reformated it to make the picture show up. Jwilliams (talk) 12:44, 9 March 2009 (UTC) o 2.5 Margaret Mead I want to make a small suggestion to the writer of Margaret Mead. I would say add a picture, and more about her efforts for birth control. Herrion2680 (talk) 22:18, 7 March 2009 (UTC)Janofsky Herrion

Made a link to help define the term positivist method for the Margaret Mead section.--Grotjahn2975 (talk) 21:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC) o 2.6 Marvin Harris o 2.7 Napoleon Chagnon o 2.8 Ray Birdwhistell o 2.9 Julian Steward o 2.10 Paul Farmer I made a grammatical correction for Paul Farmer, and I also added one sentance about the various awards he's recieved. --Baths (talk) 23:58, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I made a few grammatical corrections, as well as adding some information to a few sentences. User:bertscr

=3 References=

=please sort these=

I added more information about how Ray Birdwhistell's "Kinesics in Context" was better known than his other works and I revised some minor errors. Summerd (talk) 22:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

For Edward Burnett Tylor, I wrote some more about the man, Henry Christy, and how he influenced Tylor's interest in ethnology and archaelogy. Summerd (talk) 22:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Made a minor addition to Napolean Chagnon that talked about how his work was known for criticism and controversy. Summerd (talk) 22:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I added a small change to Margaret Mead, and added that she was also popular to mass media as a speaker and writer. Summerd (talk) 22:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I added to Ruth Benedict's information that her 'Patterns of Culture' was translated into over 14 different languages and used in universities for many years. Summerd (talk) 22:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Made a few changes with the Margaret Mead section as well as added an image of Margaret Mead. --Grotjahn2975 (talk) 22:43, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

While I know it wasn't really explicit in class, I think this section needs more actual history and theory rather than simply small snipits of famous anthropologists' biographies. Brennanholten (talk) 23:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I changed a few weak words in the Margaret Mead section to add clarity. Eck4068 (talk) 02:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC) Eck4068

I added more information to the Ray Birdwhistell and added links for a few topics to give more details. Cayab

I edited the last sentence of Edward Burnett Tylor for sentence structure. Holmesa2

I edited the link of Lewis Henry Morgan to not include the was in it. Holmesa2

Added image Lewis Henry Morgan, resized image of tylor.--Le0068 (talk) 22:09, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I added a picture to the Ray Birdwhistell section. Cayab

I added the definition of Animism to the Sir Edward Tyler section Dasselj

I agree that it could use more history, a more general view of the history and changes in field of anthropology over the past centuries. It would also make more organizational sense if the anthropologists were listed according to when they were born/made contributions to the field of anthropology. Ingham7166

I edited one of the sentences in the Lewis Henry morgan article. Dasselj

I switched Ruth Benedict and Mead because Benedict was born before Mead and began her worked as an anthropologist before her. Ingham7166

I edited one of the sentences in the Franz Boas article and also added content about his contribution of the ethnography. Dasselj

I added a few sentences onto Paul Farmer pertaining to the organization that he started. I think he needs credit for started such a helpful and successful organization and it was not mentioned before. Fredric (talk) 23:27, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

In response to the editions of my page on ruth benedict, thank you. I'm not much of a computer wizard and wasn't sure how to format the code for the picture. I think that the addition of information about her books being translated was also a viable contribution. One thing that I think would greatly help students understand the theory would be to classify the theorists work as being (Anthropology as a science (Spencer, Morgan, Tyler), Cultural relativism (Boas, Mead, Structuralism (Durheim, Levi-Strauss) and Structural Functionalism (Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown)and so on. Dasselj

I edited the title under Famous Cultural Anthropologists "Researches Into the Early History of Mankind" because it was a title and was not capitalized. --Gabi Chavarria (talk) 06:55, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I made a link under American Sign Language for Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet because he was the founder. --Gabi Chavarria (talk) 06:58, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

missing person?
Seems that Bronislaw Malinowski is missing from your historical recounting, and should definitely be included. 74.69.3.13 (discuss) 03:58, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Glossary Terms
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symbols : When something represents abstract ideas or concepts. cultural relativism: the idea that a person's believes, values, and practices should be understood from the perspective of that person and culture. capitalism: an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production. animism:a philosophical, religious or spiritual idea that souls or spirits exist not only in humans and animals but also in plants, rocks and natural phenomena. stereotypes: widely adopted thought about specific types of individuals intended to represent the entire group of people. ethnology: the study of the comparison of the characteristics of different peoples and cultures. ontogeny: the development or developmental history of an individual organism. armchair anthropology: refers to early anthropologists who formed conclusions about cultures and peoples based on second hand data without interacting with the culture of study. pragmatic solidarity: the idea of working to meet the needs of the victims while advocating for positive social change. institution: an established law, practice, custom. cultural construction: the meanings, concepts, and practices that people build out of their shared and collective experiences. Reflexivity (abilities/fieldwork) - An anthropologist's awareness that their personal view can paint how they can record their findings; the ability to take steps to prevent one's own personal bias from painting their findings. Dialectic/Dialogue - "Friendly"/open dialogue between a research subject and the researcher, encouraging more "natural" discussion of subjects. Consumer Culture - How what a collective buys and consumes eventually forges/alters their society; materialism. Colonization/Cultural Imperialism - A "stronger"/more influential culture taking control of and altering a "smaller" culture to be more like theirs; Westernization. Globalization - Melding smaller collectives into one larger one. Cosmopolitanism - Being able to comfortable share and talk about other cultures besides your own. tharvey2