Anthropology 3301E Lecture 12: anthro3301 lecture 12 notes
27 Mar 2017
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Thursday, december 1, 2016 anthro3301 lecture 12 notes. Pioneering gure and marginal gure (except for those who work on native americans who do know him) Worked for government then as advocate for indigenous groups. Marginal because critical of government policies towards native americans. Critical of anthropological frameworks on assimilation and acculturation. He was a socialist aka radical scholar. He believed anthropological insights should be for war, human rights, racism. Like boas who intervened in public issues. Public intellectual not just stuck in academia. He reminds us that anthropologists not only contribute through works and publications but outside academia. Took a course with franz boas who sparked his interest in anthro. Then went on to take evening classes at new school. Thought anthropology most scienti c based - evidence based. Phd anthropology 1929, columbia u - supervised by franz boas. Looked at social organization, religion and linguistics. Published pawnee ghost dance hand game 1933.
