Part of a television series on 'Strangers Abroad' shown in the 1990's. This is on the distinguished anthropologist Margaret Mead and her work in New Guinea, Bali etc. All credits to director, producer etc. are at the end of the film. For interviews of other anthropologists and other anthropological materials, please see www.alanmacfarlane.com
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this is cool
CrazyNative4 2 months ago
@addendum044 When you say "a lot" you mean one, right? Because there was only one girl who years later said she lied. She also happened to be a taupou and not part of the original group that Mead studied. That does not mean that there weren't problems with Mead's study - there were - but it does show the problems of relying on one source (Freeman) for your knowledge of Samoan society. Especially if that source has been shown to distort the facts to fit his argument, which Freeman certainly did.
voorface 3 months ago
@qwestwardly
How can there be any other 'contrast'? Either Mead lied, or she was too stupid to realize a lot of the girls she was interviewing were lying to her.
Supposedly this could have been easily gleaned from simply being more thorough, but Mead went to Samoa with confirmation bias in the first place. She already had set out the conclusions she wanted to reach.
addendum044 3 months ago
I watched this for a class FK!!
HOLLAHfoDOLLAH 4 months ago 2
What is Mead's parting comment, at the end of the credits? Does she say 'No, it was very nice' ?
EdiDrums 4 months ago
interesting videos. thanks.
fabian22556 5 months ago
@NathanPBridle The Trashing of Margaret Mead: Anatomy of an Anthropological Controversy (Studies in American Thought and Culture) - Paperback (Dec. 3, 2009) by Paul Shankman and Paul S. Boyer
offers a contrast to freeman's
qwestwardly 11 months ago
I am searching for actual footage of Franz Boas lecturing. I have heard my theories professor talk of such footage...
Traijini22 1 year ago
Thank you for putting this online Professor. I have read about Margaret Mead, primarily from the biography by Jane Howard, but later came across Derek Freeman's- 'Margaret Mead and Samoa'. I am curious as to what you think about Freeman's criticisms of Mead. Thank you again for taking the time to upload this interesting programme.
NathanPBridle 2 years ago