Talk:Colin Turnbull
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So Turnbull rejected objectivity. How would this place him in terms of say, Geertz? Or Mallinowski?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by USER NAME OR IP (talk • contribs).
[edit] Use of the phrase "objectivity"
I think the use of the term "objectivity" is misleading here because it makes him sound like a postmodernist or structuralist. Changed to "neutrality". If anyone has any objections, please post them.--Aeranis 21:06, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Citations
Citations are necessary to give this article credibility. As far as I can tell it is factually accurate but would someone check these out?--Aeranis 21:15, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Reviled the Ik"
"He idealized the BaMbuti and reviled the Ik, and described the latter as lacking any sense of altruism, in that they force their children out of their homes at the age of three, and gorge on whatever occasional excesses of food they might find until they became sick, rather than save or share. However, several anthropologists have since argued that a particularly serious famine suffered by the Ik during the period of Turnbull's visit may have distorted their normal behaviour and customs."
Isn't that exactly what he argues in The Mountain People? He doesn't just show up and say "these people lack altruism, how horrid", he acknowledges the effect of the famine and the injustice done by forbidding their previous hunter-gathering lifestyle. Lfh 14:09, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
