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Many people dislike Chagnon
Portrayal of Yanomamo as Violent...negative consequences
ethics in journalism
Unethical Sexual Behavior
Chagnon: a violent personality
Provoking Violence
Measles Epidemic
describes eye-witness reports of a wide variety of violent behaviors among the Yanomamo...indicating selective journalism to support Tierny's thesis that much of the violence was caused by trade goods introduced by Chagnon and others.
the question is whether sticky notes show up automatically
This website by Douglas Hume contains an immense amount of material concerning the controversy resulting from Patrick Tierney's book, darkness in El Dorado. Please read through this site and use you personal library in Diigo to create a database of sources you will use in our discussion/debate next week.
We write to inform you of an impending scandal that will affect the American Anthropological profession as a whole in the eyes of the public, and arouse intense indignation and calls for action among members of the Association. In its scale, ramifications, and sheer criminality and corruption it is unparalleled in the history of Anthropology... (Turner & Sponsel letter)
This website is dedicated to providing a place to find information about Patrick Tierney's Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon.
Violence as a natural behavior in primitive societies is a major theme. Tierney argues that much of the violence was caused by the presence of trade goods brought in by the researchers.
Mr. Tierney spent 10 years on the book, which criticizes scholars and journalists for abetting the demise of the Yanomami, a remote tribe in the Amazon river basin. The Yanomami have attracted the intense interest of scholars since the 1960's, in part because they seemed relatively untouched by the influences of modern industrial society. In books such as Napoleon A. Chagnon's The Yanomamo, now in its fifth edition, scholars have documented the violent nature of that people and suggested that such behavior is natural in premodern societies.
"Napoleon A. Chagnon My possessions are more important to the Mishimishimabowei-teri than my services, and we always exchange items. I do not really want the bows, arrows, spun cotton, and other things they offer me, but I cannot do my work without providing them with fish hooks, fish line, machetes, and knives. They would not accept me for very long, unless I brought them these things. But if I gave them away freely, those who did not receive something would resent me, and all would be reminded of my stinginess. Therefore we trade with each other."
A site with papers written by anthropology students to summarize many of the major theoretical schools of anthropology
"Patrick Tierney's "Attack-Dog" Story: A Report on One of Tierney's Many Allegations against Chagnon.
this is one of many reports that looks in to specific allegations by Tierney to assess the veracity of Tierney's claims.
Bill Irons
Department of Anthropology
Northwestern University"
Sometimes it helps to take a step back.
"Ethnographic and Personal Aspects of Filming and Producing The Ax Fight
Napoleon A. Chagnon
Department of Anthropology
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106"
"Response to Dr. Bruce Alberts, President National Academy of Sciences"
by Tierney
Ms. SUSAN LIN (University of Pennsylvania): Every aspect of that account, every bit of that story is just wrong.
KESTENBAUM: Susan Lin is a science historian at the University of Pennsylvania who has studied James Neel's work. When she heard the measles story, she contacted a library where Neel's papers are kept. An archivist there found a folder labeled Yanomami, 1968, insurance. It contained photocopies of Neel's field notes. Apparently, Neel knew what was Tierney was after and left these behind as a defense from beyond the grave. Lin says the scribbled field notes clearly show that Neel and Chagnon were trying to control an epidemic. People were dying, but not from the vaccine, from a measles outbreak already in full swing. If anything, she says, Neel was frustrated at having to care for so many sick.