If you're headed to Dave's Not Here out on Hickox, just as you cross St. Francis and to your left (south of the liquor store across the street on Hickox), is a house of almost Prairie Style architecture. There's sort of a crow's nest cupola on the top. It's my understand that it is Hall's boyhood home.
-tj On 8/25/07, Michael Agar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve--sad to say Ned left several years ago, stroke. Pretty sure he > did invent "proxemics" and "polychronic," though he sure didn't > pioneer cultural anthropology. One date for that is when Franz Boas > took his first job at Clark University in 1889. Later they hired > Nick, so they've been on a roll for quite some time. The mainstream > field didn't like him much, since he was "applied" before the market > drove the entire field in that direction. A lot of his early work > comes from his time with the U.S. State Department, later stuff from > consulting. Hofstede's famous cross cultural psychology used many of > the variables he invented, and the field of Intercultural > Communication credits him as a founder. In the end the American > Anthro Assn did give him the "Anthropology in Media" Award, late 90s > I think. We were both at an intercultural communication conference in > Germany years ago and he took the place by storm. > > His books are still on the shelves. > > Mike > > > > > On Aug 25, 2007, at 3:32 PM, steve smith wrote: > > > Anyone else here a fan of Ned (Edward T.) Hall's work? I think I've > > discussed this a bit with Agar. > > > > Most relevant to the current discussion might be his books on human > > perception of interpersonal space and of time. > > > > "The Hidden Dimension" and "The Silent Language" both come to mind. > > > > I believe that Ned is credited with both pioneering the field of > > "cultural anthropology" and of coining the terms "Proxemics" and > > "Polychronic" > > > > Ned's notions of "High Context Culture" > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_context_culture may be relevant > > to our > > recent musings. > > > > Ned spent one year (or just a semester) at the Los Alamos Ranch School > > as a boy, lead a group of Negro soldiers in WWII and spent many > > years on > > the Navajo and Hopi reservations on public works projects and > > trying to > > understand their culture. For his "honeymoon", he rode with his new > > wife by horseback from Santa Fe back to his location on the > > reservation... > > > > To my knowledge he is still alive (he would be 97 I think) in Santa > > Fe. It has been 10 years since I have spoken with him, however. > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." -- Buckminster Fuller ==========================================
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