Michael Agar wrote: > Steve--sad to say Ned left several years ago, stroke. The last news I had a year or so ago was that he was no longer "present" but his body was still with us.
> 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. Perhaps I am thinking of anecdotal references to him pioneering "'applied' cultural anthropology". I had not realized "cultural anthropology" was even as recent as 100 years ago. So, do you (Agar or others) feel that these concepts are relevant to the current discussions about social networks? ============================================================ 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
