Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who...
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Kiviuq (section Franz Boas)
kayak, which was described by Franz Boas as the most widely known Inuit legend in the circumpolar region. Boas, Franz (March 1904), "The Folk-Lore of...
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communications with Franz Boas in 1903 about the existence of the Shrine, photographing it meticulously to gauge his interest; Boas was excited to purchase...
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Chinookan peoples (section Franz Boas (1858–1942))
The houses were about 20–60 feet wide and 50–150 feet long. In 1888, Franz Boas published "The Journal of American Folk-Lore" a journal discussing American...
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Historical race concepts (section Franz Boas)
classifications of race. It is said that before Boas, anthropology was the study of race, and after Boas, anthropology was the study of culture. The 20th-century...
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established as axiomatic in anthropological research by Franz Boas and later popularized by his students. Boas first articulated the idea in 1887: "...civilization...
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our civilization goes". However, Boas did not use the phrase "cultural relativism". The concept was spread by Boas' students, such as Robert Lowie. The...
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Negroid (section Franz Boas and The Race Question)
dog-like fidelity which has stood the supreme test." Since the 1920s, Franz Boas and his school of anthropology at Columbia University were criticising...
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work as a graduate student with Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1921. She developed a close friendship with Boas, who took on a role as a kind of...
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Utkuhiksalik (section Franz Boas)
(Natsilik proper aqigžeq) Utkuhiksalik ipřit 'you' (Natsilik proper ižvit) Franz Boas included the Ukusiksalirmiut as a tribe of the "Central Eskimo" in the...
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