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Biography John A. Hostetler -- Federation of East European Family History Societies
- Review of the list of items that the Amish people try to control in order to control the rate of change in their society
- Reference: Systematic Data Collection. Susan C. Weller and A. Kimball Romney (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1988)
- "Qualitative Quantitative Mix"
- Pertti Pelto Projective Pictures (PPPP), TATs, FIAT . . .
- Review of video: The Amish: People of Preservation
(54 min., Revised 1996 edition, VC 3244)
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What was the newest item seen in The Amish: People of Preservation?
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If you want to control the effect of social change on your culture, or at least control the rate of change, what do you need to do?
- Video: Ocamo is My Town
(23 min., 1988 [1975], VC 1339)
- What things have changed among the Yanomamö since the filming of Magical Death and Children's Magical Death?
- Will this likely change the modal personality of the Yanomamö?
- Can adult personality change?
- If so, what kinds of experiences will result in an adult change of personality?
Source: Spindler, George & Spindler, Louise. Dreamers Without Power: The Menomini Indians
(NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971), p. 5.
Cf ., Spindler, Louise. Menominee Women and Culture Change.
A merican Anthropological Association, vol. 64, no. 1, pt. 2, February, memoir 91.
Menasha, WI: Banta and Sons, 1962, p. 28.
Cf ., Spindler, George & Goldschmidt, Walter. "Experimental Design in the Study of Cultural Change,"
Southwestern Journal of Anthropology , Vol. 8, Spring, 1952, p. 73.
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- "Acculturation" -- Cf., Text , ch. 11
- The Menominee -- Louise Spindler and George Spindler
(units of analysis)
- A. I. Hallowell also compared three levels of acculturation among Ojibwa Indians at different localities (using Roschach tests)
- "Revitalization Movements" -- Anthony F.C. Wallace
(American Anthropologist, Vol. 58, April 1956, pp. 264-281)
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Steady State |
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The Period of Increased Individual Stress |
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The Period of Cultural Distortion |
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The Period of Revitalization
- Mazeway Reformulation
- Communication
- Organization
- Adaptation
- Cultural Transformation
- Routinization
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| Varieties and Dimensions of Variation |
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Choice of Identification
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Choice of Secular and Religious Means |
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Nativism |
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Success and Failure |
- "Intercultural Relations in a Shrinking World"
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- Reading Assignment
- Ch. 10, "Intercultural Relations in a Shrinking World," pp. 273-298
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