Talk:Napoleon Chagnon

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[edit] spelling of name

Chagnon does not appear to spell his first name with an accent over the e. Nor is it spelled with an accent on the covers of his books. I suggest an article name change.--Birdmessenger 01:34, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Alright then, if no one cares, I'm changing the name.--Birdmessenger 23:12, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV problem

The following was removed since it lacked sources and clearly failed NPOV.

It's very important to say that "Darkness in El Dorado" not contains only allegations, but it proves that Chagnon really introduced "sarampo" (sarampion) among the Yanomamo in the 1960s. There are many allegations, in fact, in the several (and, often, incoherent) articles of Chagnon.

Gene Ward Smith 01:48, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] findings of AAA task force

This passage was removed by User:Urthogie with the edit summary "(they rescinded if you check the update)":

Although most of these groups ultimately rejected the worst allegations concerning the measles epidemic, the American Anthropological Association was critical of Chagnon's behavior in its task force report.

The Task Force did not rescind the report; the AAA membership did via referendum. The Task Force still made a number of criticisms of Chagnon in its report; however, a number of members felt that this investigation exceeded the authority of the AAA to investigate ethics complaints. Still, the task force was critical of Chagnon in its report. These findings were, however, rescinded by the AAA membership.

This new edit by User:Urthogie

Groups of historians, epidemiologists, anthropologists, and filmmakers who had direct knowledge of the events investigated Tierney's claims, and concluded that most serious ones were false, and the less serious ones were not proven.

is inaccurate. The AAA task force did not make such a finding with regard to some of the less serious charges.

An anthropologist and scholar, Robert Borofsky, wrote a book about the controversy for which he developed a website here with a great deal of background info. You can read about the AAA Task Force report here. They said things about Chagnon such as:

The conclusion of the Task Force is that it is likely that these representations have been damaging to the Yanomami, and that Chagnon has not adequately addressed his responsibility to try to undo this damage
While scholars have disagreed concerning the validity of many of these claims, they are in fundamental agreement about the impropriety of Chagnon's involvement in FUNDAFACI [a Venezuelan administration org]. In a field deeply divided by critics and supporters of Chagnon's work, this remarkable consensus suggests that this allegation may be well founded in this particular case.

There's more, but my point is, the task force was critical of Chagnon, so I'm changing this back. --Media anthro 16:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

You didn't read my talk summaries-- the report's criticism of Chagnon was rescinded--Urthogie 16:52, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
I read it. Whether or not it was rescinded, the authors of the report were still critical (as was much of the membership). The way you've rewritten this article, no one but Tierney has ever been critical of Chagnon. This isn't the case.
Not to be rude, but you might want to consider reading some of those links above before making further edits about the controversy. --Media anthro 16:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough, but make sure to make clear that every report on the subject has denied tierney's most serious claims, and the one that criticzed chagnon was rescinded.--Urthogie 17:12, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Okay, agreed.--Media anthro 17:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] inaccuracies

Chagnon is now retired. I edited the profile to reflect this. Tierney's accusations of misrepresentation and of failing to obtain informed consent of both the government and of the groups being studied (on at least 3 occasions) have both been verified. Avery82 18:10, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:12, 12 February 2008 (UTC)