Sol Tax
Sol Tax | |
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Born |
30 October 1907 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Died | 4 January 1995 |
Nationality | American |
Fields | anthropology |
Known for | Fox Indians |
Influences |
Ralph Linton Fred Eggan |
Tax grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During his formative years he was involved in a number of social clubs. Among these was the Newsboys Republic with which his first encounter was when he was "arrested" for breaking their rules. Tax began his undergraduate education at the University of Chicago but had to leave for lack of funds. He returned to school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he studied with Ralph Linton. He later taught at the University of Chicago.
He was the main organizer for the 1959 Darwin Centennial Celebration held at the University of Chicago.
The American Anthropological Association presented to him and Bela Maday its Franz Boas award for exemplary service to anthropology in 1977. He was the association's president in 1959.[1][2]
Action Anthropology
Sol Tax is known as a founder of "Action Anthropology," a school of anthropological thought that forwent the traditional doctrine of non-interference in favor of co-equal goals of "learning and helping" from studied cultures.[3]
Works
- (1937, revised 1955) contributions to Social Anthropology of North American Tribes, ed. by Fred Eggan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Rubinstein, Robert A., ed. 2001. Doing Fieldwork: The Correspondence of Robert Redfield and Sol Tax, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.
- (1953, revised 1972) Penny Capitalism; a Guatemalan Indian economy ISBN 0-374-97785-2. Tax is said to have coined the term 'Penny capitalism'.[4]
- (1988) Pride and Puzzlement: A Retro-introspective Record of 60 Years of Anthropology Annual Review of Anthropology
See also
References
- ↑ "Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology". American Anthropological Association. 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2008-10-31. "The Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology, formerly the Distinguished Service Award, was established in 1976. This award is presented annually by the Association to its members whose careers demonstrate extraordinary achievements that have well served the anthropological profession. Service to the Association is commonly recognized, as are outstanding applications of anthropological knowledge to improving the human condition. Great teachers of anthropology at all levels have received this award. Although the activities of the recipients will vary from year to year, all awardees have made many sacrifices, usually without personal reward, and sometimes against personal safety. They have all used anthropology for the benefit of others."
- ↑ "Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology". American Anthropological Association. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ↑ Hinshaw, Robert A. (1980). Currents in Anthropology: Essays in Honor of Sol Tax. USA: de Gruyter. ISBN 3111794741.
- ↑ "Ethnographic Field School in Guatemala - May 27, 2011 - July 2011". faculty.chass.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
External links
- Sol Tax - Fort Berthold Action Anthropology Project, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Sol Tax - Fox field notes and Fox Project records 1932-1959, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Obituary: Sol Tax, Anthropology
- Tax, Sol. 1963. Penny Capitalism: A Guatemalan Indian Economy. The University of Chicago Press.
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