Comments on: Maurer & Boellstorff respond to Focus on the Family http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Strong http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-241892 Strong Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:30:57 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/#comment-241892 I think by 'scientific evidence' they are simply pointing to the enormous diversity in types of kinship and marriage in the ethnographic record. I think by ‘scientific evidence’ they are simply pointing to the enormous diversity in types of kinship and marriage in the ethnographic record.

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]]> By: jlo http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-237978 jlo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:09:03 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/#comment-237978 Overall, I was impressed by the Maurer response, but I do have one rhetorical concern. "It does this because the scientific evidence is on its side:" I'm not sure that this appeal to scientific authority added anything of value to the argument being made. Anyone else catch this? What is (the) scientific evidence? Who decides what constitutes such evidence? And does it really exist in this case? Overall, I was impressed by the Maurer response, but I do have one rhetorical concern. “It does this because the scientific evidence is on its side:” I’m not sure that this appeal to scientific authority added anything of value to the argument being made. Anyone else catch this? What is (the) scientific evidence? Who decides what constitutes such evidence? And does it really exist in this case?

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]]> By: Daniel Gonzales http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-235789 Daniel Gonzales Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:08:41 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/#comment-235789 gonzaleS gonzaleS

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]]> By: Jay http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-235786 Jay Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:05:45 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/#comment-235786 Not that it should be a surprise, but the initial article on Citizenlink is bizarre. The author suggests that, if you subscribe to the 'traditional' notion of family (supposedly sanctioned by professional anthropologists), you may be labeled a bigot. And as a bigot you might be subsequently ostracized from other professional fields: being a doctor, social worker, etc. My head hurts by the illogic of it all. Not that it should be a surprise, but the initial article on Citizenlink is bizarre. The author suggests that, if you subscribe to the ‘traditional’ notion of family (supposedly sanctioned by professional anthropologists), you may be labeled a bigot. And as a bigot you might be subsequently ostracized from other professional fields: being a doctor, social worker, etc.

My head hurts by the illogic of it all.

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]]> By: L.L. Wynn http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-235495 L.L. Wynn Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:56:27 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/#comment-235495 Great post, Strong! So glad you found that. Great post, Strong! So glad you found that.

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]]> By: Brian Johnson http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-235435 Brian Johnson Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:11:07 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/#comment-235435 I hereby propose we organize a class-action defamation lawsuit against FotF... ;) I hereby propose we organize a class-action defamation lawsuit against FotF… ;)

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]]> By: Tom Boellstorff http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-235431 Tom Boellstorff Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:06:23 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/#comment-235431 Thanks for the props, Thomas! Thanks for the props, Thomas!

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