Comments on: Maurer & Boellstorff respond to Focus on the Family /2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology Fri, 08 Dec 2017 18:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 By: Strong /2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-241892 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:30:57 +0000 /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.

]]> By: jlo /2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-237978 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:09:03 +0000 /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?

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

]]> By: Jay /2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-235786 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:05:45 +0000 /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.

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

]]> By: Brian Johnson /2008/03/05/maurer-boellstorff-respond-to-focus-on-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-235435 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:11:07 +0000 /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… 😉

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

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