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Meads Career and Impact Unit 4
Overview Topics Margaret Mead s career milestones Mead s impact on anthropology, the Samoan people, and the American public Unit Learning Objectives Recall the significant milestones in Margaret Mead s career as an anthropologist Summarize how Mead s findings have affected anthropology, Samoans, and the American public
Introduction In this unit (to accompany the SAPIENS podcast S6E2), students will learn about Margaret Mead s career, including how her accomplishments impacted future anthropologists from a feminist perspective and how her developments influenced 20th-century America. Students will read about significant milestones in her career and learn how her academic journey led toward her research outcomes with the Samoans and other anthropological achievements.
Margaret Meads Career Milestones Expeditions Writings
Meads Expeditions 1925 Mead s expedition to American Samoa. 1929 Mead went on two trips to various parts of New Guinea. 1936 Mead went to Bali to study the Balinese people.
Meads Writings Mead wrote extensively during her career, but some of her predominant titles include Coming of Age in Samoa (1928), Growing up in New Guinea (1930), and Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935).
Meads Impact Anthropology and the Samoan people Margaret Mead brought an interesting perspective to the field of anthropology due to the psychological aspect of her study methods. She sought to understand the development of culture and society s influence on it. She looked for ways to differentiate between nature and nurture, and used psychological tests to gather data in the field. Though she is noted for her impact in the field, there has been controversy surrounding her interactions with the Samoan people and the validity of her ethnographic work in Samoa. The American public Regardless of that controversy, Mead was a key figure in American society at her time. She made public comments surrounding social issues such as race, feminism and gender. Her work ushered in a new type of anthropology titled psychological anthropology.
Wrap-Up Let's put this all together! Think about Margaret Mead s career and accomplishments. Consider the impact that her work had on anthropology, American culture, and the Samoan people.
