Background
McCurdy, David Whitwell was born on September 30, 1935 in New York City. Son of Henry Benson and Theodora (Wilson) McCurdy.
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Issues in Cultural Anthropology: Selected Readings
(What accounts for war? Why is there religion? Is human be...)
What accounts for war? Why is there religion? Is human behavior inherited or learned? Does language shape perception? Why is incest taboo found in every society? What explains possession by evil spirits? Still a unique approach to the study of important, multi-sided issues in cultural anthropology, this collection of 27 readable essays gives a realistic picture of what the process of science is like, reveals the debate that surrounds ideas, and shows the development and refinement that take place when scientists challenge one another. Topics include culture, language, social organization, kinship, rank, ecology, economic systems, politics, and religion,- and each is associated with a particular issue, which in turn is developed by three interrelated articles. The arrangement of the articles demonstrates the unfolding of particular debates and lines of argument and provides much greater context for understanding. Often later articles cite earlier ones, contributing to a sense of integration. Individual articles that might normally require additional explanation if they stood alone become comprehensible in this larger context.
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The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society
(The Cultural Experience has helped generations of undergr...)
The Cultural Experience has helped generations of undergraduates discover the excitement of ethnographic research through participation in relatively familiar cultures in North American society. Grounded in the interviewing-based ethnographic technique known as ethnosemantics, the latest edition continues to treat ethnography as a discovery process. Students are taught how to set up an ethnographic field study, choose a microculture, and find and approach an informant, as well as how to ask ethnographic questions, record data, and organize and analyze what they have learned. Detailed instruction on how to write an ethnography is also provided. The guidelines are followed by ten short but substantive, well-written student ethnographies on such microcultures as exotic dancing, firefighting, pest extermination, and the work of midwives and police detectives. The Second Edition of this popular classroom volume has been expanded to include boxed inserts that offer suggestions to aid in the research process, new material on how to use observation and narratives with the ethnosemantic approach, greater emphasis on how to find cultural themes and adaptive challenges by analyzing ethnographic field data, and more extensive strategies for writing the final ethnographic paper. The latest edition also presents an expanded treatment of ethical responsibilities as well as a discussion of the significance of ethnographic research and its applications in the workplace. Titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Angrosino, Doing Cultural Anthropology: Projects for Ethnographic Data Collection, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577664642); Angrosino, Exploring Oral History: A Window on the Past (ISBN 9781577665687); Angrosino, Projects in Ethnographic Research (ISBN 9781577663690); Babbie, Observing Ourselves: Essays in Social Research (ISBN 9781577660194); Crane-Angrosino, Field Projects in Anthropology: A Student Handbook, Third Edition (ISBN 9780881336856); and Emerson, Contemporary Field Research: Perspectives and Formulations, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577661856).
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David Whitwell McCurdy
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Education
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1964. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1959.
Career
Assistant professor anthropology Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1964—1966. Professor anthropology Macalester College, St. Paul, since 1966. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1958.
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Issues in Cultural Anthropology: Selected Readings
(What accounts for war? Why is there religion? Is human be...)
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The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society
(The Cultural Experience has helped generations of undergr...)
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Issues in Cultural Anthropology: Selected Readings
Membership
Member Democratic Farmer-Labor State Central Committee, Minnesota, 1968. Fellow: Anthropol. Association. Member: Gold Wing Road Riders Association, United Sidecar Association, American Federation Musicians, Society Anthropology and Education, Medical Anthropol.
Society, Central States Anthropol. Society, American Ethnological Society, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Carolyn Durham, July 26, 1957. Children: Victoria W., David D., Alexander M., Heather W.
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Democrat
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1957
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1964
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1959
Career
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1964 - 1966
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1966
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Foreign Area Training fellow, Ford Foundation, India, 1961-1963, Anthropology Development grantee, Hill Foundation, 1966-1969, Bush Foundation grantee, India, 1985.Foreign Area Training fellow, Ford Foundation, India, 1961-1963, Anthropology Development grantee, Hill Foundation, 1966-1969, Bush Foundation grantee, India, 1985.