Arapesh society
E311056
Arapesh society is a small-scale indigenous community of Papua New Guinea that Margaret Mead famously portrayed as gentle, cooperative, and egalitarian in her anthropological work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arapesh society canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2926615 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arapesh society Context triple: [Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, setting, Arapesh society]
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A.
The Twa Herds
"The Twa Herds" is a satirical poem by Robert Burns that mocks religious hypocrisy and clerical disputes in 18th-century Scotland.
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B.
The Culture of the Winnebago
The Culture of the Winnebago is an ethnographic study by anthropologist Paul Radin that documents and analyzes the traditional life, beliefs, and social organization of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
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C.
Ayar Auca
Ayar Auca is a mythological figure in Inca origin legends, known as one of the Ayar brothers who emerged from Pacaritambo and helped establish the foundations of Inca civilization.
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D.
People of the Dawn
People of the Dawn is a term referring to the Wabanaki peoples, an Indigenous confederacy of the Northeastern Woodlands known for their deep cultural, linguistic, and historical ties to the dawn-lit regions of northeastern North America.
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E.
Die Culturländer des alten Amerika
Die Culturländer des alten Amerika is a scholarly work by ethnologist Adolf Bastian that examines the civilizations and cultures of pre-Columbian America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arapesh society Target entity description: Arapesh society is a small-scale indigenous community of Papua New Guinea that Margaret Mead famously portrayed as gentle, cooperative, and egalitarian in her anthropological work.
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A.
The Twa Herds
"The Twa Herds" is a satirical poem by Robert Burns that mocks religious hypocrisy and clerical disputes in 18th-century Scotland.
-
B.
The Culture of the Winnebago
The Culture of the Winnebago is an ethnographic study by anthropologist Paul Radin that documents and analyzes the traditional life, beliefs, and social organization of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
-
C.
Ayar Auca
Ayar Auca is a mythological figure in Inca origin legends, known as one of the Ayar brothers who emerged from Pacaritambo and helped establish the foundations of Inca civilization.
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D.
People of the Dawn
People of the Dawn is a term referring to the Wabanaki peoples, an Indigenous confederacy of the Northeastern Woodlands known for their deep cultural, linguistic, and historical ties to the dawn-lit regions of northeastern North America.
-
E.
Die Culturländer des alten Amerika
Die Culturländer des alten Amerika is a scholarly work by ethnologist Adolf Bastian that examines the civilizations and cultures of pre-Columbian America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papua New Guinean community
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indigenous society ⓘ small-scale society ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| childrearingStyleCharacterizationByMead | indulgent and protective ⓘ |
| colonialHistory |
contact with German colonial administration
ⓘ
later contact with Australian administration ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| critiquedBy | later anthropologists reassessing Mead’s portrayal ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Sepik cultures ⓘ |
| describedIn | Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies ⓘ |
| economyType | subsistence economy ⓘ |
| environment | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Arapesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Arapesh people
|
| exchangeSystem | reciprocal exchange ⓘ |
| genderRolesCharacterizationByMead |
non-aggressive
ⓘ
nurturant ⓘ similar for men and women ⓘ |
| hasSubgroups |
coastal Arapesh communities
ⓘ
mountain Arapesh communities ⓘ |
| householdOrganization | extended family households ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian missionary movements
ⓘ
surface form:
Christian missions
|
| kinshipSystem | bilateral tendencies with localized groups ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Arapesh languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Papua New Guinea
ⓘ
Sepik region ⓘ |
| marriagePattern | exogamous tendencies between groups ⓘ |
| notableFor |
use in debates on culture and personality
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use in debates on gender and temperament ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization |
acephalous (without centralized chiefs)
ⓘ
village-based leadership ⓘ |
| populationScale | village-level communities ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
cooperative
ⓘ
egalitarian ⓘ gentle ⓘ |
| regionType | mountainous areas near the Sepik ⓘ |
| religionTraditional | animism ⓘ |
| ritualLife |
initiation ceremonies
ⓘ
spirit cults ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | horticultural society ⓘ |
| socialValues |
conflict avoidance
ⓘ
cooperation ⓘ sharing ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Margaret Mead ⓘ |
| subsistenceType |
gardening
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hunting and gathering (supplementary) ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Arapesh society Description of subject: Arapesh society is a small-scale indigenous community of Papua New Guinea that Margaret Mead famously portrayed as gentle, cooperative, and egalitarian in her anthropological work.
Referenced by (2)
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