anthropologist Allan R. Holmberg
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Allan R. Holmberg was a mid-20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential and controversial studies of Indigenous peoples in South America, particularly the Sirionó of Bolivia.
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| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | anthropology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indigenous studies
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Latin American studies ⓘ anthropology ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | ethnography ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
critiques of ethnographic bias in Amazonian anthropology
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subsequent reassessments of Amazonian Indigenous history ⓘ |
| hasNotableIdea | Holmberg’s thesis about the primitiveness of the Sirionó ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
culture-and-personality influenced anthropology
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evolutionist interpretations of Indigenous societies ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
controversial for his characterization of Indigenous societies
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influential in mid-20th-century Amazonian anthropology ⓘ |
| hasSubjectOfCriticism |
portrayal of the Sirionó as culturally and technologically “backward”
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underestimation of pre-contact social and environmental complexity in Amazonia ⓘ |
| hasWorkAttribute |
controversial interpretations of Indigenous social complexity
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use of culture-change and acculturation frameworks ⓘ |
| influenced |
later debates on the impact of colonialism on Indigenous societies
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scholarly discussions of cultural evolutionism in the 20th century ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
debates about the impact of contact and disease on Indigenous lifeways
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historiographical critiques in Amazonian anthropology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ethnographic work among the Sirionó of Bolivia
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studies of Indigenous peoples in South America ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | “Nomads of the Long Bow: The Sirionó of Eastern Bolivia” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | anthropologist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Eastern Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
culture change among Indigenous peoples
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social organization of the Sirionó ⓘ subsistence patterns of lowland South American Indigenous groups ⓘ |
| studied |
Indigenous peoples of South America
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Sirionó people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
long-term fieldwork
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participant observation ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bolivia
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South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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