Craig Palmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3622378 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Craig Palmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Craig |
| FAMILY NAME | Palmer |
| SIGNATURE | PALMER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
"Low Sex" Cultures, Religious Moral Traditions, and Evolutionary Theory Cultural Mechanisms for Influencing Male Sexual Behavior
In 1976, Heider claimed that Dani males had a low sex drive, and in 1971, Altschuler argued that Cayapa/Chachi males are among the world's most sexually repressed people. We use these ethnographies to point out inconsistencies in their arguments and ask, since there is no basis for thinking these males were uninterested in sex, why such talk would be common in these and other social groups. We resurrect Malinowsk's claim that sex can be a disrupt…
How Elders Guided the Evolution of the Modern Human Brain, Social Behavior, and Culture
To prepare for writing this article, we reviewed many academic tomes, from anthropology to zoology, and perused many decades’ worth of ethnographic studies of American Indian elders and elders from other groups around the world. We wanted not only to describe elderly American Indians but also to build the argument that elders are of critical importance for American Indian families and communities and have been of critical importance for tens of t…
Folk Management, "Soft Evolutionism," and Fishers' Motives: Implications for the Regulation of the Lobster Fisheries of Maine and Newfoundland
This paper uses an examination of the relations between indigenous management practices and formal regulations in the lobster fisheries of Maine and Newfoundland to revise some current assumptions about the nature of indigenous practices. It argues that many current conceptions of indigenous practices are based on a flawed theoretical position referred to as soft evolutionism. A rejection of soft evolutionism leads to the realization that the gre…
Organizing the Coast: Information and Misinformation during the Maine Lobstermen's Tie-up of 1989
This paper describes an attempt by Maine lobstermen to organize a tie-up to protest low prices during August of 1989. The mustering of widespread support for the tie-up required overcoming several obstacles. These included the social isolation of the Maine coast's scattered fishing villages, the lobstermen's traditional values of independence and egalitarianism, the competition resulting from the exploitation of a common property resource, and a …
Telling the Truth (Up to a Point): Radio Communication Among Maine Lobstermen
This paper tests several predictions about radio communications among Maine lobstermen. Previous studies have predicted extreme secrecy and deceit in this fishery because of the high economic costs of sharing information on the location of lobsters. The predictions of this paper, however, are based on both the economic costs of sharing information and the social costs of secrecy or deceit. Since both of these costs are high in the study area, onl…
Is Rape a Cultural Universal? A Re-examination of the Ethnographic Data
Donnees ethnographiques comparees sur la conception, les representations (ou leur absence) du viol et les formes de condamnation prevues, afin de rappeler l'importance de la socialisation dans les violences sexuelles
Is Rape a Cultural Universal? A Re-examination of the Ethnographic Data
Donnees ethnographiques comparees sur la conception, les representations (ou leur absence) du viol et les formes de condamnation prevues, afin de rappeler l'importance de la socialisation dans les violences sexuelles
Telling the Truth (Up to a Point): Radio Communication Among Maine Lobstermen
This paper tests several predictions about radio communications among Maine lobstermen. Previous studies have predicted extreme secrecy and deceit in this fishery because of the high economic costs of sharing information on the location of lobsters. The predictions of this paper, however, are based on both the economic costs of sharing information and the social costs of secrecy or deceit. Since both of these costs are high in the study area, onl…
Organizing the Coast: Information and Misinformation during the Maine Lobstermen's Tie-up of 1989
This paper describes an attempt by Maine lobstermen to organize a tie-up to protest low prices during August of 1989. The mustering of widespread support for the tie-up required overcoming several obstacles. These included the social isolation of the Maine coast's scattered fishing villages, the lobstermen's traditional values of independence and egalitarianism, the competition resulting from the exploitation of a common property resource, and a …
Is Rape a Cultural Universal? A Re-examination of the Ethnographic Data
Donnees ethnographiques comparees sur la conception, les representations (ou leur absence) du viol et les formes de condamnation prevues, afin de rappeler l'importance de la socialisation dans les violences sexuelles
Telling the Truth (Up to a Point): Radio Communication Among Maine Lobstermen
This paper tests several predictions about radio communications among Maine lobstermen. Previous studies have predicted extreme secrecy and deceit in this fishery because of the high economic costs of sharing information on the location of lobsters. The predictions of this paper, however, are based on both the economic costs of sharing information and the social costs of secrecy or deceit. Since both of these costs are high in the study area, onl…
Organizing the Coast: Information and Misinformation during the Maine Lobstermen's Tie-up of 1989
This paper describes an attempt by Maine lobstermen to organize a tie-up to protest low prices during August of 1989. The mustering of widespread support for the tie-up required overcoming several obstacles. These included the social isolation of the Maine coast's scattered fishing villages, the lobstermen's traditional values of independence and egalitarianism, the competition resulting from the exploitation of a common property resource, and a …
Folk Management, "Soft Evolutionism," and Fishers' Motives: Implications for the Regulation of the Lobster Fisheries of Maine and Newfoundland
This paper uses an examination of the relations between indigenous management practices and formal regulations in the lobster fisheries of Maine and Newfoundland to revise some current assumptions about the nature of indigenous practices. It argues that many current conceptions of indigenous practices are based on a flawed theoretical position referred to as soft evolutionism. A rejection of soft evolutionism leads to the realization that the gre…
How Elders Guided the Evolution of the Modern Human Brain, Social Behavior, and Culture
To prepare for writing this article, we reviewed many academic tomes, from anthropology to zoology, and perused many decades’ worth of ethnographic studies of American Indian elders and elders from other groups around the world. We wanted not only to describe elderly American Indians but also to build the argument that elders are of critical importance for American Indian families and communities and have been of critical importance for tens of t…
"Low Sex" Cultures, Religious Moral Traditions, and Evolutionary Theory Cultural Mechanisms for Influencing Male Sexual Behavior
In 1976, Heider claimed that Dani males had a low sex drive, and in 1971, Altschuler argued that Cayapa/Chachi males are among the world's most sexually repressed people. We use these ethnographies to point out inconsistencies in their arguments and ask, since there is no basis for thinking these males were uninterested in sex, why such talk would be common in these and other social groups. We resurrect Malinowsk's claim that sex can be a disrupt…
Fishing (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Fishery (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works)