Object Title
Margaret Mead Lecture (Tape 2 of 3)
Part of
Collection: Cultural Patterning of Human Development: Margaret Mead
Material Category
Physical Audio
Type of Work
1/4 inch audio tape
Description
This audio recording is of the second part of the fifth lecture in a five lecture series given at The New School by anthropologist Margaret Mead on the cultural patterning of human development. Mead discusses the relation between culture and an individual's talents and deficiencies and how they are developed or supressed by cultural values and customs. Mead cites extra-sensory perception and eidetic memory as rare examples of talents that are valued differently by different societies. Mead also discusses the concept of transfer of learning in relation to the learning of new languages and cultures.
Date
November 7 1977
Related people
New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (producer)
Margaret Mead (speaker)
Inscription
Tape # 2 (container)
Use Restrictions
Location
box mixed nav_7
Identifier
NS070212_000063
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Material Category
Physical AudioType of Work
1/4 inch audio tapeDescription
This audio recording is of the second part of the fifth lecture in a five lecture series given at The New School by anthropologist Margaret Mead on the cultural patterning of human development. Mead discusses the relation between culture and an individual's talents and deficiencies and how they are developed or supressed by cultural values and customs. Mead cites extra-sensory perception and eidetic memory as rare examples of talents that are valued differently by different societies. Mead also discusses the concept of transfer of learning in relation to the learning of new languages and cultures.Date
November 7 1977Related people
New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (producer)Margaret Mead (speaker)
Inscription
Tape # 2 (container)Use Restrictions
Location
box mixed nav_7Identifier
NS070212_000063There’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.