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Reo Franklin Fortune (27 March 1903 – 25 November 1979) was a New Zealand-born social anthropologist. Originally trained as a psychologist, Fortune was a student of some of the major theorists of British and American social anthropology including Alfred Cort Haddon, Bronislaw Malinowski and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown. [1]
Sep 11, 2019 · Mead and Fortune conducted anthropological research in New Guinea in 1931, focusing on the culture and language of the Mountain Arapesh. They faced challenges such as difficult terrain, limited access, and cultural differences, and produced conflicting accounts of Arapesh society.
R. F. FORTUNE 1903-1979. Reo Franklin Fortune died in Cambridge on 25 November 1979 aged 76. He was born in Coromandel, New Zealand, and graduated M.A. in Philosophy, specialising in Psychology, at Victoria University College, Wellington, in 1924.
Reo Franklin Fortune was a New Zealand-born social anthropologist. Originally trained as a psychologist, Fortune was a student of some of the major theorists of British and American social anthropology including Alfred Cort Haddon, Bronislaw Malinowski and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown.
Reo Fortune’s legacy to anthropology has been overshadowed by his relation-ships with friends and colleagues, many of whom came to see him as difficult. Professional differences and personality clashes pervaded his career. Despite this, he was once regarded as the foremost anthropologist of his era.
Aug 23, 2010 · But Mead's second husband and fieldwork partner, Reo Fortune, disagreed with this in a 1939 article, “Arapesh Warfare,” which presented evidence that before pacification Arapesh society countenanced warfare.
Reo Fortune's first book, The Mind in Sleep, published in 1927, considers dreams in which one's attitudes contradict waking opinions. Fortune was keenly aware of his own conflicting...
