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Jerome H. Barkow fonds

  • MS-2-89
  • Fonds
  • 1969 - 2008
Fonds contains records created and collected by Jerome Barkow in the course of his research and teaching at Dalhousie University. Records types include course materials in anthropology, biology and sociology; university and departmental records, including meeting minutes, correspondence and reports; editorial correspondence and manuscript drafts of published papers; lecture and presentation manuscripts and slides.

Barkow, Jerome H.

Talks: Evolution, altruism and ethnocentrism among extraterrestrials: a thought experiment

File consists of documents relating to Jerome Barkow's Evolution, Altruism and Ethnocentrism Among Extraterrestrials presentation at the Encoding Altriuism: The Art and Science of Interstellar Message Composition workshop. The presentation is about evolution, altruism and ethnocentrism in humans, how we developed those three things, and how alien extraterrestrials might have attained such evolutionary processes, much like any other organism might. Other items include a program schedule for the workshop, and a list of speakers for the event with their accepted papers.

Talks: Evolved psychology underlies society and culture

File consists of documents relating to Jerome Barkow's paper Evolved Psychology Underlies Society and Culture, presented at the Conference on Evolutionary Psychology in Amsterdam, 2002. The paper focuses on how social competition between humans in the ancient past affected their evolutionary development; humans deal quicker to short term risks than long term ones due to how we evolved; the only way we can deal with said long-term issues like climate change and poverty is by channeling our evolved psychologies into something beneficial. Other items include a program for the conference, which in particular, gives a summary of why the conference is being held, a small biography of Barkow, and the other attending academics, and information on businesses in Amsterdam that might be of use for the conference attendees, like copy centers or restaurants.

Talks: Everyone liked Charles Darwin (King's College)

File consists of notes for Jerome Barkow's lecture Everyone Liked Charles Darwin, presented to the University of King's College Foundation Year Program in 2002. The presentation is about Charles Darwin, an Englishman born during the 19th century, who wrote The Origin of Species, which revolutionized scientific thought by positing the ideas of natural selection and the evolutionary progression of humans. Barkow goes over Darwin's life, how he was interested in biology and studying different species, and how he became such an extensive traveler and scholar. He also explains why he was so popular in his day, as well as debunking myths about him. The other item is a letter to Barkow from Kyle Fraser, associate director of the Foundation Year Program, thanking Barkow for agreeing to give a lecture to the Program students. He also gives him his lecture date, explains what technologies are available in the lecture hall, and inviting him to attend other program tutorials.

Talks: It's neither the inspiration nor the perspiration, it's the competition: knowledge generation in Homo Sapiens (University of Newcastle-on-Tyne)

File consists of Jerome Barkow's paper It's Neither the Inspiration Nor the Perspiration, It's the Competition: Knowledge Generation in Homo Sapiens, presented at the University of Newcastle-on-Tyne. The paper is about how social competition between people is how we developed most of our knowledge and technology. Barkow analyzes the food and cuisine of the Bugis people in Indonesia, and how the fact that their cuisine is exceptional in taste but poor in nutritional value is due to the fact that families competed over wedding feasts, and who had the most tastiest and varied dishes. The Bugis became interested in developing those qualities of their food, not necessarily the health of their food.

Talks: Missing the revolution: Darwinism for social scientists (University of Durham)

File consists of Jerome Barkow's notes for the Missing the Revolution: Darwinism for Social Scientists presentatio, given for the Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, at the University of Durham. Notes consists of Barkow discussing how social scientists have essentially ignored the "Darwin's revolution" going on in other disciplines, where scientists apply a naturalistic framework to studying human nature and society. This leads to social scientists using outdated or simplistic theories on topics like evolutionary psychology, which Barkow states is the infrastructure for human culture and society.

SOSA 2400 health and illness across cultures 2000-2001

File consists of course documents relating to SOSA 2400X/Y Health and Illness Across Cultures, taught by Jerome Barkow from 2000-2001. Items consist of a letter to Barkow from Victor Thiessen, stating that a teaching assistant has been assigned to his class; a note to Barkow's students, telling them how they can give Barkow feedback on any offensive topics that come up in class; exams; assignment descriptions, like for book analysis; lecture notes on the anthropological topics of epidemiology, the Human Genome Project, social inequality, psychiatry, stress, nutrition, health beliefs, social constructions of illnesses, cultural judgments on bodies, health care; and student lists with names ID numbers, assignment grades, and final grades.

SOSA 2400 health and illness across cultures notes 2001

File consists of course documents relating to SOSA 2400.06XY Health and Illness Across Cultures, taught by Jerome Barkow in 2001. Items include exams; and lecture notes on topics like the discrepancy hypothesis, cultural judgments on the body, the four humors and balance of the body medical theory, nutritional anthropology, obesity and feminism, public health systems, the World Health Organization.

Draft of published papers: Social competition and social intelligence (2001 bk chapter)

File consists of Jerome Barkow's Social Competition and Social Intelligence, and Why the Bugis Know More About Cooking Than About Nutrition paper, and related documents. The paper is about the Bugis people in Indonesia, namely how their cuisine was developed out of social competition, which made it sophisticated, at the cost of not being particularly nutritional. Items include draft versions of the paper; tables used for analysis in the paper, detailing the quality of different nutrients taken by the people in Desa Taretta and Desa Panyula, Indonesia; and several Bugis recipes, complete with ingredient lists and instructions.

Talks: Vaccination for the genetification pandemic: the social sciences in the emerging age of biological hegemony

File consists of notes for Jerome Barkow's Vaccination For the Genetification Pandemic: The Social Sciences in the Emerging Age of Biological Hegemony presentation, for the annual meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association in Hartford, Connecticut. Notes and presentation are about the Age of Biology, and the new fields of science in behavioral ecology, animal behaviors, neuroscience, biotech, and human genomes, and how social-cultural anthropologists and sociologists resist studying these topics. Barkow proposes "vaccinating" these fields of studies by having them actually engage with the biological topics that fit in with anthropology and sociology.

Talks: The 1951 atom is the 2001 gene (Carleton University)

File consists of Jerome Barkow's notes for his The 1951 Atom is the 2001 Gene presentation at Carleton University in 2001. The notes talk about how advances made in studying biology and genes will help to advance mankind, just how the discovery of the atom and nuclear power was regarded as an advancement by people during the 1940s and 1950s. Barkow posits that problems like war, world hunger, pollution will all be changed or mitigated by genetically tailored solutions. But for Barkow, what interests him about genetics is that they help to explain human nature, like how our emotions are tailored by our evolution.

Draft of published papers: Comment on Rendall, behavioral and brain sciences

Item consists of documents relating to Jerome Barkow's article, Our Shared Species-Typical Evolutionary Psychology, in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences journal. Items include a letter to Barkow, enclosed with an edited copy of his manuscript, and a deadline for its' return; the actual edited copies of Barkow's article, with the actual article focusing on how similar different human cultures our, and how that can prevent us from changing on the things that actually make us different; and a transfer of copyright agreement between Barkow and Cambridge Journals.

SOSA 2400 health and illness across cultures

Files consists of a document relating to Jerome Barkow's SOSA 2400.06XY Health and Illness Across Cultures course held in 2000. Item consists of the second quiz from that class, with the answers embedded in the questions.

Talks: We are all successes, says the Reverend: a not too serious look at evolutionary psychology

File consists of notes for Jerome Barkow's We Are All Successes Says Reverend: A Not Too Serious Look at Evolutionary Psychology seminar for the Dalhousie Biology Department. The notes are about Barkow's analysis of evolutionary biology, how it is essentially ignored by anthropologists and sociologists, how the public now views evolutionary biology as a universal rather than the answers offered by religions, and looking at different components of evolutionary biology like sexual selection, and mismatch theory.

Talks: Do extraterrestrials have sex (and intelligence)?

File consists of Jerome Barkow's presentation notes on Do Extraterrestrials Have Sex (and Intelligence)?. His notes discuss the hypothetical scenario of extraterrestrial beings existing, making contact with humans, how that contact would affect our culture, and using studies on human anthropology and sociobiology to analyze how extraterrestrials might behave.

Talks: Universals and evolutionary psychology

File consists of Jerome Barkow's paper Universals and Evolutionary Psychology, presented to the International Congress at Stadhalle, in Heidelberg. Paper is about Barkow's beliefs on universals and anthropology. In 1998, Barkow said that universals weren't generally accepted in anthropological study, considering anthropologists were wary of cultural biases affecting their work. In Barkow's opinion evolutionary psychology is a universal, and that it can help anthropologists with their studies on social constructionism and cultural differences. The other item is a letter from Birgit Vey to Jerome Barkow, giving him a program for the 1998 International Congress, and asking for how long he will be staying in Heidelberg so she can set up appropriate hotel reservations.

Talks: Comparing your culture and mine (talk for Dal International Student Orientation) 1997

File consists of Jerome Barkow's notes for the Dalhousie International Student Orientation on August 29, 1997. The notes talk about Barkow's experiences as an anthropologist, his study of culture and humanity, and comparing different cultures like that of the United States and Japan on topics like cleanliness, family, and social class structure.

Talks: Against the ghettoization of sociology (Departmental Presentation)

File consists of notes for Jerome Barkow's presentation The Ghettoization of Sociology, presented to the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University. The notes are about how sociologists typically do not engage with sociobiological topics, because they are seen as politically correct topics. Barkow talks about his experiences with the sociologist and evolutionists, and how the former needs to recognize the fact that evolutionary theory can enhance the research done on their pre-existing topics, while evolutionists need to realize that some of the people in their community are actually racist and discriminatory, and that not all accusations of such behaviors are defamatory.

Talks: The professor's jukebox: punctuating lecture with music

File consists of Jerome Barkow's notes for his presentation The Professor's Jukebox: Punctuating Lecture with Music. The notes talk about how Barkow used music, namely his favorite folk music tracks, to spark a reaction from students. Sometimes the song played could be in contrast to the content he was presenting, which could evoke amusement or disquiet from his students, or he used the music to signal that he was switching topics.

Talks: Comparing your culture and mine (talk for Dal International Student Orientation) 1996

File consists of Jerome Barkow's presentation notes for the Dalhousie International Student orientation on August, 1996. The notes center around Barkow talking about what it feels like to be in a new place, learning about the culture of said place, and the history of culture and race in Western civilization, and comparing and contrasting cultural practices, like cleaning, emotional control, and childcare between the United States, the Middle East and Japan. The other item is an outline for the orientation, detailing the schedule, and where the event is being held.

Talks: Against the ghettoization of sociology (Evanston, Illinois)

File consists of Jerome Barkow's paper Against the Ghettoization of Sociology, presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Evanston, Illinois. The paper is about how topics like evolutionary medicine, drug dependency, and mental illness are not researched extensively by most sociologists, because they are sociobiology topics, which is regarded as similar to social-Darwinism, and all the racist ideologies that spawned from it. Barkow lists out some practical steps to legitimize sociobiology in the minds of sociologists, namely by picking out individual work that are just hate literature, and not sociobiology, educating authors of sociology textbooks on what sociobiology actually is, and actually creating a book specifically on that topic.

Jerome Barkow's records re. Saint Mary's and Dalhousie University's joint international development studies program

File include program reports; committee and faculty meeting summaries and notes; course lists and syllabi; correspondence from IDS students; recommendations of the International Development Association; IDS faculty lists; and correspondence between Barkow, IDS faculty and Dalhousie administration.

Talks: We are all animals (University of Toronto)

File consists of Jerome Barkow's paper We Are All Animals, presented at the Victoria College, for the Animals: A Reappraisal conference at the Victoria College located in the University of Toronto. The paper focuses on how, even though human conceptions of the universe have changed, namely how we're not at the center of the universe, humans still retain species-centric ideas about how they are better than other organisms. Barkow explains how looking at humans as animals can be useful in anthropological and sociological studies. Other items include a letter from Paul Bouissac, professor at Victoria University's Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, giving Barkow his tickets and travel information for his trip from Halifax to Toronto for the conference; and an outline and brochure for the Animals: A Reappraisal conference, namely the objectives for the conference, and the schedule of the presentations.

Jerome H. Barkow's course materials and departmental records

File includes Barkow's recommendations to colleagues; his response to the Solzman report on secretarial services; a letter to the Higher Education Commission on graduate degrees related to sociology; a Dalhousie Senate subcommittee's final report on how to judge new and current programs; and syllabi, interdepartmental memos, student information and book reserve lists.

SOSA 2400 R medicine and health across cultures 1987-1988

File consists of course documents relating to SOSA 2400R Medicine and Health Across Culture, as taught by Jerome Barkow from 1987-1988. Items consist of course syllabus'; student lists with names, ID numbers, degrees, assignment grades and final grades; and exams with answer keys on yellow loose leaf paper.

SOSA 2400 R medicine and health across cultures 1987 (special Micmac version for Maritime School of Social Work)

File consists of documents relating to SOSA 2400 R Medicine and Health Across Cultures, as taught by Jerome Barkow from 1987-1988. Items consist of a course review, done by Barkow himself in 1988, going over the positives and negatives of the class, how the students engaged with the material, how the coursed tied into Native North American content, and what Barkow would do differently next year if he were teaching it; student lists with names, ID numbers, degrees, and assignment and final grades; the grading policy for the Micmac Bachelor of Social Work Program; a memo to all the faculty, sessional and field instructors at Dalhousie from D. O'Brien, Chair of the Bachelor of Social Work Committee, stating that students must maintain a B- average for each of their 5 credit courses, and two specific courses (SW 1000-Introduction to Social Work, SW 4020R-Field II); a list of recommendations for students writing their term papers, as put forward by Barkow; exams; a folder containing information on the Micmac Bachelor of Social Work Program, such as describing the courses, how the classes are structured in terms of assignments and research student feedback sheets, recommendations from previous instructors in social work courses; and a Dalhousie University Bookstore textbook requisitions form, filled out by Barkow, for 20 copies each of Medical Anthropology by George Foster, and Human Sickness & Health by Connie Wood.
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