anthropologist Richard Feinberg
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Anthropologist Richard Feinberg is an American ethnographer known for his extensive fieldwork and publications on Polynesian societies, particularly the small island community of Anuta in the Solomon Islands.
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| anthropologist Richard Feinberg canonical | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5949513 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: anthropologist Richard Feinberg Context triple: [Anuta, studiedBy, anthropologist Richard Feinberg]
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Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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Jerome H. Barkow
Jerome H. Barkow is an evolutionary anthropologist and psychologist known for his work on evolutionary psychology and human nature, including co-editing the influential volume "The Adapted Mind."
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Walter Sande
Walter Sande was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1930s through the 1960s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
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D.
Jonathan Bornstein
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Robert Homans
Robert Homans was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: anthropologist Richard Feinberg Target entity description: Anthropologist Richard Feinberg is an American ethnographer known for his extensive fieldwork and publications on Polynesian societies, particularly the small island community of Anuta in the Solomon Islands.
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A.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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B.
Jerome H. Barkow
Jerome H. Barkow is an evolutionary anthropologist and psychologist known for his work on evolutionary psychology and human nature, including co-editing the influential volume "The Adapted Mind."
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C.
Walter Sande
Walter Sande was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1930s through the 1960s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
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D.
Jonathan Bornstein
Jonathan Bornstein is an American soccer player and defender best known for his long career in Major League Soccer and appearances with the United States men's national team.
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E.
Robert Homans
Robert Homans was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American academic
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anthropologist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
American Anthropological Association
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Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | Kent State University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Pacific Islands studies
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Polynesian studies ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ ethnography ⓘ |
| genre | ethnography ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | anthropology ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | professor ⓘ |
| hasPublishedIn |
academic journals on Pacific studies
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anthropology journals ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
chiefly systems in Polynesia
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maritime culture in the Pacific Islands ⓘ ritual and religion in Anuta ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ethnographic research on Anuta
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long-term fieldwork in the Solomon Islands ⓘ studies of Polynesian societies ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Anuta
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Polynesian navigation ⓘ kinship systems ⓘ social organization ⓘ traditional leadership ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analyzing traditional Polynesian navigation practices
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documenting Anutan language and culture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anuta: Polynesian Lifeways for the Twenty-First Century
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Anuta: Social Structure of a Polynesian Island ⓘ The Anutans of the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| occupation | professor of anthropology ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
cultural continuity and change in Polynesia
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small-scale island communities ⓘ |
| researchMethod |
ethnographic fieldwork
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long-term participant observation ⓘ |
| studies |
Anuta (island)
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Polynesian outliers ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| workLocation | Kent, Ohio ⓘ |
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Subject: anthropologist Richard Feinberg Description of subject: Anthropologist Richard Feinberg is an American ethnographer known for his extensive fieldwork and publications on Polynesian societies, particularly the small island community of Anuta in the Solomon Islands.
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