Talk:Kuru (disease)
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Original author's permission to adapt.
Hi Rohan- I would be happy to allow the use of my Kuru paper for the encyclopedia. Is there anything further you need me to do? Do I need to copyright the paper, or do you just need my permission? I'm not quite sure how to handle this type of situation. Let me know and I will assist you in anyway possible.
Thanks! Stacy McGrath
why cannibalism
I think the article should make some mention of why the South Fore practice(d) cannibalism. My recollection is that upland New Guinea had few indigenous sources of protein, forcing those living there to resort to such measures. I think they incorporated it into their culture, and that one ate ones relatives (although I'm not so sure about this last bit). Equally, the article says kuru "all but disappeared with the termination of cannibalism in New Guinea" - I imagine that once the cause was determined, some program of health education was undertaken (by whom?) which caused said termination. So, in summary, the article should say why the South Fore did it, and why they stopped doing it (maybe only a sentence for each would be sufficient - I realise this is an article about the disease, not a treatise of cultural anthropology). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:35, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)