Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cultural Network Analysis

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The result was delete. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 16:19, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural Network Analysis[edit]

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An extremely new theory that has that seems not to be cited anywhere as far as I can tell. Might be notable if it gains a following but right now its based on single source from 2010 proposing the model. Cant find a following for it any where or even a citation for it in recent literarture FAils WP:GNG The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 20:08, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:44, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. -- Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:06, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions. -- Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:07, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The text seems uninformative:

CNA is used to develop cultural models for groups and populations, typically depicted as a network representation of the culturally-shared concepts, causal beliefs, and values that influence key decisions. CNA can be usefully employed for a variety of applications, including developing cultural training programs, characterizing the thinking of audiences to support cross-cultural communications campaigns, and facilitating the development of hybrid team cultures in multinational collaborations.

You also have the familiar categorization of some vaguely defined process into vaguely defined steps that are given titles; you will note that it would have easily been possible to add more or fewer steps:

CNA is a method for building external cultural models that have been extracted from a group, organization, or society. CNA includes specific techniques to:
* collect relevant cognitive information from a sample of individuals within a population
* extract elements of mental models from the body of information
* analyze the mental models in terms of their culturally-shared elements across individuals
* represent the cultural models in accessible format for a variety of uses
Cultural Network Analysis encompasses both qualitative, exploratory analysis, and quantitative, confirmatory analysis. The specific techniques used to achieve each step in the analysis depend on whether the cultural analyst is employing exploratory CNA or confirmatory CNA.

The article seems to have impressive references, but I question whether this is actually a meaningful scientific theory in genuine anthropology, or just someone's Executive Leadership and Team Building musings, of the sort easily assembled by a mind "gifted with sufficient leisure and vocabulary". Apart from the Rassmussen/Sieck/Smart papers, the other references seem to be general sources about the themes. Leaning towards delete; open to persuasion otherwise. Article probably wants thorough rewriting in plain English if kept. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 16:44, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Advert for a buzzword/hypothesis that isn't going to catch on and isn't notable. No refs apart from the book. History of article says were it is going too. Szzuk (talk) 20:36, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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