Talk:Human ecology

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Human ecology is a problematic field to describe, since it is not one subject, but several that uses the same name. Thus, as a starter, this page should have a "ambigious word" entry, so that one can link to different meanins of the word human ecology. For instance, home economics is called Human ecology in many places in the US. The Chicago school of sociology is much different than the two journals that are includes, one belongs to anthropology, the other one is a vague mix of little of everything, but neither is based in sociology. The whole page needs major clean-up and improvement.

HE logic —Preceding unsigned comment added by HE logic (talk • contribs) 10:58, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

In addition to the above, I would submit that the term Social_ecology overlaps with much of the concepts on this Human Ecology entry, rather than primarily the Murray_Bookchin predominated current concept. Perhaps the two pages need to be expressly linked somehow and rationalised?

121.45.233.203 (talk) 12:37, 7 November 2008 (UTC) Patrick Sunter

In response to the initial note, preliminary updates have been made to correct historical details related to the development of the term "human ecology" and connections to the discipline(s) of home economics/human ecology. Sections of the article may have a sociological slant which may require additional balancing. It is agreed that additional clean-up and improvement of the page are needed, including the "See Also" section.
Naranjaa (talk) 20:08, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

More work has been done in the history section to attempt to integrate multidisciplinary historical development. It should also be noted that the history is currently North America-centric and does not fully reflect important developments in Europe. Also, in the contemporary academic/professional field "Human Ecology" as used by a number of NA universities, there are also also ties to Material Culture, etc. not yet mentioned. Agreed that an "ambiguous word" entry may be useful as suggested above.
Naranjaa (talk) 16:14, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Overall, this article is decent. There is clear structure and balanced content, and the tone is neutral and has good sourcing. The reference section is extensive and there is lots of citation. However, the lead section is lacking and not very detailed. There is also an instance or two of value statements such as "most important". This should not be included because each article should be as unbiased as possible with no statements signaling opinion. In these aspects this article could use work, but it generally is a good source for information. LilHorton (talk) 19:37, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

More images could be added to the article (if found and adhered to Wikipedia's copyright regulations), in order to visibly assimilate and understand the topic, such as images of the key persons, terms, and concepts.-- Lkhk32 (talk) 12:16, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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