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- From: dr@ducvax.auburn.edu
- Subject: [GEN] Anthroplogy major, questions. (was: degrees)
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 02:30:26 GMT
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- In article <Bx455o.4wA@ais.org>, newt@ais.org (Heather Darling) writes:
- > I'm a sophomore in college planning on majoring in anthro. I need to know
- > what I'll be able to do with this degree though. Is it possible to use it
- > for any sort of social work? I'm interested in cultural preservation and
- > plan to work with the peace-corps after I graduate. Any advice would be
- > appreciated, I'm especially interested in working in the appalachian area of
- > the US.
- > Thanks
- >
- I'm a little surprised that this post did not generate any followups;
- in any case, I've cross-posted to alt.peace-corps and alt.appalachian -
- both convivial groups with helpful people who might be able to share
- some first-hand experience/insights. Usual remarks about followups,
- though I think alt.peace-corps and alt.appalachian are inclusive enough
- to tolerate sci.anthropology ;^) The Appalachians... sigh... miss them
- every day I'm not there.
-
- Obligatory sci.anthropology content: Saw a related ethnography recently;
- written perhaps 20 years ago, the new edition had a self-reflective
- introduction added. This ethnography was of particular interest to me
- because I had at least some direct familiarity with both the culture
- being described and the ethnographer's culture. It's an odd feeling
- to find what one has tacitly assumed to be habits, or character traits,
- or even the product of a putatively unique family upbringing, described
- as identifying local cultural traits...
-
- Disclaimer & Context Dependent Tangent: One should not necessarily
- infer that I possess these traits (though I *would* claim that many
- of my friends do). It seems more (or at least equally) plausible
- that I merely identify with the culture, or admire the cultural traits.
- I think this is one of the standard intro sociology demonstrations,
- where everyone is given an identical "personalized" character profile -
- some 80% (?) think it describes them closely...
-
- D.R.
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