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- From: buckley@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (BUCKLEY CHARLES RAY)
- Subject: Re: [GEN] Anthroplogy major, questions. (was: degrees)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.083806.9711@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- References: <Bx455o.4wA@ais.org> <1992Nov17.213026.1@ducvax.auburn.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 08:38:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.213026.1@ducvax.auburn.edu> dr@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:
- >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
-
- >>
- There are a lot of historical societies in the app region. I do not know the
- original poster is posting from, but I would suggest a literature search at
- your schools library on journals specific to the appalachian region. From
- personal experience, i know of the Blennerhasset Historical Society and
- the West Virginia Historical Society. The first is located in Parkersburg
- West Virginia and primarily deals with events in the early 1800's. The other
- i have only heard mentioned in passing but i believe they are a much more
- comprehensive society. I believe they are located in Charleston WV. They
- are a state government organization so a lit search should be able to locate
- them. ( this is what i get for working in a library to get thru school :-).
-
- >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.
- >
- You didn't need to try the butter.
-
- >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...
- >
- What was the info on this article. I would be interested in reading it.
- I know that during the time I was in the military that many of the West
- Virginias had similar traits. I also remember that a number of books from
- vets of the Viet Nam war described similar information about people from the
- region. I remember that it was mentioned that West Virginians generally did
- not like to follow orders unless they knew and respected the person giving
- them. I remember this because I got out about 2 steps of a court martial
- for that very reason. ( I always figured it was because I was stubborn - or
- as the sais as I was growing up 'ornry' [2 sysllables for the linguists out
- there]).
-
- >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...
- >
- methinks he doth protest too much.
-
- > D.R.
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- >Auburn Univ. | Internet = dr@ducvax.auburn.edu | in this together."
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