User:Joe Quick
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I am a recent graduate of Carleton College, where I majored in Sociology/Anthropology with a concentration in Latin American Studies and a current student at the University of Chicago, where I am pursuing a master's degree in Latin American Studies. I plan to enroll in a doctoral program in anthropology following the receipt of the M.A. In anthropology and the social sciences in general, I'm very interested in Mesoamerica past and present and I have concentrated much of my course work on indigenous rights and images of indigeneity in North America.
In other areas, I am very involved in the Boy Scouts - I started as a Tiger Cub 15 years ago and am now an adult leader. I love to travel and have done so at every opportunity. I also love to "find things" with my mother - we often go fossil hunting and take excursions to look for rocks, mushrooms, four leaf clovers, or anything else that one might find on (or in) the ground.
Status
13:29, 6 October 2007 (CDT)
Made it through the second week of classes and finally getting my apartment in order. You should see more of me in the weeks to come.
I discovered this today. I find it humorous and a little sad.
Me and CZ
Obviously, my eventual goal for Citizendium is to upload all of my knowledge (or at least the non-primary research parts). The following is what I've worked on so far:
Anthropology
Culture area
El Tío- Ethnic group
- Ethnonym
- International Baccalaureate
- Kennewick Man
- K'iche'
- Maximón
- Milpa agriculture
- Tecum Umam
Planned work
- Rigoberta Menchú
- Turing test
- Victor Turner
- Maya (peoples)
- Mesoamerica
- Mata Ortíz
- Paquimé
- Casas Grandes
- Juan Quezada
My Style
A guide to what others will have to deal with if they collaborate with me.
- My factual writing isn't all that I would like. I can be very compelling when I push a thesis, but I tend to have trouble with making encyclopedic writing not-boring.
- I prefer books for my sources. I find books easier to read than computer screens, so I tend to rely more heavily on printed resources. In some cases, others will be compelled to find internet resources that accomplish the same things that my book provide. I encourage this.
- I like to have all of the details when I write or learn something. This means that my contributions might tend toward the long side, but I feel that nuance and detail adds to the quality and comprehensibility of learning resources. This also means that I will probably be critical of others' work; I will try to be constructive in my criticism as much as possible.