User:Joe Quick

A CZimerick

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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

In Chicago but still working out my arrangements. Will be spending more time online as the school year gets underway.

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.

My favorite edits

1. http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Butler&diff=100148511&oldid=100148510

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