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

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

Articles that are likely to emerge from work on my MA thesis

I find that writing something for others' consumption goes a long way in helping me to understand the subject better for myself. I expect that a lot of my work on CZ over the next year will address issues that I need to understand for my thesis. The following is a list of what I think might emerge, though there will probably be a number of other topics that pop up as well. Expect well written articles, since I will need to know these topics inside and out and please add your comments and questions to the article talk pages or to my User_talk. Be as harsh as you like - I really need to know if I'm getting things across clearly.

• Constructivism (anthropology)
• Essentialism (anthropology)
• Strategic essentialism
•  Indigenous peoples or Indigeneity
• Cultural activism
• Pan-Maya Movement
• Ethnicity

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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