SOC 222

Sociology of

Appalachian Culture

Maryville College

Fall, 2007

 

Basic Information

Course Materials

Events

Community Organizations

Ambler's Research

Oral History Resources

 

 

Basic Information

Instructor:  Susan H. Ambler, 

Associate Professor of Sociology

Office:  Thaw 203C

Office Hours:  9-10:30 MWF, 9-10:00 TR, or by appointment

Room:  Thaw 215
Time:  11-11:50 MWF

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Course Materials

Course Syllabus

Schedule (Half)
Defining Appalachia  

Whisnant's maps

 

Appalachian Regional Commission

 

PowerPoint

The Sociological Perspective
Sociological Research Methods
Culture
Society's Four Revolutions
Our Appalachia Pt I:  Preindustrial Appalachian Culture
Old Regular Baptist Church
Our Appalachia Pt II:  Industrial Appalachian Culture
Matewan

 

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Events/Field Trips!

Highlander 75th Anniversary: Aug 31-Sep 2

Museum of Appalachia

Homecoming:  Oct 10-14, 9:00 am-dark

$20 by Sept. 17

Cades Cove Field Trip:

Date to be determined

Appalachian Lecture Series

Sep. 18

Oct.  23 7:00 pm in

Nov. 13 Lawson

Lecture on Scots-Irish Oct. 15 7:00 pm in Lawson
New Harp of Columbia Shape Note Singing Oct. 28 2:00 pm 

 

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Community Organizations

African Americans in Appalachia and Blount County
Cades Cove Preservation Association

 

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Ambler's Research

Participatory Research on Women and Grass Roots Organizations As Activists in a Central Appalachian Valley
One Hundred Years on the Land: People and Places in Blount County, Tennessee
Food Traditions of Blount County
Just Connections

 

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Oral History Resources

Dr. Edward Ives Oral History Questions, Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History
Oral History Association
Oral History Society (UK)
Indiana University Center for Studying History and Memory
Stephen E. Everett's Oral History: Techniques & Procedures
Linda Shopes' Making Sense of Oral History
An Oral History Primer from UCSC
Library of Congress Using Oral History Lesson Plan
Eduhound Weekly issue on oral history
Judith Moyer's Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History
New York Public Library Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project with video
British Library Sound Archive

 

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Created by:  Susan H. Ambler

Date:  11-12-07