SOC 222

Sociology of

Appalachian Culture

Maryville College

Fall, 2001

 

Basic Information

Ambler's Research

Course Materials

Oral History Project

Resources on Community Based Research

Resources on Doing Oral History

Resources on Cades Cove

Appalachian Community Organizations

Appalachian Links

 

 

Basic Information

Instructor:  Susan H. Ambler, Associate Professor of Sociology
Office:  Thaw 203 C
Office Hours:  MTWR 2-4
Room:  FW 205
Time:  11-12:15 TR

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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

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Course Materials

Course Syllabus
Mid-term Study Sheet

Sociological Theories & Models
Bruce Ergood Class Summary
Questions for Peter Park/Helen Lewis articles
Plaut Ch 1: An Introduction to Appalachia
Our Appalachia 
Beaver: Family, Land, & Community
Stokley: Settlement Schools
Davis Ch 7  Appalachia: Making the Modern Landscape
Davis Ch 8  Conclusion: Nature, Culture, History
Final Exam
Survey on Classroom Technology

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Oral History Project
Course Project
Respondent List
Ambler's Questions for Cades Cove Oral Histories
Oral History Questions Suggested by Individual Students
Evaluation Survey of Cades Cove Participatory CBR Project
Tape Release/Informed Consent Form
Cades Cove Preservation Association
Dr. Edward Ives Oral History Questions, Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History
Sample Transcript: Mountain Women's Exchange, Interview of Barbara Greene
Sample Transcript: Model Valley, Interview of Shelby York 

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Resources on Community Based Research
Just Connections
Bonner Foundation CBR Project
Article on CBR
Loka Institute

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Resources on Doing Oral History
University of Kentucky Oral History Program
An Oral History Primer from USSC
Doing Oral History from United Methodist Church
Oral History Association
Oral History Review
Southern Oral History Program at University of North Carolina
Kentucky Oral History Commission
Oral History Tools from the Center for Southwest Studies
Oral History Research Center at Indiana University

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Resources on Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park--Cades Cove
Cades Cove by GeoCities
Rod's Guide to Cades Cove

Pictures of Cades Cove
Tour Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
More Pictures of Cades Cove

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Appalachian Community Organizations
Mountain Women's Exchange
Highlander Research & Education Center
Appalachian Focus
Big Creek People in Action
Save Our Cumberland Mountains
Woodland Community Land Trust
Coalition for Appalachian Ministry

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Appalachian Links
Appalachian College Association
ACA Project:  Ambler & Watson's Field Trip Web Page
Appalachian Studies Association
Appalshop
Center for Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University
Appalachian Center at University of Kentucky
Appalachian Center at Berea College
Regional Research Institute at West Virginia University papers
Blue Ridge Parkway
Melungeons
Earthhaven Eco-village
Appalachian Culture Museum at Appalachian State University
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum at Ferrum College
Matewan
UMWA
Foxfire
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big South Fork Scenic Railway
Snake Handlers
An Outline to Appalachian History
C.B. Caudill Store & History Center
Equality/Richville Sign

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Created by:  Susan H. Ambler

Date:  8-15-01

Last Modified:  12-7-01