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Mountain View Cemetery
Project |
2007.
An anthro-planning project to help a community group identify ways to restore and maintain the Mountain View Cemetery
in Radford, Virginia, as
a community-focused heritage site. Conducted as an experiential
class project for the Spring 2007 Applied Anthropology
class. The research team prepared a consulting report with
recommendations; presented to the community group May 2007. |
|
Coal Mining Heritage
Museum & Video Documentation Project |
2005-06. Project
in which the Spring 2005 Applied
Anthropology class worked collaboratively with the region's
Coal Mining Heritage Association to develop a mining heritage museum
collection and videos for museum exhibits. They produced a
museum consulting report and videos in 2005. The video project
was continued (as independent study projects) throughout 2006, and
the team produced a 30-minute documentary video, "Memories from the Mines," on coal mining life in the
New River Valley of Virginia as a final product in 2006. |
| Farmers
Market Project |
2003-04.
A socio-economic study of Farmer's Markets
in Appalachian Southwest Virginia. Conducted as an experiential learning project by the Fall 2003 Economic
Anthropology class; the team compiled their findings in an
ethnographic study of farmer's markets, 2004. |
| Farm
Heritage & Community Park Project |
2003.
Anthro-planning project to study possibilities and potential
designs for a farm heritage & community park somewhere in the New
River Valley. Conducted as an experiential learning project by the Spring 2003
Applied Anthropology class. The team worked with
community members and put NRV farm oral histories to work to guide ideas for heritage
interpretation. They prepared a consulting report with
recommendations, 2003. |
|
Appalachian
Farming Oral History Project |
2002-03.
Oral history project to document
Appalachian farming livelihood strategies in the New River Valley
of Virginia. Students in the Spring 2002 Economic
Anthropology class and the Fall 2002 Practicum
in Anthropology class played a major part in the research
project, followed by continued faculty-student work in 2003.
The resulting volume of oral histories was published by Brightside
Press, December 2003. |
| Radford Arsenal Oral
History Project |
2000-2003.
Oral history project to document the impacts of the Radford
Arsenal on New River Valley families and economic patterns,
especially during the 1940s. Conducted as an experiential
learning project for the Fall 2000 Practicum in Anthropology class
and a Spring 2001 Honors Project, followed by continued
faculty-student work in 2002-3. The resulting volume of oral
histories was published by Brightside Press, December 2003. |
| The
Farm at Selu Museum Project |
2001. Anthro-planning project to
develop plans for a farming-based living history museum at RU's
Selu Conservancy. Conducted as an experiential project by
the Spring 2001 Applied Anthropology class. The team prepared
a consulting report with recommendations for The Farm at Selu, 2001. |
| Wildwood Park Project |
2000. Anthro-planning project focused on
developing ideas for the revitalization of Wildwood Park in Radford,
Virginia, emphasizing heritage and nature based education.
Experiential learning project for the Spring 2000 Practicum in
Anthropology class. Resulted in a consulting report presented to
Pathways for Radford, 2000. |
| Coal Mining Heritage Park Project |
1999-2000. Anthro-planning project to
develop a heritage park at the site of the former Merrimac Coal Mine,
along the Huckleberry Trail, in Montgomery County, Virginia.
Experiential learning project for the Fall 1999 Applied Anthropology
class and a Spring 2000 Practicum in Anthropology class. The team
prepared a consulting report with recommendations for park development,
submitted to Montgomery County 2000. |
|
Coal Mining Heritage Oral History Project |
1995-1998. Oral history project to
document knowledge of the coal mining life in the New River Valley in
Appalachian Virginia, 1930s-1960s. Experiential learning project
for two Economic Anthropology classes (Fall 1995 & Fall 1997) and a
Practicum in Anthropology (Spring 1996). Resulted in 2 volumes of
oral histories (1997, 1998), including Appalachian Coal Mining
Memories published by Pocahontas Press. |
| Appalachia Heritage Tourism
Project |
1993-1994. Development of a set of
recommendations for heritage tourism in the region surrounding the Town
of Appalachia in southwest Virginia. Experiential learning project
for the Fall 1993 Economic Anthropology class. The team prepared a
consulting report, submitted to the Town of Appalachia in 1994. |
| Appalachia Coal Camp Oral History Project |
1992-1995;
2006. Oral history project to
document knowledge of the coal mining life in 18 coal camps surrounding
the Town of Appalachia in southwest Virginia, 1930s-1960s.
Involved faculty-student collaborative oral history work; results have
been published in various articles and a soon-to-be released book on the
Coal Mining Camps of Wise County. |
|
Flea Market Project |
1991-1993. Study of
flea marketing as an economic livelihood strategy. Experiential
learning project for the Fall 1991 Economic Anthropology class and a
Spring 1992 Practicum in Anthropology class. The research results were
compiled faculty-student team in a research paper presented 1993. |
