Introductions Thread :)

Seren_

I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread introducing ourselves and why we're interested in Anthropology, Sociology & Culture And hopefully I won't be the only one to post in it :pac:

Anyway, hello everybody! *waves* I'm Shauna, and I'm in my final year of a degree in English and Sociology. So I suppose my main interest within the bounds of this forum would be sociology

I love how there are so many different fields within sociology, and my main interests within it would be the sociology of popular music, and also the enormous area of identity and gender theory.

I wonder if I could count reading the threads here as studying.....

Cannibal Ox

Hi. I'm doing an MA in Sociology at the moment. I've spent the past three months knee deep in post-structuralist, gender and psychoanalytic theory. Its been interesting, but I'm more in to research then theory. I like theory but I suppose the appeal of sociology to me is that it's more practical then something like philosophy because what you're researching is (sometimes) directly related to what is going on around you.

In areas? I'm interested in law and how identities and subjects are created in it. I'm also interested in conflict, egalitarianism, social movements, and political sociology in general.

Rozabeez

Hey there, I'm Roisin and a final year student of Anthropology and Sociology. In the past year or so I've developed an interest in Sociolinguistics and hope to do a masters in the subject, however there are no MA courses in Sociolinguistics in this country, so it'll be off to England or thereabouts. Maybe after studying I can develop a course and propose it to the colleges over here, but that's probably just wishful thinking.

panda100

Hi everyone, Im planning to do a h.dip in Social Policy this coming September so havent started studying any sociology yet!
I have a real interest in sociology though particular in the areas of gender. I'll probably be doing a lot of question asking around here and hope to gain a good insight into others views on sociology and culture

I've no formal qualifications in either sociology or anthropology (I'm studying theoretical physics, so I couldn't be much further away from the topics of this forum!), but I've an interest in anthropology, not so much sociology, yet anyway. I've read quite a few books on anthropology, and my interests lie mainly in physical and cultural anthropology.

That's about it!

FairFilly

Having read the others posts & introductions I can only say that it appears that most are either students or academics , I cant say any such things, as I am nothing really , I learnt to read & write at the age of 12 & the only exam/test I have ever passed is for gaining my driving licence .I have been to 6 schools & lived in about 10 places . So im nobody other than a person that joined the site at onetime thinking it was open to anyone & have found myself on a topic that possibly I shouldn’t be as I am not in any education process .All I can say is the internet has provided me with opportunities unimagined & for that im thankful.

panda100

FairFilly wrote: »

have found myself on a topic that possibly I shouldn’t be as I am not in any education process .

Get way outta that You dont need an academic qualification to be able to discuss and have inisghts into people,cultures and society!

looksee

I am another self-educated person. I started work at 17 but most of my life I have been a housewife and mother. After being a very mature student I am now teaching, which I love.

Dr Strange

Hi guys,

my areas would be outside the sociology and culture side of anthropology:

Researcher in forensic and physical/biological anthropology.

nameproblem

Hey guys, I'm a final year MA student, writing up my thesis regarding on line communities. I'm interested in cultural anthropology, anthropology of borders, refugees, and people in groups, my thesis is allowing me to study anthropology online, a step in a new direction for anthropology.

Rozabeez

nameproblem wrote: »

Hey guys, I'm a final year MA student, writing up my thesis regarding on line communities.

I did this for my second year fieldwork/thesis proposal, it's a VERY interesting topic once you get into it! Will be studying the relationship between face-to-face communication and virtual communication in a few weeks time with Linguistic Anthropology.

Ostrom

Welcome everyone! (Password back - yay!!!)

Sociologist by trade, with a bit of geography. My main interest is the study of precapitalist agriculture and peasant societies (historical and current). I use quantitative methods on archival data and am interested in exploring the relationship between output/sustainibility and forms of community-level governance (how societies and settlements develop teachniques to cope with resource limitations).

Nebit

hi everyone.
im a student studying Archaeology in UCD and i am specialising in osteology and anthropology.

landsleaving

S'up.

I'm a sociology PhD student, thesis is on suicide/Durkheim (happy days) so I live in semi-permanent isolation from the very society I claim to study. I believe this makes me an oxymoron.

I also like long walks on the beach, travelling, going to the movies. NS, GSOH.