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Sociology

Robert S. McCarl

Selected Works

2012

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Foreword: Lessons Of Work And Workers, Robert Mccarl Apr 2012

Foreword: Lessons Of Work And Workers, Robert Mccarl

Robert S. McCarl

McCarl discusses, primarily through his own personal experiences, how the oppositional techniques of cultural work itself can provide a critique of work while at the same time develop a cooperative relationship with workers to articulate views and strategies that fit their needs. The conferences and the establishment of the fund in Occupational Folklife at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill acknowledge the high standards in this field set by Archie Green, an advocate of labor studies research. In order to maintain those standards, cultural workers musk ask hard questions of themselves and their positions within the ranks of …


Latinos In Idaho: Celebrando Cultura, Robert Mccarl Apr 2012

Latinos In Idaho: Celebrando Cultura, Robert Mccarl

Robert S. McCarl

The essays are written in partial fulfillment of a "Model Initiatives" grant to the IHC from the NEH to document a cultural folk festival, in this case focusing on folk traditions of the Latino Community of southwest Idaho. This book is for anyone interested in Idaho's Latino heritage, as well as for those interested in developing similar folk festivals in their communities.