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I am an anthropologist by training who is also a tech writer. And I love
watching the culture! It is the best. We are our own wacky little culture.
While I worship Jane Goodall - I once got to stand about 10 feet from her
and am reading her letters right now - she is not the only thing we do. My
research was among the very living people of a small village in rural
Yucatan.
More anthropology is needed! So much of what we do is actually anthropology.
I do like Tech writers in the Midst...
sharon
Sharon Burton-Hardin
Anthrobytes Consulting
909-369-8590
www.anthrobytes.com
President of the Inland Empire chapter of the STC
www.iestc.org
----- Original Message -----
From: <KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, 18 May, 2000 9:43 AM
Subject: Stalking the wiley tech writer
| G'day all.
|
| I doubt there's a functioning technical pubs department
| out there that can spare anybody for this idea, either,
| but... try this...
|
| It seems to me that an enterprising journalism student
| or anthropologist could find material for an article or
| a series or a dissertation, if s/he were to follow a
| writer or a writing project around for a while, and
| record what actually happens.
|
