http://savageminds.org/2006/03/30/upstairs-downstairs-in-academy/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:24:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://savageminds.org/2006/03/30/upstairs-downstairs-in-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-4634 Ozma Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:25:05 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=426#comment-4634 Is there a kind of hierarchy to these gossip exchanges, though? I know I was VASTLY more interested in gossip about faculty back when I was a grad student than I am in gossip about grad students now that I am a faculty member. So I wonder about the egalitarian/bridging the gap thing -- actually, even as a faculty member I find gossip about fellow faculty much more interesting than gossip about grad students. So some kinds of gossip has legs while other kinds of gossip -- ehh, who cares, you know? And it seems that gossip about faculty has a lot more staying power -- scandalous stories circulate about faculty years and years after the juicy bits in question have dessicated. (my own EWWWW moment for the day) Is there a kind of hierarchy to these gossip exchanges, though? I know I was VASTLY more interested in gossip about faculty back when I was a grad student than I am in gossip about grad students now that I am a faculty member. So I wonder about the egalitarian/bridging the gap thing — actually, even as a faculty member I find gossip about fellow faculty much more interesting than gossip about grad students. So some kinds of gossip has legs while other kinds of gossip — ehh, who cares, you know? And it seems that gossip about faculty has a lot more staying power — scandalous stories circulate about faculty years and years after the juicy bits in question have dessicated. (my own EWWWW moment for the day)

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