Comments on: Reader Poll: What’s your anthropology background?

By: Kerim

Kerim — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:51:13 +0000

For those who aren’t seeing results – there are now nearly 200 responses, but the percentages haven’t changed much.

By: Kerim

Kerim — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:47:40 +0000

coturnix: I’d say that puts you in the “self-taught” category.

By: coturnix

coturnix — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:35:53 +0000

My brother is an antrhopologist. I’ve read his MA thesis, his PhD Dissertation and his papers. Does that count for anything?

By: Johannes Wilm

Johannes Wilm — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:27:27 +0000

Hi,
you forgot the category “Master of Philosophy” also…

By: Kerim

Kerim — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:12:17 +0000

Hmm. I think it tracks your IP. If you login from the same computer it should continue to show the results. But no worries, never expected this to be particularly accurate.

We’ve had 145 responses from the more than 1100 unique visitors to the site since I put the poll up on Sunday. About 30% have no graduate training in Anthropology, 40% have some graduate training (in anthropology or a related field), and a little over 20% are Ph.D.s, although many of those work outside the field.

I assume that the stats are tilted in favor of our regular readers (because they were motivated to actually take the poll – maybe even multiple times to see the results), as opposed to the many people who come to the site via Google. (Google Analytics tells us that about 37% of our readers are regulars, which is quite a lot.)

By: _o_

_o_ — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:32:24 +0000

….yeah, that’s why i keep voting too

By: Comet Jo

Comet Jo — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:48:16 +0000

no way to look at results without voting again either, huh?

By: jlo

jlo — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:14:57 +0000

After spending the last six months immersing myself in the Writing Culture lit, I would have to say that studying English, and its attendant focus on language and literary criticism, is more related than many might realize. I myself am a trained urban planner. Like English, the connection to anthropology might at first appear to be tenuous, but from my own experience, planners often rely upon ethnographic methods, even if they are rarely taught in urban planning graduate programs. I was happy to see that there are quite a few in related disciplines that are reading the insights from the crew at SM. Keep up the good work.

By: cooper

cooper — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:24:17 +0000

You left out…. “currently majoring in anthropology”, finished after this term independent project,but grad schools plans are – international affairs and public policy.

By: Scott Eric Kaufman

Scott Eric Kaufman — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:18:11 +0000

I considered punching “graduate degree in related discipline,” but then I realized that English isn’t a related discipline (or is only arguably so). I’m surprised that you have so few readers outside the field.

By: Kerim

Kerim — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:11:49 +0000

🙂

By: Will

Will — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:55:06 +0000

Forget the results, I just want to see the bars appear again. That was fancy.

By: carmen

carmen — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:35:10 +0000

sokay Kerim. I stupidly though, “hey is this clickable?” and clicked on “never studied anthropology” to find out, thereby skewing your poll (I’m a PhD student).

By: Kerim

Kerim — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:06:20 +0000

[Sound of Kerim smacking his skull.]

Sorry about that! Stupid me. Don’t want to change it after 20 responses already. Please just select “MA in anthropology” if you are currently a graduate student of any sort.

By: phd student

phd student — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:55:13 +0000

how about a category for current graduate students in anthropology? I realize your categories are all in the past tense (bar the last), but none of them quite capture what I am (and what i imagine a good number of your readers are), which is an MA in anthropology who is now pursuing a PhD in the discipline.