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Reading through all these postings made me smile thinking about interview
data from teens where the "white lab coat" idea of a scientist didn't match
the particular science they were exploring. The "lab coat" idea conveys
experimental chemistry or physics to people--and the processes of sciences
such a astronomy and archaeology take place in rather different settings.
Science is done is many settings and in many modes of dress. It made me
think of a recent encounter: I was standing outside a museum when the Geek
Squad came to fix a server. There were two guys in black pants, white
shirts, and ties, and when I call out "It's the Geek Squad to the rescue!"
they had so much fun with it. We took our picture with them! That is such a
great example of using a sterotype to communicate and make something work.
Wouldn't it be fun to do a science theater or even a flash game (with a
humorous approach) to expand people's ideas about the settings in which
scientisits to their work and how they dress? I think the "fashion sense"
of field archaeologist in a warm climate is great fun--hard-toed shoes and
sox, shorts, hats and a water bottle. Each area of science really does have
a culture and the dress code--partly functional and partly tribal-- is part
of it.
My question, for the day is: What is the dress code of different disciplines
of science?
Any sharp-eyed ethnologists out there?
Cheers,
Carey
Carey E. Tisdal
Tisdal Consulting
4475 West Pine Blvd., #1705
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: 314-531-9766
Cell: 314-496-9097
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