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Hey Carey,
I LOVE the Geek Squad story, when I taught in Arkansas, that same
outfit and pairing meant "Jehovah's Witnesses". So at MIT, nobody
would win a fashion contest! Seriously, lab coats show in chem when
handling the stuff, but frankly, so much of what goes on in research
now is done on computers, no uniform necessary other than ubiquitous
ipods. (Now, the ocean engineering guys DO have wetsuits lying
around...!)
You KNEW you were going to drag the anthropologist out, didn't you?
I HAD to take the bait! By the way, any archaeologist worth their
salt would never submit their legs to sunburn or get on their knees
in shorts (you've seen my knees) Jeans are de rigeur for saving
your skin!
Beryl
At 10:21 AM -0500 7/13/06, Carey Tisdal wrote:
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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
>
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