I’m a late-blooming scholar, a naturalized American, and an anthropologist among historians.
I started out being fascinated by myth and ritual, found my way from there into American history (via the Civil War and studying the people who reenacted it), and then started trying to figure out where the heritage business fits in the postindustrial knowledge and service economy.
More recently, I’ve been thinking about ways to connect my interest in commemorative behavior with the ever more urgent questions about how we might create a less energy-intensive, growth-oriented society. That has led me to explore the convergence of historic sites and contemporary food systems as well as into the hands-on business of food retail, not a place I ever thought I’d be.
I live in north-central Massachusetts, a part of New England most people don’t know about (which is just fine with us, thank you) with my husband, Fred, who plays the trumpet, and a fluctuating number of cats, who don’t. I teach Anthropology at Tufts University, at the other end of the state. Someday I may find my way back to my ethnohistorical study of Route 2, which connects the two places.
- PhD, Interdisciplinary Doctorate Program, Tufts University, 2004 (Cultural Anthropology/US History/Museum and Heritage Studies)
- MA, Graduate Program, Vermont College of Norwich University, 1997 (Cultural Anthropology/US History/Performance Studies)
- BA, Adult Degree Program, Vermont College of Norwich University, 1994
Where can I find your study of Peddocks Island?
Thank you!
Hi Cara – You can find it here: https://cathystanton.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Peddocks-cottage-report-FINAL.pdf
As far as I know, the National Park Service has not printed or published this anywhere, but they gave me permission to post the report.
I’m planning on giving a presentation to the TICCIH 2021 conference in Montreal. I’m a retired engineer (McGill ’62) and amateur historian who got hooked on the works of Fred Stark Pearson (Tufts University). The Toronto Power Station (TPS) located on top of Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls would be the subject of my paper. I think the attendees would be interested in TPS’s unique engineering features, its passive de-icing scheme, rugged underwater redundant structures, its water tunnel discharging water behind the falls, and its graceful permanent design. Ultimately, perhaps, I would like the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) and the IEEE (Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers) to commemorate TPS as a landmark/ milestone electric generation engineering station
I studied political science at Notre Dame in the early 80’s. One of my courses was called “Bureaucracy.” I particularly appreciated a book that we read during the class about the National Park Service, the culture of park rangers. I cannot recall the book title, but given your background, I am hopeful that you may the book or can suggest other titles. Was a fascinating topic. A friend’s daughter is considering a career in the park service so thought it might be interesting. Any ideas?
I studied political science at Notre Dame in the early 80’s. One of my courses was called “Bureaucracy.” I particularly appreciated a book that we read during the class about the National Park Service, the culture of park rangers. I cannot recall the book title, but given your background, I am hopeful that you may the book or can suggest other titles. Was a fascinating topic. A friend’s daughter is considering a career in the park service so thought it might be interesting. Let me know