Summary: [1]On October 27, Jeremy Freese [2] taped a laptop to his face and Skyped into the Soc Improv for a discussion of the NRC rankings. After Jeremy left, we solved the culture of poverty. Or something like that. Unfortunately, due to a freak editing accident, this episode is just now being posted. Sorry, Jeremy. (And sorry, Christopher Newport.) Links discussed in this episode: Jeremy on the NRC rankings: one [3] and two [4]. Christopher Newport and the NRCs [5] NY Times on the Culture of Poverty [6] Teresa Gowan on Culture Shocks [7] Ta-Nehisi Coates, A Culture of Poverty [8] Culture of Poverty at Neuroanthropology [9] The Mullet Strategy [10] Better late than never: Improv #18! [11] [1] http://thesocietypages.org/improv/files/2010/11/album-art-ep18.png [2] http://www.jeremyfreese.com [3] http://scatter.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/nrc-rankings/ [4] http://scatter.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/nrc-redux-redux/ [5] http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/10/12/cnu [6] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/us/18poverty.html [7] http://www.cultureshocks.com/shows/2010/08/31/teresa-gowan/ [8] http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2010/10/a-culture-of-poverty/64854/ [9] http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2010/10/26/the-culture-of-poverty-debate-continued/ [10] http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/04/06/the_mullet_stategy/ [11] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/socimprov18.mp3
