Journal of Appalachian studies最新文献

{"title":"Sustainable Arthurdale: A Reevaluation of a 1930s Planned Community","authors":"G. Galford, L. Tucker, Lou Martin","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.04","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Great Depression affected Appalachian towns with severe economic distress and dislocation. This research focuses on a New Deal experiment in sustainable housing initiated by Eleanor Roosevelt. Early in her husband's administration, she championed the design and construction of the planned community of Arthurdale, West Virginia. Composed of single-family homes built during three phases with a central complex of shared services, the planned town of Arthurdale has retained connections to several original residents and maintains a strong sense of community and belonging. This research explores the community design components of Arthurdale, coupled with the sustainable features inherent in the houses and its approach to sustenance farming, and considers the impact on the long-term success of the residents. For this work, a mixed-methods approach was used with an initial quantitative survey and a subsequent focus group. Survey results indicated that themes of sustainability, community, and education were values that were uniquely shared by original town residents and subsequent generations. These values can affect contemporary models of sustainable community development.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88165283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Demeter's Resilience: Exploring the Farming Experience of Appalachian Kentucky Female Farmers in the Age of Climate Change","authors":"Lindsey Windland","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.07","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Despite ample scientific evidence proving climate change is occurring, climate change skepticism and denial remain heavily politicized and polarizing issues across the Appalachian region. Personal accounts can provide an accessible entry point for alleviating skepticism and contributing to an increased understanding of climate change and its local consequences. This exploratory study complements existing literature regarding climate change perception by providing an experiential and localized understanding and awareness of climate change from an often-marginalized group: rural, female farmers in Appalachian Kentucky. This study aims to examine the impact that personal experience has on Kentucky female farmers’ perception of climate change and their willingness to adopt adaptation and mitigation strategies. Six semi-structured interviews were conducted and coded using a hierarchical coding framework to inform this study. This research note highlights the observations and perspectives of six Appalachian farmers in Kentucky as they navigate farming during climate change.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"110 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85482873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Living on the Edge: When Hard Times Become a Way of Life","authors":"Gabe Schwartzman","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.08","url":null,"abstract":"L iving on the Edge is a timely and well-researched study of economic inequality and insecurity in the United States. More than a scholarly analysis, it is also an impassioned call to action. The book’s target audience is the broader public, and its aim is three-fold: to convince readers that poverty in the United States is rooted in structural arrangements, not personal faults; to identify some of the institutions that keep people trapped in nearpoverty; and to suggest that many members of the struggling class will support progressive policies to reduce inequality if given the chance. Pascale’s thesis is that economic insecurity has become a way of life for Americans, and that this pervasive insecurity is the product of collusion between government and business to promote profit-seeking. She advances this argument with an institutional ethnography—in-depth interviews with 27 respondents from five communities, all situated within the context of the structural forces that shaped their lives. Across 11 chapters, Pascale examines the conditions of daily life in two Appalachian regions, two Native American reservations, and the city of Oakland, California. Eschewing familiar terms such as working poor or working class, Pascale adopts the term “struggling class” because this is how her respondents often described themselves. Moreover, as respondents’ narratives show, “struggling” indicates both hardship and hope. While Pascale’s respondents earned incomes well above the poverty line, she shows how their incomes fell far below the actual cost of living for their area. Much of this shortfall can be explained by the rising costs of housing, transportation, and healthcare. Interestingly, although Pascale’s respondents live paycheck to paycheck, they consider themselves well off in comparison to their neighbors living in poverty. Some define poverty as being without any food or shelter. As an aside, I found Pascale’s description of her upbringing in the first chapter to be fascinating. It touches poignantly upon the joy and heartbreak of upward","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91138045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Health of Coal Miners’ Wives: A Historical Analysis","authors":"Chloe A. Yates, Amy Sorensen","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Existing coal mining health literature has not adequately addressed the health of women and girls who reside (and perform reproductive labor) within the households of male coal miners exposed to coal dust and other coal toxins. This study compares archival data on the health at the time of death for coal miners’ wives and non-coal miners’ wives to determine if there are statistical differences between these groups of women. Findings indicate that there is a statistical difference between these groups of women in age at death, with wives of miners dying 7 years earlier, on average. It also indicates that women providing reproductive labor within a mining household are at a higher risk of particular health conditions—some that have been acknowledged in the existing literature and some that have not. These findings are especially important given the deadly resurgence of black lung in Appalachia.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81283375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Schoolhouses above the Rock: The Shale Gas Rush and School Funding in Appalachian Ohio","authors":"Jacqueline J. Yahn","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This research article draws attention to how the shale gas rush phenomenon is creating path dependence and threatening community viability. The article features an instrumental case that includes school districts across seven Appalachian Ohio counties: Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe, and Noble. There, it has become commonplace for public schools to lease oil and gas rights; to factor revenue from ad valorem taxes, industry-related construction, and pipeline construction into district budgets; and to engage in tax negotiations for natural gas-fired power plants and affiliated industrial growth. The case is prefaced by a review of school funding norms in the United States and a discussion of the influence that path dependence has on school funding in the Appalachian region. Following this, the case of eastern Ohio schools is presented. The article culminates with a list of actions stakeholders can take to foster public school and community viability in Appalachia.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78604845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Carter Family Fold Memorial Music Center","authors":"Lora E. Smith","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73593346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring Resident Quality of Life in Appalachian Mountain Towns: A Case Study and Proposed Methodology","authors":"J. McGrath, Skip Glenn","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.06","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article explores quality of life (QoL) for community residents in the context of mountain towns in the Appalachian region of the United States. The literature on the dimensions that define community QoL is consulted, along with a discussion of the methods and sources used by policymakers in Roanoke, Virginia, to develop a QoL index. This method is then replicated and extended to illustrate how community leaders can benchmark their region's performance, make comparisons with other similar towns, and use it as a tool to help market their community. The article adds value by sharing the Roanoke model with the academic and practitioner community for the first time and by demonstrating how its methodology can be affordably and sustainably adapted for use in any small community, including the case study Appalachian Mountain town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"6 3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77899029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trash Trout Motion Picture Show","authors":"A. Ward","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84745313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From the Editor","authors":"Rebecca R. Scott","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.01","url":null,"abstract":"Greetings and welcome to the Spring 2023 issue of the Journal of Appalachian Studies. I'd like to thank associate editor Christopher L. Leadingham, managing editor Mary K. Thomas, assistant managing editor Ann E. Bryant, book review editor Carson E. Benn, and media review editor Matthew R. Sparks for their work on this issue! We are also very happy to welcome Dr. Cicero Fain to the editorial board of the journal.This spring's issue brings together historical and forward-looking works focusing on questions about the health of people and places in Appalachia. These questions include how mining has affected the health of women in coal mining communities, the ways in which human settlements leave traces on the land through burial practices, and how New Deal era policies contributed to a model of sustainability that can still be informative in today's context. Looking to the future, this issue raises questions about the role of natural gas in school funding, how mountain communities can best assess their quality of life to promote economic development, and how women farmers are experiencing the effects of climate change in rural Kentucky.We start off with an article from Chloe A. Yates and Amy Sorensen entitled “The Health of Coal Miners’ Wives: A Historical Analysis.” This historical study compares the relatively unexplored territory of non-mining women's health in coal mining communities. How has mining affected the life expectancy and health of the women responsible for the reproductive labor sustaining coal communities? Their findings indicate that non-miner women suffer secondary exposures that negatively affect their health. In the context of a resurgence of black lung disease among miners, this research signals that the dangers of coal mining extend beyond the workplace.In “The Deathscape of Settler Colonialism: Remembrance and Erasure through Cemeteries and Graveyards in the Upper Monongahela Valley,” Travis Stimeling and Mary L. Linscheid explore the evidence provided by cemeteries to follow traces of the presences and absences of white settler, Black, and Indigenous people through the remains of burial plantings of yucca and cedar as well as stone markers. The authors argue that these cemeteries contribute to the erasure of Indigenous and Black histories in the area while encoding settler histories in the land.In “Sustainable Arthurdale: A Reevaluation of a 1930s Planned Community,” Greg Galford, Lisa Tucker, and Lou Martin assess the long-term effects of the planned self-reliant community in Preston County, West Virginia, that was created during the Great Depression, partially as a response to the deplorable conditions experienced in the dilapidated coal camps of the region. In reaction to this federal planning of a self-sustaining community, Arthurdale was judged as a failure, in light of the mineral boom in West Virginia. In this article, the authors reassess this conclusion, based on a study of current residents’ satisfaction with the co","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"329 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135722803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Inside Appalachia","authors":"Scott Sikes","doi":"10.5406/23288612.29.1.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.29.1.09","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86942906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}