{"title":"Cripistemology of Appalachia: Disability, Quareness, and the Speculative Present","authors":"Rebecca M. Long","doi":"10.5406/23288612.28.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/23288612.28.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article introduces disability studies in Appalachia and argues that disability is an undertheorized area in Appalachian studies. To show the overlap and relevance of these two fields, I argue that ideas of disability have been central in the social construction of Appalachia. Associations with disability, whether ascribed to mountaineers or to the entire region, have enabled a mode of intervention characterized by rehabilitation and development, which operate as normalizing strategies. While being mindful of the embodied harm and the challenges of celebrating disability identity in disenfranchised regions, I trace a “cripistemology” of the region from a critical disability studies perspective. In recognizing the histories of disability in Appalachia, I suggest what I term a “speculative present” as a way to consider disability futures outside of the neoliberal demand for progress.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"317 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72388625","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}
Kelly Foster, Oceane Tanny, C. Freeland, Haley Metcalf
{"title":"Attachment, Pride, and Respect: Exploration of a Multidimensional Tool to Measure Appalachian Identity","authors":"Kelly Foster, Oceane Tanny, C. Freeland, Haley Metcalf","doi":"10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0220","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Most scholars have refuted the notion that a region as diverse as Appalachia can have one unifying identity. Despite the challenges to measuring Appalachian identity, we maintain that this work is critical to understanding the influence that identity has on both the individual and the community. This study uses data from a 2016 study of women in Central, South Central, and Southern Appalachia. In this research, we examine the modification of the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (MIBI) for use among Appalachian populations as a more complete measure of identity, finding that the overall seventeen-item Appalachian identity scale is highly reliable with a Cronbach’s alpha of .879. All three subscales—centrality, public regard, and private regard—had highly reliable Cronbach’s alpha scores. Much like the original MIBI, this modified scale appears to be a reliable measure of Appalachian identity. In addition, the subscales allow nuance in analysis that is not available by utilizing only one variable. We put this work forward in hopes that other researchers will be able to integrate it into their research and open new avenues of understanding with regard to the impact that identifying as an Appalachian may have on one’s health, wellness, and quality of life.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82650270","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":"Intergenerational Community Visions in Appalachian Ohio","authors":"A. R. Terman, Joy Kostansek, Franchesca Rife","doi":"10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0187","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this research note, we present analysis of initial qualitative data collection from a larger community-engaged research project we are conducting about intergenerational community visions in Appalachian Ohio. Many people working in community action efforts in southeast Ohio today had their start during the War on Poverty programs in the 1960s. These community leaders are now at retirement age and, along with the context of an aging population in many small Appalachian Ohio communities, are confronting challenges to leadership succession. At the same time, younger generations across the region are becoming more active in their communities, but it is unclear the extent to which the two generations, younger and older, are working together. Through analysis of three focus groups with intergenerational community leaders in Appalachian Ohio, we find five common themes that participants discussed as important for community-building as well as some evidence of tension between generations. Based on these findings, we make two practical recommendations for community leaders and groups interested in developing intergenerational collaboration, and we contribute to the academic literature on intergenerational community-building in rural Appalachia.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73558324","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 Library of Appalachian Preaching at Marshall University","authors":"R. Ellison","doi":"10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0233","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This note discusses the Library of Appalachian Preaching, an online project that provides access to sermons and other addresses delivered in Appalachia, or elsewhere by preachers with some kind of connection to the region. It describes the scope of the project, provides an overview of the Library’s website, and suggests several research topics and areas of inquiry that might emerge from the materials included in the project.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90299396","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":"Recovering the Commons, a Decade Later: Appalachian Commons and Possibilities for Interdisciplinary Research and Action","authors":"M. Guest, Laura Carter-Stone, Leah Vance-Berg","doi":"10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0177","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This research note promotes a dialogue among disciplines about education, activism, and research in Appalachian studies. The challenges developing in our current era are occurring amidst significant changes in Appalachian studies as the field’s long-standing leaders and scholars continue to retire. In their places, new scholars are developing who, in many cases, lack the activist training and experiences of their predecessors, but whose academic preparation and interest are interdisciplinary in innovative ways. We explore past and present scholarly and activist efforts while foregrounding Reid and Taylor’s concept of the “body~place~commons.” We propose that the future of Appalachian studies depends on interdisciplinary collaboration between diverse populations of researchers and activists, and especially emerging scholars who seek to sustain and further the field. Only through an understanding of how multiple disciplines approach research, and how they can engage with one another, can a new path forward for the field develop. We conclude this note with considerations from emerging scholars for the future of the field.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83282339","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":"Brave Shanty Boys: The Songs of Timber Workers and Community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia","authors":"K. Bailey","doi":"10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0158","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Deep in the heart of West Virginia’s Pocahontas County, the timber industry moved across the nineteenth-century forest, taking valuable commercial lumber, but leaving behind rich cultural legacies. Transient and illiterate laborers, who worked from dawn to dusk, were not privileged to record their thoughts and emotions. Their identities, situated somewhere outside of community structures by virtue of their occupations and ethnicities, were not always recorded in traditional written sources, and yet the complex relationships between those communities and the timber workers are important to understanding the history of Appalachia. Histories of the extractive industries that swept through the region are rich with details of the devastation wrought in the area, but the personal stories of the workers’ lives must be uncovered using cultural remnants. Through the analysis of the songs of the timber camps and the way those songs became incorporated into a community social heritage and identity, the voices of the brave shanty boys can ring out once more.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90258367","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}
M. Gutschall, K. Thompson, Sarah Visocky, Kelsey E. Johnson, C. McRee
{"title":"Historical Examination of Dietary Patterns in Rural Central/Southern Appalachia","authors":"M. Gutschall, K. Thompson, Sarah Visocky, Kelsey E. Johnson, C. McRee","doi":"10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/jappastud.27.2.0140","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Convenience meals and fast foods have slowly worked their way into the rural Appalachian diet, playing a major role in increased obesity and food-related ailments. Increasing future health providers’ knowledge of historical Appalachian dietary patterns and how health is perceived by rural residents may lead to the development of culturally sensitive nutrition interventions for rural populations. This article describes the historical Appalachian diet and validates the Traditional Central/Southern Appalachian Diet Pyramid (TADP) to inform future nutrition interventions. Fourteen historical cookbooks, five ethnographic articles, and twenty-six oral history interviews were qualitatively analyzed. The four largest categories of the traditional Appalachian diet were homegrown produce (25.8 percent), added fats and sugars (25.5 percent), sources of protein (20.1 percent), and sources of carbohydrates (13.9 percent). Within these individual categories, corn, wheat, potatoes, green beans, fatback, butter, soup beans, and pork were some of the ingredients most commonly mentioned. Findings reveal that the traditional Appalachian diet was primarily based on homegrown or gathered produce with the addition of added fats and sugars, protein, and carbohydrate sources.","PeriodicalId":93112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Appalachian studies","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80382511","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}