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New Internship Opportunity: Milwaukee’s Cultural
Area Studies
The anthropologists at Urban Anthropology Inc. have
completed a website that provides information on every one
of Milwaukee’s 191 neighborhoods. The website emphasis is
on the cultural histories of these locales and much of the
information comes from the oral histories that Urban
Anthropology has already conducted over the past decades
on Milwaukee ethnic groups and neighborhoods. Please view
the website at www.neighborhoodsinmilwaukee.org
We now wish to expand this effort and begin the long
process of gathering archival data and oral histories on
every one of our city’s neighborhoods. The process will
take a decade to complete. Interns will conduct telephone,
online, or in-person interviews with residents that know
the cultural histories of their areas. Interns will also
be introduced to collecting archival research on the
neighborhoods.
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In addition to the hands-on experience in
research, interns will also receive formal
research education. They will be trained on a
respected research curriculum that covers data
collection (qualitative, quantitative, mixed
methods), data analysis (qualitative,
quantitative, mixed methods), sampling plans,
reliability/validity, and research design. The
Delve curriculum was produced by anthropologists
at Urban Anthropology Inc. and was funded by the
CDC. The curriculum was tested through
randomized trials and found to be more effective
in training new researchers than training by
research professionals or self-training through
guide books.
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Every intern successfully completing a research contract
will receive a letter of recommendation which states their
research skills and experience. Stipends are not
available.
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