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From: "LBoswell" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] TIGTAM
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 08:40:48 -0400
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Thanks, maybe now is a good time to talk about this then, though I don't
want to beat this to death.

what might be useful is a list or forum specifically for the theory
side of things. More definition of 'theory'. I can understand why there
aren't enough articles submitted, the theoretical side of things remains
vague and undefined. Yet there are areas in related disciplines that
overlap that could be mined as part of a process of sketching things out a
bit more. Genealogical 'theory' to this point has been almost exclusively
concerned with methodology, yet at some point in the future it will be the
theoretical side of things that will determine, or at least influence, the
method (as is the case generally in other subjects). My thoughts on this
anyway.

Other factors in the future, search methods for example, will bring changes
to how genealogical methods are applied and evaluated. Putting all the eggs
in the method and practices side may not be the most productive gambit over
the long haul.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allison Ryall" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: [APG] TIGTAM


> Larry,
>
> Everybody that is involved with this is at NGS this week. The last I
> spoke
> to anyone about it, the problem was that there were not enough submitted
> articles.
>
> Allison
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:] On Behalf
> Of Joy Rich
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:27 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [APG] TIGTAM
>
> Larry, I'm not involved with TIGTAM, but according to its website, "The
> first issue is
> scheduled for Spring 2009."
>
> Its mission statement (http://www.tigtam.com/mission.php) says that it
> "publishes
> quantitative and qualitative studies from all disciplines pertinent to
> genealogy."
>
> I can't answer anything else about TIGTAM, but you can contact the
> members
> of the
> Editorial Board through http://www.tigtam.com/contactus.php.
>
> Joy Rich
> Brooklyn, NY
> New York Metro Chapter of APG
>
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> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:49:13 -0400
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> Is this project still underway, or is it dying on the vine? Any interest
> in
> reaching out and soliciting articles from related disciplines like areas
> of
> history, anthropology, even social psychology?
>
> A project like this probably is crucial for separating 'practice' from
> 'theory' for higher academic goals. An academic discipline can't be built
> on methodology alone. Also, from a cultural perspective, is this an
> attempt
> to develop 'universal' theoretical base or a more cultually-specific
> version. Sometimes I think we over-reach before we've established any
> footing. There are differences evident between European approaches to
> genealogical methodology and the versions taking hold in the US for
> example.
> Should this project be American genealogical theory and methods?
>
> Full of questions here this morning, but is there a forum or list devoted
> just to the theoretical end of things?
>
> Larry
>
>
>
>
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