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Anarchists?
At the hospital yesterday, the doctor asked my mom what she did for a living. "I'm an archivist," she replied. And of course, as usual, my mom had to explain what an archivist is and what they do. I realized then how lucky I am to be at SI. All my life, I've had to explain what an archivist is. When I told my first grade teacher that my parents were archivists, she tried to convince me that they were architects and I was saying it wrong. All of a sudden, I have a huge group of friends and acquaintances who can be told that my parents are archivists... and they actually know what that means!
srah - Tuesday, 28 September 2004 - 1:27 PM
Tags: school of information
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Annica - September 29, 2004 - 8:51 PM - ℓ
Society just isn't geek-friendly these days... *le sigh*
I tell people that I'm an Interaction Designer (or at least I will be when I've finished up all those stray credits), and I always get the same "Huh?" look. What the? I think it's pretty self-explanatory. Or maybe I'm just a big IT bubble snob...?
My good friend is an archivist! Small world.
My husband often needs to explain that although he is a textile conservator, this does not make him a conservative, and then explain what he really does to the masses of blank faces.
Damn those people who take non-traditional roles.