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Linguistics and Understanding Smokers as a Sub-Culture for Medical Anthropology
Course Project in Dr. Messing’s
Language and Culture Course (USF)
Jen Cardew
University of North Texas
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Data Collection
o Observation and field notes ~ 15 hours
o Majority at USF and Four Green Fields
o Plaza in Sante Fe, New Mexico
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Data Collection (cont)
o Participant Observation and field notes ~ 20 hours
o USFo Four Green Fieldso Gray’s College Bookstore (Tampa, FL)o Sleeping Dog (Sante Fe, NM)o Albuquerque, NM
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Data Collection (cont)
o (Very) informal interviews ~ 5 hourso Snowball technique
o Linguistic style of transcription
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No smoking indoors
o Constructed outside defined spaces
o An excuse to get out of earshot
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• Right now, .. I have a peer in management.. .. and the both of us, the only time we get to talk about strategy is when we go out and have a cigarette. #### Because in the building we’re constantly slammed with projects and issues going on.. it’s like.. I do one of these (holds two fingers to lips to signify a cigarette break) and she says okay! And in that 15-20 minutes we get more accomplished that we do in four hours in the building.• Jen: What do you think is the main difference between smokers and non-smokers?
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Other ways smoking is used
o Chance to converse
o Occupy your time
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Dave: .. .. uh, ..smokers want to quit, but smokers, uh.. ..typically.. .. .. I think anyway are more <relaxed>. Relaxed only because they have something going on, versus other people who don’t, their mind is moving a little quicker.
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Smokers as a Subculture
o Camaraderieo Verbal and non-verbal cueso Shared behavioro Commonly used words
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Areas to expand upon
• To what extent does smoking contribute to the identity of the individual
• How do individuals cope with not being able to smoke in terms of taking breaks, meeting people, and passing the time
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How this could be applied
• Making a more culturally relative and therefore more successful smoking cessation campaign and smoking cessation program.