Thursday, April 24
George Gmelch
“The Changing Culture of American
Baseball”
Yeager Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Gmelch, a professor of anthropology at
Union College as well as the University of San Francisco, is
the author of 10 books and numerous articles on Irish
Travellers, salmon fisher folk, migrants, tourism and
baseball. He has conducted ethnographic research in Ireland,
England, Alaska, Newfoundland, Barbados and the United
States. Gmelch has recently used ethnographic research
methods in studying professional baseball players and will
talk about how professional baseball in America has changed
to reflect cultural trends in the larger society.
Sponsored by PERCS: Elon’s
Program for Ethnographic Research and Community
Studies