Elisabeth McCumberLinn-Benton Community College · Department of Anthropology
Elisabeth McCumber
Master of Arts
Folklorist, anthropologist. Interests: place relationship, mythology, oral tradition, linguistics, archaeology, history.
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Introduction
In December 2022 I earned a masters of cultural anthropology with a minor in history at Oregon State University. My thesis is an exploration of place relationship in Triangle Lake, Oregon, from the Late Pleistocene through to the present, drawing on archaeology, history, oral tradition and ethnographic methods. Connect with me at https://linktr.ee/independentpen
Additional affiliations
September 2021 - March 2022
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Position
- Intern
Description
- Work with Outreach Coordinator to develop a new traveling exhibit, available on loan to rural Oregon public libraries, focused on Indigenous STEM innovations past and present. Review Oregon's Tribal History/ Shared History curriculum and other projects; strategize outline for new program content; consult with Tribes on program topics, learning goals, and delivery; and develop program content.
September 2020 - December 2022
June 2019 - September 2020
Oregon Folklife Network
Position
- Volunteer
Description
- Compile biographic information of artists participating in the Traditional Awards Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) for use on the OFN website, and conduct folklife interviews with regional artists and elders for the Tradition Keepers conference organized by the Four Rivers Cultural Center.
Education
September 2020 - December 2022
September 2001 - June 2003
Publications
Publications (5)
During what’s been called the epistemological phase of anthropology, some theorists turned from explaining cultural diversity as a phenomenon of knowing to one of being: that is, differences arise not primarily because we interpret reality differently, but because we occupy different realities. Thus began the ontological turn. This conference paper...
This is an IRB-exempt thesis exploring place relationship in the valley of Lake Creek, Oregon, at Triangle Lake. An interdisciplinary ethnography of place, it involves a synthesis of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic literature; an analysis of nineteenth-century Coos, Alseya (Alsea), and Kalapuya myth-texts from Native oral tradition; a...
Both oral tradition and guild history deal deeply with the past, yet they deal differently. In this paper, I explore how the perspectives and practices of traditionbearers and historians create entirely different temporalities. While history focuses on causality in linear time, oral tradition is connected to mnemonic space and springs cyclically fr...
Change is not new to the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Since the height of the last ice age, this land has experienced waves of social and ecological transformation-and new transitions are coming. We face an accelerating climate change whose impacts are so significant, they are bringing about a new geological epoch. We face social changes...
Social and ecological turmoil is the reality of our moment. In the United States our communities face many crises including climate change, demographic shifts, and racial and economic violence. Here on this shifting ground, societal narratives express and perpetuate existing beliefs and behaviors; but they also have potential to generate rootedness...