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Anthropology 300: Creating a Quilt Community at Syracuse University
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Voices
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October 1, 2007
- Author:
- Wadley, Susan S
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Copyright informationCopyright New York Folklore Society Fall 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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I can't say why I chose it. Maybe it was because [it was] a one-day, nighttime class. Maybe it was because the title seemed so odd amid names like "Intro to Psychology" and "Biology Lab." What I do know is that something called to me when I read "Quilts and Community" in Syracuse University's course selection booklet. I do know quilting should have repelled me, a nonartistic girl who picked up pens to write journalism articles but had never touched a needle. . . . I didn't know why, even as I walked into Bowne Hall for the first class.
-Julianne Pepitone, November 2006
Julianne's reflection on the community of quilters created through a class, Quilts and Community, which I taught for the ...