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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">we have lawyers who work directly with
individuals, we have paralegals, self-help legal counsellors, yet we also have
Law as a discipline, where ethics are studied, history, what
else...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">doctors who work directly with patients,
individuals and families yet also a whole range of research and theoretical
approaches that have a focus way beyond one individual. People who study
more philosophical matters, ethics for example.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">historical societies composed largely of
amateurs and self-educated, historians in archives, yet also a strong academic
approach. Things filter up and down between all the various
levels.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Yet in Genealogy we talk about "pure
genealogy" and focus at one end of a much wider (potentially) discipline that
would strengthen, not detract from the 'practice' of genealogy as defined
today. Much is covered by other disciplines, but the focus in that
coverage reflects the philosophies behind the various schools of thought
connected to those disciplines. We're content to poach material where it serves
us, rather than develop our own resources at an academic level</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">but don't get me started. Can't be
the only one who sees a great potential for genealogy as an academic discipline,
and wide opportunities for all kinds of genealogical careers at all levels. But
genealogy needs to become self-conscious and confident at the same
time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Larry</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>