Presented during the 2019 Bonner Summer Leadership Institute at Waynesburg University by Corby Caffrey-Dobosh (Waynesburg University). This workshop discussed the stigma and stereotypes associated with Appalachia life, including the subcultures and diversity present in that population, the importance of oral tradition, and how corporate America exploits and uses the land and the people.

1. Appalachian Culture?

2. Appalachia
• Howell, Maribel & L. Whittaker, Wesley & G.
Gebremedhin, Tesfa & Schaeffer, Peter. (2012).
Examining the Bidirectional Relationship Between
Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Is
Entrepreneurship Endogenous?. 10.5772/35861.

3. Who are the
people in
Appalachia?
• What are some common labels and
images associated with Appalachians?

4. Ohio
Illinois
Georgia
Indiana
Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
New York
Mississippi
South Carolina
West Virginia
Applachian Regional Commission Area
Economic Status 2014
Attainment
Competitive
Transitional
At-Risk
Distressed
Hispanic-Latino Population 2010
By Counties, Grand Total: 1,056,826
1st Quintile 2,145 - 162,035 (98.68%)
2nd Quintile 840 - 2,144 (0.81%)
3rd Quintile 388 - 839 (0.27%)
4th Quintile 180 - 387 (0.13%)
5th Quintile < 180 (0.11%)
Produced in the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center Exhibits Studio, Cartography by Christopher Miller, 2014
Economic Status data
provided by the
Appalachian Regional Commission
Demographic Data from 2010 Census
Hispanic
Population in Appalachia
Hispanic Population
in ARC-Appalachia by State:
Alabama 134,773
Georgia 372,031
Kentucky 15,824
Maryland 6,409
Mississippi 14,394
New York 32,265
North Carolina 116,425
Ohio 32,424
Pennsylvania 138,312
South Carolina 67,724
Tennessee 91,791
Virginia 12,168
West Virginia 22,268
Total 1,056,826

5. THE WALTONS VS. THE DUKES OF HAZZARD

6. Cultural Traits
• Values, Norms, and Beliefs:
• KINSHIP
• INDIVIDUALISM AND SELF SUFFICIENCY
• PRIVACY
• LIMITED GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
• PATRIOTISM
• JUSTICE
• VIOLENCE
• CHRISTIANITY

7. Cultural Traits
• Language
• https://dialects.wvu.edu/survey-and-quizzes/appalachian-language-quiz
• STORY, ORAL TRADITION, and BALLADS
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVHqaP817OU
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdE8Sbo_QR0
• OLIVE DAME CAMPBELL

8. Cultural Traits
• LANGUAGE
• MOUNTAIN TALK
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iwAY4KlIU

9. CULTURAL TRAITS
• FOOD
• FASHION

10. Cultural Traits
• ARTIFACTS

11. ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE

12. ECONOMY
• INTERNAL COLONIALISM – natural
resources and the people have been
exploited by outside wealth

13. ECONOMY
• COAL MINING METHODS
• 1. Underground
• 2. Surface
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk
DQ_UbqbG4

15. Coal Mining Jobs by State in Appalachia 2015

16. TECHNOLOGY
• TWO AGENCIES WORKING TO BRING TECHNOLOGY TO APPALACHIA :
CENTRAL APPALACHIA REGIONAL NETWORK
and
APPALACHIA REGIONAL COMMISSION

17. POVERTY

19. HEALTHCARE
RISK FACTORS AND CHALLENGES
• Few local doctors
• Continued consequences of poverty – hospitals closing
• Geographic isolation
• Increasing rural diversity
• Higher infant mortality rates
• Greater rates of mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders
• Cancers related to lifestyle (tobacco use, HPV, lack of screenings)
• Opioid use

20. GREENE COUNTY
• https://datausa.io/profile/geo/greene-county-pa/#about

21. RESOURCES and CONSULTED WORKS
• https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2015/p0424-naloxone.html
• https://www.arc.gov/research/researchreportdetails.asp?REPORT_ID=138
• https://web.sonoma.edu/users/w/wallsd/pdf/Southern-Appalachia.pdf
• http://appvoices.org/2016/02/18/corporate-land-ownership-appalachia/
• https://www.arc.gov
• https://appalachiaonline.appstate.edu/mountain-music-classroom/topics/industrialization-Appalachia
• http://carnnet.org
• https://tind-customer-agecon.s3.amazonaws.com/bc67d259-9d70-431b-a716-c0a04510eeee?response-
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• http://komejournal.com/files/KOME_CRobinson.pdf
• https://datausa.io/profile/geo/greene-county-pa/#about
• What You are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Cate