WELCOME TO CHATEAU DU MER BEACH RESORT

If this is your first time in my site, welcome! Chateau Du Mer is a beach house and a Conference Hall. The beach house could now accommodate 10 guests, six in the main floor and four in the first floor( air conditioned room). In addition, you can now reserve your vacation dates ahead and pay the rental fees via PayPal. I hope to see you soon in Marinduque- Home of the Morions and Heart of the Philippines. The photo above was taken during our first Garden Wedding ceremony at The Chateau Du Mer Gardens. I have also posted my favorite Filipino and American dishes and recipes in this site. Some of the photos and videos on this site, I do not own, but I have no intention on the infringement of your copyrights!

Marinduque Mainland from Tres Reyes Islands

Marinduque Mainland from Tres Reyes Islands
View of Marinduque Mainland from Tres Reyes Islands-Click on photo to link to Marinduque Awaits You

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Introducing New Resident- Joseph W. Whitecotton

It is with pleasure introducing Joe Whitecotton, a new resident here at THD. Joe moved here from Visalia, Ca. He learned about THD via his grand daughter residing here in Walnut Creek.  I met Joe the other night for dinner and I was impressed by his academic accomplishments. I did some search and here's a write-up of his biography from Wikipedia. Joe gave me permission to repost this in my blogs. Welcome, Joe to THD. May your stay here be long and a Happy Stage in your Aging Years.

Joseph W. Whitecotton (born September 11, 1937) is an American academic anthropologist and ethnohistorian, a specialist in Latin American cultural anthropology and in particular of Mesoamerican cultures. His primary research focus has been on the Zapotec civilization of central Mexico and Oaxaca, and he is the author of half a dozen monographs on the subject. In addition to his research on the Zapotec,💚 Whitecotton has made contributions in historical ethnography, the study of political economies and the effects of globalization trends on local cultures. He has also investigated evidence for pre-Columbian contacts and trade between Mesoamerica and cultures in the American Southwest, and conducted ethnographical research of the Hispanos in New Mexico. Whitecotton is also a performing jazz musician and has written on the influences of jazz in popular culture.

The majority of Whitecotton's academic career has been associated with the University of Oklahoma (OU), where he lectured in various positions from 1967 until his official retirement in 1999. Since then he has retained a position at OU as Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Liberal Studies, and continued to be active in research publications and conferences.

Studies and academic career

Joseph Whitecotton's undergraduate studies were undertaken at University of MiamiFlorida, from where he obtained a B.A. in 1959. Whitecotton continued postgraduate studies at Mexico City CollegeMexico City (1959–1960) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1961). He completed his doctorate studies in anthropology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and was awarded his PhD from that institution in 1968. While studying for his doctorate Whitecotton taught as a teaching assistant at UIUC, and as an instructor in anthropology at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Whitecotton gained a position at the University of Oklahoma in 1967, initially as assistant professor in anthropology. He would remain associated with OU for the remainder of his academic career, in both teaching and administrative positions including as chair of the Anthropology Department (1969–1972), associate professor (1971–1980) and full professor (1980 until his retirement). Whitecotton also served as curator and consultant in ethnohistory at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and OU's Stovall Museum. After his formal retirement in 1999 Whitecotton spent two academic years (2003 and 2005) as a visiting professor in anthropology at North Carolina's Wake Forest University.


💚https://www.amazon.com/Zapotecs-Princes-Peasants-Civilization-American/dp/0806119144

Meanwhile, here's Joe photo from our July phone book:


 


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