Following the Watermen: An Anthropologist on Deal Island

Do the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay share similar values? A common culture? A collective worldview? Is their outlook rooted in their work, their sense of community, their sense of place? Anthropologist Michael Paolisso took those questions to Deal Island, an isolated enclave along Maryland's Eastern Shore. Here he talks about his work, and watermen Robert Daniels, Dickie Webster and Art Daniels talk about their lives.

Produced and directed by Michael W. Fincham, Maryland Sea Grant.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Chesapeake Bay
• oystering
• watermen
• anthropology
• beliefs
• skipjack
• dredging oysters
• cultural heritage

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deal island is a beautiful place, I sometimes just ride down there just to smell the smells and see the sites, brings back memories from when my pop would take me to see uncle bill and skiggs. but the mosquittos will carry ya away