Not the company, but the job itself.

[beloitpiper]

I've read a few threads on here about people not being allowed to wear the kilt because the company says so, but I'm in a slightly different boat. My requirements as a senior include an anthropological study, which means I need to be as inconspicuous as possible. I'm not sure yet where exactly I'll do my field work, right now I'm planning on either a church or a truck stop.

Just kinda frustrating. I'm now at the point where I wear a kilt 5-6 days a week but this field work will stretch through 4 months meaning I either change into jeans before I go out, or just forget about kilts on the days I go out "into the field".

Maybe somebody I'll do a field study at a Highland Games!

[TheKiltedWonder]

You could use it in your field work. Conduct a breaching experiment using the kilt! If I'd worn kilts when I had Social Linguistics classes, then I would have definitely done the same...

[zeeew]

I agree, you can still use a kilt in your work, just someone else will have to wear it, so people wont know you wear one and "treat you different".
You could also wear it after a few weeks and compare the before/after the "I didnt know you wore a kilt" thing.

[Standard]

Zeew might be onto something. Could your project include a section of how strangers react to you while wearing "normal" clothing such as pants, and compare that to how they react to you when wearing a true man's garment ie the Kilt?

[Nighthawk]

I had a friend who did a study on deviant behavior, which ironic considering the person in question... He bought a roasting chicken, put a leash on it, and dragged it around a mall talking to it. He recorded the reactions of the people around him and called his report "Poultry In Motion." That's inconspicuous...

[beloitpiper]

See, if I wear the kilt and then record people's reactions then I'm not doing anthropology, that's psychology. Anthropology is the study of human cultures, so unless I go to a particularly kilted part of Scotland, then I'm compelled to remain pantsed...er, wearing pants.

[gu3]

Half of "participant observation" is participating. When in Rome...

[zeeew]

Well, isnt anthropology and phsycology related, sorta, eventually? If reactions weren't part of anthropology, we'd all be dead from walking through fire, or following lemmings, or eating puffer fish, or something.
How about "future anthropology"

[McFarkus]

I think you should do an anthropological study looking at regional differences in highland games, US regions, Canada, Scotland and Europe.

[Arlen]

Well, it is a shame, but I think it'll be worth it in the long run. Plus, your two choices sound fantastic.