What career would consists of global travel and experience of various world culture?

Question

like National Geographic type of vibe. am i wrong to say it could be archaeology? or is it more along the lines of photojournalism? any suggestions on careers that involve this type of stuff?

Answer 1

The CIA.

Join the CIA and become a globetrotting operative.

Answer 2

Anthropologist  or Sociologist definately. You could join the Peace Corp as well.

Answer 3

A flight attendant.

Answer 4

Definately the US Army.

There is a Special Forces field called "civil affairs" where you go to foriegn countries, work with locals on 'nation-building' projects. There's also requirements to help preserve and safeguard antiquities.

Answer 5

I know of the Volunteers minister program where people travel all over the world on a humanitarian level to help there fellow man and have lots of fun and friends with this and are appreciated by those they helped.

Answer 6

I was gonna say international relations, but I think you generally only end up working with a handful of similar nations.  Peace Corps or volunteer groups is probably a better answer.

Answer 7

If you're an Anthropologist, you have to study one part of the world, or one culture intensively.  Travelling around the world to different cultures will not be in the cards.

Peace Corps is one way, or another way would be to get involved in television production for documentaries.  Maybe even a camera man.  And then you'd have to seek out work specifically for the type of places you'd like to go.

The other option would be the State Department with the diplomatic corps.  You'd get relocated every couple years, but there would be no guarantee that it would be a place you'd actually like to go.

I'd also recommend an MBA in International Development.  Here's a school that does it:

www.t-bird.edu

Good luck!

Answer 8

it's called Angelina Jolie

Answer 9

Photojournalism would be a good way to go.  The problem with archaeology (my area) is that you would focus on one to a few areas of the globe, and most travel would be to those areas.  There is such a huge collection of information on even small regions (ie the American Southwest) that it would be nearly impossible to know more than a few areas well enough to be able to study them.  Also, archaeological digs are not single-season excursions.  Digs can go on for years and years even at a single site, let alone multiple sites in a single region.

If you really want to go into archaeology and use that as a way to travel around the world and experience various cultures, go into professional archaeology.  You will learn how to lead a dig (excavation techniques are the same no matter where you are), and will not have to be very familiar with the area.  You will have to work with a lot of experts in that region, but you would have to do that anyway.

After earning your degree (a masters or doctorate, depending), you would apply for jobs at archaeological agencies.  If, for example, you wanted to start off in the United States, you could apply to be an archaeologist at in the National Park Service at the Midwest Archaeological Center or Southeast Archaeological Center.  Other countries have similar programs.

In order to travel to other countries to do archaeology, while one could use a translator, it really helps to study a couple of other languages (I also speak and study Spanish and am studying French).  It will be much easier to get onto a crew in Latin America with the ability to speak one of the major languages of the country, for example.