Social Studies – Career Pathways

Archivist

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Archivists are responsible for assembling, cataloguing, preserving and managing valuable collections of historical information. Archivists work with a wide variety of public and private sector organisations, and, once qualified, may move between a variety of organisations, roles and specialisations. Archivists are information experts specifically educated to keep source data and assist individuals in obtaining it. Paper documents, photos, videos, and computer data are all handled by archivists.

Art Historian

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Art Historians are skilled professionals who have, over the years, researched and gathered knowledge about the various forms of artistic expression that has existed since the beginning of time. Art historians are essentially art curators, teachers, critics or advisors who help decide what pieces should be added to a museum’s collection, what is the significance of historical art and how they fit into the culture. They also analyze visual arts’ meaning (painting, sculpture, architecture) at the time they were created.

Cartographer

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Cartographers collect, measure, and interpret geographic information in order to create and update maps and charts for regional planning, education, and other purposes

International Relations Specialist

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International Relations is a social science field that deals with the relationships between different countries. Specialists in the field are responsible for managing diplomatic, political, and economic affairs between one country and others. IR Specialists engage with government officials, agencies, media houses, civil organizations on foreign issues. They analyse, review and explain the policies of international importance.

Rural Development Specialist/Manager

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A Rural Development Officer is a State Government official who is concerned with the development of rural areas. He or she is primarily responsible for supervising the developmental plans and their implementation to the areas assigned to him or her. Rural Development Professionals study, plan, organize, direct and control ways to improve the quality of life and economic welfare of the people living in rural areas. They make changes and improvements in the agriculture, healthcare, education, social situations, economy, employment, management of natural resources, banking and finance, technology, and industries majorly relating to the rural areas by handling farming schemes, old age pension, schemes for specially-abled, NREGA, health and medical facilities, etc.

Career Counsellor

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A Career Counsellor provides students, job seekers, and professionals with the support and guidance needed to reach their career goals. They help their clients understand themselves and the world of work to make solid work, education, and life decisions.

Social Worker

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Social Workers help people prevent and cope with problems in their everyday lives. They work and interact with people from various socioeconomic backgrounds. They design beneficial plans and programs for them. There are four fields of social work, namely :

a) Medical and Public Health workers
b) Child, Family and School social workers
c) Mental Health and Substance Abuse social workers
d) Other types of social workers involved in administration, planning and policymaking.
A career in Social Work means a lifetime of helping people to bring about change in society.

Demographer

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Demography is the science of populations. Demographers seek to understand population dynamics by investigating three main demographic processes: birth, migration, and aging (including death). Most of the discipline’s research focuses on humans, but there is for example the specialized field of biodemography, too.

Epigraphist

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Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs carved into hard materials such as stone or cast in metal. It provides data about the past. In India, inscriptions on temple walls are common.

Curator

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Curators keep and maintain collections for institutions including museums, universities, or government facilities and tend to the various items and many types of objects found within their collections, which could be items including historical artifacts, sports memorabilia, or works of art. As preservationists, Curators care for important items, documents, and entire collections that include historical transcripts, artwork, photography, and other important historical or artistic things.