Anthropology

DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ATTACHED, 750 WORDS Essay: Compile and review publications on the topic. The essay should be a minimum of 750 words not including the References cited section. Use AAA style in-text and references cited style. For more details, use the instructions for the Additional Article Essay. That are listed on the next pages of […]

Teacher uses \”Turn it in\” Msg from Teacher about assignment It is not intended at all to be hard. It is also supposed to be very thorough yet brief. Write the 7 paragraphs by following the directions. To find sources of information go to the internet and look up the report. There are many many

Here are the instructions: 1. Choose a neighborhood that you are familiar with or one you would like to visit. During daylight hours (and with the standard provisos on public health safety) take detailed notes about what and who you see. Think about the following questions: 1. What area is this? Do you see any

You will write a three-page typed report that will include how you learned about the demonstration/meeting, why you attended, and an ethnographic description of what transpired at the demonstration/meeting (including providing information on who organized it, the target and issue). In your reporting on the event, you will also use at least two social movement

Cultural appropriation is the product of a society that prefers its culture cloaked in whiteness. Cultural appropriation is the product of a society that only respects culture cloaked in whiteness.” What do you think about this statement? Do you agree or disagree? If you find yourself disagreeing, is this disagreement from discomfort (totally normal)? If

Research and Discussion Activity: Find an example –past or present— in which a particular cultural understanding of time and/or history is expressed. Do some research and write a short paragraph on Blackboard explaining the case and how it relates to class texts and discussions. You may use academic articles or documentaries to support your research,

Auto-ethnography (4-5 double-spaced pages) (a non-academic sample writing was posted in the Module 1 as food for thought) As ethnographers, we must be sensitive to the nature of our identity and appreciate that our life experiences shape our unique view of reality. This assignment provides an opportunity to reflect on the social and historical conditions

After reading Malinowski’s description of rank and social organization in the Tobriand Islands, King Nzinga Mbemba’s Letter to the King of Portugal, and Heywood’s analysis of how transAtlantic slave trade transformed the “slave” status within Africa, write a post addressing the two following points. a) Choose one of the many social statuses mentioned by Malinowski

In class on Thursday, we discussed in groups how and where we wanted to do participant observation to study communication in your community. You didn\’t miss much! On your own, do 15 minutes or so of participant observation or interview where you were focusing specifically on communication. If you are unable to do participant observation

Read the chapters on the Minangkabau (chapter 8) and the Yanomami (chapter 15) in your text. Write a discussion post (200 words minimum) contrasting the two groups in terms of the consequences of their differing social organization (matrilineal for the Minangkabau, patrilineal for the Yanomami). The consequences would be in terms of power, residence, subsistence