There are a total of 100 possible points on this examination. Your grade will be determined as a percentage of the total. Each of the questions below can be answered adequately in 1-3 paragraphs. You may type your answer after each question in this electronic document or provide your answers separately. Following each question, a … Read more
Anthropological analysis of news/social media: This prompt asks you to use your anthropological skills and course concepts to analyze media coverage of an issue or event of your choice in much the same fashion as Jones and Schieffelin did: using that media coverage as source material to analyze what it reveals about the culture in … Read more
In 400-500 words, you will draw conclusions about your analysis. This part of the project answers two major questions: what did you learn about your experience and what did you learn about the concept? To answer the question about what you learned about your experience, you could write about how conducting this analysis changed/improved/challenged your … Read more
In 300-500 words, you will take the text you’ve created and apply it to a concept we have covered in class so far this semester. The application part of the project will have two parts: 1. explain and 2. apply. In part 1 (explain) you will explain the concept you have chosen in detail. In … Read more
In 500-700 words, write a detailed narrative (story) of a time in your own experience(s) when your gender has been salient – meaning at the front of your mind in your interactions. This could be when you learned what it meant to be masculine/feminine. Drawing from social learning theory, it could be a time when … Read more
This Project is to create of a Children (2-7 years old) BOOK of at least 10 pages(title and reference not included). It should tell a story (fiction or nonfiction) and be both engaging to the student as a listener and exciting through its visual presentation ( must have illustrations). Creativity is a vital part of … Read more
I need to answer 2 simple prompts (more questions within the prompts) for my anthropology class. The answer only needs to be around 100 words each. Please try to stick to the word count. No need to write out the prompt, just write the prompt number and letter above the answer. Write everything out in … Read more
Reading MemoMemos are short texts, including one positive and one critical point about either a mandatory or recommended reading. You are also encouraged to comment on how your response connects to previous readings and to the ongoing dialogue of the course.The memo should include:i. Short description summarising the main points of the textii. One positive … Read more
Written Activity #7: Guerrilla Anthropology & the “Backfire Effect” Several weeks ago, Dr. S talked of the “Backfire Effect,” that is, the fact that just “telling the truth” or “showing facts” won’t work with populations and communities who have generated alternate epistemologies. In a world of fake news, alternative facts, and anti-science political and religious … Read more
The objective of this assignment is for you to develop a set of ten (10) questions you would ask the client at the first face-to-face meeting. This assignment will require you to work in 3-5 person teams. Teams will be assigned by me. The assignment is designed to simulate an actual face-to-face interview between the … Read more