Category: Anthropology

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Research and Reflection: What culture, or cultures, do you identify with…where did your ancestors come from, what culture or cultures has your family associated its heritage with? Research your ancestral cultural identity/ies. This could involve exploring traditions, customs, language, cuisine, music, dance, holidays, historical events, and values associated with your culture/s. Reflect on your personal…

Create a 1-to-3-page, double-spaced paper describing emic and etic perspectives of the holiday of Halloween in the United States. The paper must be formatted in APA Style, with an APA-Style title page, page numbers in the upper right, headings, parenthetical in-text citations, and a reference page. The headings must be centered on the line and…

Why do so many researchers still treat race as a scientific concept? For your assignment this week, you will ask respondents about their definitions or understandings of race. In this article, an anthropologist asked scientists, too, for their definitions of race: https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/race-science-angela-saini-new-book-superior-deconstructed.htmlLinks to an external site. For this research assignment and paper, you will first…

Throughout the quarter, you will incrementally work on a research proposal focused on a topic of your choosing (within the broad framework of the class). The research proposal will help you develop your final essay for this course. Even if you do not plan to pursue research in the field of “Anthropology of Latin America,”…

You must draw on at least 4 readings covered thus far. These can also include the readings for this coming week. Please use at least 4 quotations and cite accordingly. In your essay I am not looking for a summary of the texts. I would like you to engage with them analytically. Bring the texts…

FORMAT This mid-term exam consists of two parts. Be sure to answer each part of the exam. Please be mindful of the word-number limitations for each question; written material that exceeds those limits will not be considered as part of the grade. Also, there is no need to write up to the maximum word limit;…

Directions: Research and Preparation: Research a specific site in Thailand where sacred water is central to religious practice. This could be a temple, shrine, or natural water source with religious significance, such as the Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), the Chao Phraya River, or any other site. Posting: Presentation Design a brief…

After reading Lomawaima’s article and watching The Thick Dark Fog, how are boarding schools related to what Garroutte calls on page 81 “a pervasive legacy of insecurity and pain” that many American Indians experience? What additional thoughts, feelings, or questions are you left with after learning more about American Indian boarding schools? Your “assignment” is…

After reading Lomawaima’s article and watching The Thick Dark Fog, how are boarding schools related to what Garroutte calls on page 81 “a pervasive legacy of insecurity and pain” that many American Indians experience? What additional thoughts, feelings, or questions are you left with after learning more about American Indian boarding schools?