ANTH 103- Cultural Anthropology
Imagine you are part of a group of student anthropologists tasked with creating an ethnographic research project that will observe and report the cultural practices, beliefs, values, and behaviors of American college students. For this project (and this paper) answer the following questions:
-What resources would be required to observe college students? Where would you observe? What specific types of fieldwork would you use in this ethnographic research project? Use pages 63-71 in your textbook to hone in on these ethnographic methods. Give examples of how you would conduct the fieldwork.
-Would your social position as college student affect this project? How?
-How could you make sure you using objective observation techniques?
-Do you think there would be variation across geographical spaces, for instance, would a college student in New Jersey have different practices/behaviors than one in Nebraska? What do you think might be similar, what might be different?
Please note, you are not actually going to complete this research, but you are using the knowledge from your notes and readings to infer how you might conduct an anthropological research project such as this.
Submissions should be a minimum of four (4) pages. They do not need to be in MLA or APA format. These are response papers, but you are welcome to use external resources to supplement your argument. They need to be typed, double spaced, with no larger than a 12pt font. They are submitted as attachments, Only use .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf for your attachment. Blank attachments will be deleted.
Feel free to use pictures or links to supplement but if you do please list these after the written portion of the essay. Photos, links to videos, and web links do not count towards the four page written essay.Late papers lose 5 points per day. Have fun and email with any questions.
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