Category: Anthropology

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For your final you are creating a mini research project and presenting on it. Your presentation will be recorded and submitted to me. In addition you will turn in a 2 page write up. 
Presentation Criteria:
Topic – People who eat out and servers in the restaurant industry
Length – 10 – 20 minutes 
Style – Oral presentation, PowerPoint, Audio, Prezi, Whatever you would like! 
Presentation Outline – Topics to Cover
Sections to Cover Points Questions to answer but not limited to these questions only. 
Introduction 5 What community/culture did you choose? Why did you choose this culture/community? Context to the culture/community
Research Question 5 What question were you looking to answer? What did you want to know about the culture/community you chose? 
Class Topic Focus & Theory  20
What lens are you viewing/learning things from, about why people behave the way they do? 
Topic Examples: Gender & Sexuality, Religion, Family & Marriage, Performance, Visual Anthropology, Language & Culture, Subsistence, Economics, Political, Race & Ethnicity, Globalization, Health & Medicine 
Examples of Theories: Google search anthropological theoriesLinks to an external site., another website hereLinks to an external site..
Feminism (Gender & Sexuality)
Decolonization (Indigenous Perspectives)
Structuralism
Functionalism
Post-colonialism 
*can pick more than two for Class Topic and Theory if you want. 
Literature Review 10
What other research in anthropology has been done that is related to your topic? must cite 5 and it must be a creditable source. Must be a scientific article. 
Google ScholarLinks to an external site.
AnthrosourceLinks to an external site.
Reflexivity 10 What is you positionality? Did you have an Etic/Emic perspective?, Did you have any ethical considerations? What are your biases (we all have them)? What were your challenges? 
Research Methods 20 Did you do an interview, survey, or focus group? How did you get people to sign up? How did you ask your questions? Did you record anything? Did you take notes? 
Analysis  5 How did you analysis your data? How did you organize your notes? did you transcribe anything? 
Results 50 What patterns/behaviors did you find? Did you answer your research question? Explain, Explain, Explain!! 
Conclusion  5 What did you learn? What further questions would you want to research in the future? 

My topic is Jackson Heights Queens VS North Williamsburg Brooklyn.
EXAMPLE: Jackson Heights being the citys most diverse neighborhood and North Williamsburg being the most gentrified neighborhood. They are a bridge apart but a world away. In Queens you can find migrants waiting in line outside of a food pantry and in Brooklyn, brunchgoers wait in line for a white chef to cook up Asian cuisine. 
Begin to gather historical and statistical data on the neighborhood. Some considerations might include: when did a particular group begin arriving in NYC? According to the last census, what is the population of this group in NYC? What religion do the majority of people practice? What occupation(s), if any, are more prominent than others? Finally, begin to formulate the problem or question under consideration.
In doing the fieldwork you should identify and interview no less than two people from whom you can get information about the community or the ethnic group. Take into consideration how these people have been influenced by the theories of emigration, immigration, assimilation, urbanism, etc. that we have discussed in class. Digital recording would be the most practical means of recording this series of interviews. Failing that, detailed field  notes can be submitted with your final research paper. (Ongoing research)

Two Page Write-up (20 Points)
Write 1-2 pages on anything you missed in your final presentation. 
12-point font 

Create a thread with your name as the title. Find a recent (in the past 5 years) news or journal article that correlates with one (or more) of the videos. Explain the article and how it relates to what you are currently reading in your textbook. Include a link to the article that you picked.

part 1: 110 words Inventions as a mean Give an example of the primary invention and an example of the secondary invention and discuss one impact each had on changing culture. For example, a secondary invention may be the cell phone; the impact could be the use of the device to be constantly connected and instant access to information leads to an expectation for everyone to respond to our needs instantly leading to less patience.
part2: 110 word structural violence Professor James Gilligan on poverty as a form of structural violence.
video link: https://youtu.be/_bRiMyv22GI?si=XTJ0a6vGquet7bO2
Identify three types of structural violence in the world (excluding AIDS and famine) that would support Professor Gilligan’s argument that structural violence can lead to behavior violence. (Hint: think of some of the topics that we have discussed this semester for inspiration)
Does the author make a “good case”? Are there flaws in the example? Could the example be expanded with more details to clearly demonstrate the concept of structural violence being endemic in society?

Review your Assignment Two (Anthropology and You) from the Unit One. With much more knowledge of anthropology, construct a 250-word essay describing how anthropology will have an impact on your future academic and personal life. Give at least one example from each field to support your argument(Physical, biological, linguistic and cultural) . Also, think of how you can include anthropological terms such as culture-bound theory, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, ethnography, material culture, etc. to demonstrate synthesis of the content.
Be sure to personalize your reflections. The purpose of this exercise is to allow the student to identify more fully with the discipline of anthropology while also being reflective on course content.

Write a 300-500 word response to the video and discuss a new concept/or understanding of a concept, historical movement, historical figure, etc.
You can discuss what you thought of the documentary and also how the in-class readings correlate, or even what you thought regarding the high school DNA sequencing experiment.
Please watch the video and use the reading source if necessary, The link to the video is below. https://capture.udel.edu/media/RaceA+The+Power+of+an+Illusion%2C+Ep.+1A+The+Difference+Between+us/1_de7u5ihx/180544301

Read and critically analyze content with guided questions “The Political Importance of Diasporas” Steven Vertovec; Migration Policy Institute June 1, 2005. A scholarly essay (approximately 500-750 words) is to be constructed addressing the following questions. To which field of anthropology would this article be assigned? Why? (one to two sentences)
Which other anthropology field could it be assigned? Why? (one to two sentences)
How does it apply to class the lecture with specific and detailed examples? (six to ten sentences)
How can the information discussed apply to your Personal or Professional and/or Academic/Social experiences in the world? (four to six sentences)
Discuss a particular point that you found interesting. Why? (two to four sentences)
While writing the essay be sure to include the answers to the following questions but also try to “think outside the box”. Do not limit answers to the obvious, superficial response. Stretch your intellect to explore other areas of lecture and test to see if they apply to these particular articles. The expectation for the essay is coherent, logical, relevant arguments and insights to fully demonstrate the student’s mastery of the anthropological concepts discussed in this unit.

Option B/ Documentary Analysis: “Europe’s Border Crisis: The Long Road” (BBC 2016)
*Your analysis should be 1,000 to 1,500 words long ( approximately 4 to 6 double-spaced pages).
*Before submission, please read your own paper at least twice to proofread it, avoid slang or informal expressions, use formal language and be organized.
Part 1: Introduction, general information, what will be in the following paragraphs, etc.
Part 2: A summary of the documentary: the main points made in the documentary and details describing a piece or part that called your attention. It could be data, ideas, anecdotes or any information mentioned that you would like to develop.
Part 3: Elaborate on how the documentary relates to the theme of “mobility/migration” that was the focus your lectures for module 6.
In this part, you have to add one formal external source to complement your analysis. A formal source is a peer-reviewed paper (https://scholar.google.com/)Links to an external site. or a book from the library. You should discuss this information and make sense of it with the rest of your paper.
Part 4: This is where you intervene with your reflection. Provide a critical take on the issue of migration: you may use examples to critically asses the documentary director’s perspective, you may discuss how the documentary affected your own personal view or preconceived ideas about migration. You may assess the various response to human migration that are featured in the documentary. This is the most important part!
Part 5: Provide a closing statement or conclusion to your documentary analysis.