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Category: Anthropology

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023Anthropology, Social Sciences

Make the Familiar Strange

Students write a 1-page description of a common human practice as if they have never seen or heard of it before. Students are told to pretend they are an alien […]

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May 17, 2023May 17, 2023Anthropology, Social Sciences

Ethnography of a Medical Controversy

In this fieldwork assignment, students locate a recent topic related to health and use the frameworks of medical anthropology to “read like an anthropologist”. The paper requires students to cite […]

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May 16, 2023May 17, 2023Anthropology, Medicine, Public health, Social Sciences

Illness Narrative

Students conduct an ethnographic interview with someone they know who has experienced “illness” in their life. The illness narratives are used to support student learning about the methods of ethnography. […]

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April 3, 2023May 17, 2023Anthropology, Multi-Disciplinary, Social Sciences

Documentary Analysis

Students select a documentary, television episode, or audiovisual resource that was covered in class and write a response paper connecting the multimedia resource to three of concepts/topics discussed in class. […]

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March 9, 2023May 15, 2023Anthropology, Humanities, Social Sciences

Ethnographic Journal

Students are asked to keep an ethnographic journal throughout the semester to observe and analyze an aspect of society or culture. Each journal will be written in response to a […]

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