This
project will involve primary field research and original writing. In class we
will have several workshops related to the project
including a brief project proposal, a field notes exercise, writing descriptive
essays, and writing analytical and reflective essays.
You can present your final ethnography in:
A written Ethnography-
The pieces will evolve into a final project report that will be
written in an appropriate scholarly language with
appropriate citations. The project will involve hands-on anthropology
rather than library research. It is intended to develop your skills as an
observer and interpreter of social life. The exercise
will integrate themes and ideas outlined in the course.
Anthropology
requires a first
person. I, we
Active
voice, not passive voice
pseudonyms
(false names, but respectful)
NO OPINIONS
Conclusions, not opinions
My topic project is the practices and values that shape a “traditional”
Chinese identity.
Imagine that you are interviewing a Chinese to make these observation