INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOCULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOCULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

 

Value: 30% of final grade

Length: 1000就够了 – 1500 words (excluding title page, indices, bibliography, notes, etc.)

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Format: White, letter size paper; 10 to 12 point font; 1 inch margins; no covers; stapled in top left corner; title page. Include a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage affixed if you want your marked essays returned to you.

Storage:Students are required to keep both paper and digital copies of their essays for 24 months after the end of the course.

 

Choose one of the following:

 

  1. Drawing on Richard Lee’s book The DobeJu/’hoansi, 4th edition and the films listed in the Ju/’hoansi film list, discuss how the Ju/’hoansi way of life has changed since they were first studied in the 1950s. Your discussion should consider the main causes of change as well as how the Ju/’hoansi have coped with change. Your conclusions should also consider Ju/’hoansiprospects for the future.

 

  1. “The world behind everyday appearances,” is a central idea developed in your textbook Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach, 2nd Canadian Edition, (by Robbins, Cummings, McGarry and Larkin). Using the book’s analysis of the hidden costs of a Hostess Twinkie as an example or model (pp. 206-207), choose a simple commodity and explore the hidden world which makes it possible.

 

  1. Metaphor is of great interest to linguistic (and cultural) anthropologists. Choose five examples (or more) of North American Anglophone use of metaphor drawn from one of the semantic domains listed below. Discuss the meanings of your chosen group of metaphors. [Choose your group of metaphors from one of the following]:

 

 

  1. Sports
  2. Food
  3. War
  4. Sexual intercourse
  5. Money
  6. Religion

 

  1. Describe and discuss the linguistic dimensions of a subculture of your choice. Your focus could be local, regional, or international. You may summarize existing research (if there is enough to work with) AND/ORyou may choose to collect your own data from informal observations, conversation, media, etc. and analyse it yourself. You are encouraged to make conceptual connections to relevant topics covered in lectures and readings.

 

  1. Using the kinship diagram and symbol system introduced in class and in the readings, construct a five-generation genealogy of somebody unrelated to you as kin. It could be a classmate, friend, or neighbour. In addition to the genealogical connections identify also the kinship terminology in use and the meanings attributed to specific kinds of kin relationships. Discuss the position of your subject within that genealogy. Discuss what kind of information genealogyresearch yields and why it is of significance to anthropology.

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RUBRIC FOR GRADING ESSAYS – Click on hyperlinks for more.

 

  1. THE ARGUMENT
 Marks
  1. Clearly identified thesis or purpose of essay
  2. Plausibility or logic of the argument
  3. Addressing of key problems or issues raised by the assignment / staying on topic
 /25
  1. ESSAY FORM
  
  1. Organization of the essay / sections / headings
  2. Grammar / spelling / clarity of expression
  3. Vocabulary / writing style
 /25
  1. USE OF SOURCES
  
  1. At least five scholarly books, book chapters, journal articles, and/or films
  2. Identification of widely cited current and past sources
  3. Accuracy, effectiveness, and appropriateness of sources chosen in support of the argument
  4. How not to plagiarize
 /25
  1. FORMAT AND PRESENTATION
  
  1. Page and paragraph formatting / title page
  2. Bibliography / citations / Chicago citation format
  3. Endnotes / tables and figures (if relevant)
 /25
TOTAL /100

Students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Arts and Science Statement on What Grades Mean at the University of Toronto.

SELECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY JOURNALS

Most of these journals are available online via the University of Toronto Library.

  • Annual Review of Anthropology [A good place to start any research]
  • Anthropologica [The major Canadian cultural anthropology journal]
  • Current Anthropology
  • American Ethnologist
  • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Society
  • American Anthropologist
  • Ethnography
  • Anthropological Forum
  • Anthropology of Work Review
  • Australian Journal of Anthropology
  • NAPA Bulletin
  • Culture and Organization
  • Journal of Anthropological Research
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Visual Anthropology
  • Mankind Quarterly
  • Oceania
  • Consumption, Markets, and Culture
  • Food &Foodways
  • Anthropology Today
  • Human Ecology
  • Asian Perspectives
  • Cross-Cultural Research
  • Arctic Anthropology
  • Public Culture
  • Ethnology
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Dialectical Anthropology
  • City and Society

JOURNAL INDICES

An index is designed to search large selections of journals. Anthrosource, JStor, ProQuest and Scholar’s Portal are some of the best.Make sure to explore the Library Resources section of Blackboard for resources customized for this course.

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