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Instructor:
P. Nogueira
Introduction
to Cultural Anthropology 120 Ethnography Project
An
ethnography is a description of a particular culture, a
“portrait of a people.” Refer to Chapter 2, Harris and
Johnson. As you are conducting your field research, remember
the concepts of the emic perspective as well as the ethnic
perspective. Also keep in mind, the Universal Pattern
(Infrastructure, Structure and Superstructure) as described by
Harris and Johnson in terms of the broader forces that may be
influencing or determining the production, reproduction, health,
social organization, marriage, residence patterns, and belief
systems (thoughts and behaviors) of your informants. Informants
should remain anonymous.
Introduction: locate your reader – state the issue and the
subculture you are studying and your research methods (This
research was conducted through interviews/participant
observation - with whom, where and over what period of time.
Body:
historical background; statistical data (national and local);
discuss the interview(s), your informant’s responses to your
questions; your observations, etc.
Conclusion:
keep in mind Cultural Relativism
Your
ethnography needs to be 5-6 in length pages with at least 6
separate sources, your informant(s) must be cited but will not
count as one of the 6). You should have a cover page with the
title of your paper centered in the middle of the page or toward
the top. Your name, the course title, instructor’s name and
date should be on the lower left hand side of the page. The
cover page is not numbered, nor is the bibliography, the last
page. All other pages must be numbered.
Internet
sources must be scholarly journals, magazines or newspapers/ you
must also cite books pertaining to your subject.
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El
Cajon, California 92019 