Reflection
Discipline:
– Anthropology
Type of service:
Case Study
Spacing:
Double spacing
Paper format:
APA
Number of pages:
3 pages
Number of sources:
2 sources
Paper details:
Please read it very carefully.
You will undertake a task that invites you to probe the issues and perspectives raised by the readings and discussions for the course. A central goal for each reflection pieces is to dialogue with these issues and perspectives to produce a synthesis of your own creation. Tackle course readings by ferreting out the key concepts, arguments and evidence that convince you or fail to convince you. You may, if you wish, refer to other sources as well, but these cannot substitute for fully covering the course material.
Task:Scholars in anthropology for a long time viewed animistic and totemic views of the world as belonging to ‘primitive’ societies, while ‘modern’ societies were believed to have evolved beyond animistic and totemic thought. Perhaps you would argue differently. Imagine that you are writing for a general audience, many of whom take this traditional view for granted. Refer to the arguments and information found in parts 2(Nature and the Meaning of Life) and 3(Totemism, Animism and Relating in the World) of the course to challenge their assumptions and make the case for your own perspective.
Evaluation of your reflection pieces will be based on the following rubric: Effective introduction: You have a crisp opening statement of your central thesis or argument, and a clear road map for the reader outlining in your first paragraph how your essay will approach the thesis/argument (5/25 points)Quality of ideas and argument: Your essay produces strong insights focused on the task. Your own argument is in effective dialogue with the concepts and arguments of authors whom we are reading for the course (5/25 points) . Use of evidence: You make appropriate and convincing use of evidence and examples from course materials to support your argument. Quotations, used sparingly, illuminate key ideas (5/25 points)
Organization: Your essay flows as an integrated and logical presentation. Your paragraphs have topic sentences related to your thesis. Your reader knows where s/he is in the road map (5/25 points) Format, grammar, spelling, citation: The text of your essay is polished, free of grammatical mistakes, misspellings. You have followed the required academic style for citation, quotation and list of references. Your essay has a clear and informative title that tells the reader what the essay is about (5/25 points).
Your finished essay must be in Word or Word-compatible .doc or docx format, double spaced, 12-point font, with margins of at least 1-inch. Please use the ‘author-date’ system for in-text citation (Latour 2014, 16; Harraway 1989, 43-46); with a ‘References’ section at the end of your reflection essay (this list of references is in addition to, and not included in, your maximum 1000 word count). Follow the Chicago Manual of Style; see:http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.htmlfor author-date format; and http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/frontmatter/toc.htmlfor style and format issues more generally.
