Anthropology Honours

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Anthropology Honours
Wednesday, March 14, 1pm Committee Rm. 3 in
U-Office
(Go through visitors entrance from Regent
Walk, tell receptionist where youre going, and
she will buzz you through. Go up stairs to first
floor. Room is in that corner above reception.)
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Tutorials next week

• Bring a draft of your essay
• Some kind of introduction
• Outline of the argument
• Minimal - bulleted
• Better - written paragraphs
• Some kind of conclusion (at least 2 sentences
• In tutorial - groups of 3s will read each other's
  work

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Plagiarism

• "Plagiarism is the substantial use, without
  acknowledgement and with intent to deceive the
  examiners or knowing that the examiners might be
  deceived, of the intellectual work of other
  people by representing, whether by copying or
  paraphrase, the ideas or discoveries of another
  or of others as ones own in work submitted for
  assessment. The mere inclusion of the source in a
  bibliography shall not be considered sufficient
  acknowledgement."
• Dont inadvertently plagiarize

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• Introduction
• Provide thesis statement
• Summarize your argument
• Provide necessary background
• Main Body
• Show a series of supportable points which
  directly address the thesis.
• Discuss each point in turn, developing a linear
  argument, linking one to the other.
• Conclusion
• Minimal summary of main points
• State general conclusions, why important

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Definitions

• Define your key terms (do you know what your key
  terms are?)
• Avoid resorting to the dictionary (weak)
• Avoid etymologies (irrelevant)
• Dont draw definition too narrow it should keep
  you in line, but also provide a springboard for
  thinking, writing, reading.
• Dont define words just for the sake of it

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Arguments

• Presentation of research results from observation
  or reading
• Review of theories of myth, or culture, or
  gender, evaluating each and synthesizing them
  into your view
• More than mere description

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Description (of ideas, facts, arguments)

• Must be clear what another's idea is before you
  can discuss/critique it
• Balance with analysis/argumentation
• Summaries of another's ideas must be referenced
  as much as quotations

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Paraphrase

• The lack of overlap among populations defined by
  race, language, and culture has been long
  established (Boas 19113-14, Sapir 1922).

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Analysis

• There were, to simplify somewhat, four general
  orders of political being in precolonial
  Tabanan parekan ,kawula, perbekel, and punggawa.
  A parekan was a man (or, more exactly, a family)
  completely dependent upon a lord a totally
  resourceless servant. The kawulas were far and
  away the most numerous among the Balinese. A
  kawula was a man, not a member of the ruling
  elite a subject. A perbekel was, as mentioned,
  a man who had a larger or smaller number of
  kawulas directly attached to him he was
  responsible for their duties as subjects a
  political foreman. And finally, a punggawa was,
  as also mentioned, a lord of the realm, insofar
  as there was a realm, to whom were attached a
  larger or smaller number of perbekels and,
  through them, anywhere from a few hundred to
  several thousand kawulas. . . .

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Analysis

• community, culture, power, gender

Power vs. influence Legitimate power
Authority Oppression Social power, economic power
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Synthesis

• synthesize the multiple concepts, points of
  views, theoretical orientations into a coherent
  take on the subject.
• What is your stance?

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Compare and Contrast

• Dont just describe x and then y, bounce them off
  each other.
• Good for discussing competing theories
• Requires judgment, an element of evaluation.

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The visual impression

• Spellcheck
• Staple upper left corner, most teachers hate
  binders, plastic covers
• Title pages are an option, use large font
• Start text at top of next page and number this
  page from 1
• 12-point font (Times, Arial, nothing funky)
• DOUBLE SPACE
• Indent first line of paragraph one tab (4-5
  spaces)
• Don't skip lines between paragraphs

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Revising your writing
Machiavelli best supports republics in The
Discourses. His favorite republic is ancient
Rome. He explains and supports his admiration in
this work. The two major aspects that
Machiavelli discusses are that the Romans were a
great empire and that they had a powerful army.
Machiavelli praises republics in The Discourses.
Above all he praises the Roman republic, because
it had a powerful army and conquered and held a
vast empire.
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Introducing E1 (English Prime)
E1
E1 English minus all forms of the verb to be.
In E1 these words do not exist am,
are (Contractions such as Im, is, was, were
theyre, theres and its be, been, being also
violate the rules of E1.)
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E1 (English Prime)
E1
For example, here is a passage of standard
English It was before I knew how to question or
even what to ask. Divorce had torn my two year
old body in half. Luckily I was too young to
remember much, but I do remember a few
things. It would be translated into E1 as
this It was before Before I knew how to
question or even what to ask,. D divorce had torn
my two year old body in half. Luckily I was tToo
young then to remember much, but I do remember a
few things now.
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E1 (English Prime)
E1
? Reduces Error English At the party, there
was couples who were slam-dancing and single men
and women who were standing along the wall
obviously wishing they would be asked to dance. E
Prime At the party, couples slam-danced on the
floor, while single men and women stood along the
walls, obviously wishing some hot number would
ask them to dance. ? Shows Accountability (by
telling who said or did what) English An error
having been made in the calculation of plant
production, operations were halted and worker
were laid off. E Prime The plant manager made an
error in calculating production, bringing
operations to a halt and costing workers their
jobs. ? Prevents Wordy, Vague
Constructions English This is a person who is
giving me a sense of being annoyed. E Prime This
person annoys me.
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Paper topics

• Pp 14-15 of course guide
• Cannot do both 8 and 9
• Must use TurnItIn - section number in tutorials.
• More advice in Student Handbook for levels 1-2

Paper due Monday March 19, 5pm
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