Test Case

This assignment is based on the final chapter in your Omohundro textbook.

Select a cultural idea, cultural practice, cultural event, or cultural object. Then address each of the 10 anthropological questions in terms of this idea, practice, event, or object. These ideas include:

1. Naturalistic question: How is this object/practice/event ordinarily used or presented?

2. Holistic question: How is this object/practice/event connected to other aspects of these people's lives?

3. Comparative question: How is this object/practice/event similar to it in other societies?

4. Temporal question: What is the predecessor of this object/practice/event?

5. Bio-cultural question: What is the interaction of this object/practice/event with the human body, and with the physio-natural environment?

6. Social-structural question: Which social groups make and use this object/practice/event? What is the impact on other social groups?

7. Interpretive question: What does this object/practice/event mean to the group?

8. Reflexive question: What do I think of this object/practice/event?

9. Relativistic question: Am I judging this object/practice/event?

10. Dialogic question: What do the people who use or participate in this object/practice/event say about my analysis?

You should draw on your understanding of concepts as presented in your cultural anthropology textbook as well as other course materials. In addition, you should research your subject through UMUC library database sources.

See guidelines below for option B.

Guidelines for Electronic Library Database Research Project

(Options A and B)

Your paper should be at least seven pages long (1,500 words)

Your paper should be double spaced, with one-inch margins.

Keep your standard English straightforward, and check your spelling and grammar carefully. Poor spelling and grammar will affect your grade.

Use in-text citations in AAA style.

List all documents cited in a Reference List at the end of your paper. Follow bibliographic formatting as shown in the AAA style guide.

On your paper, type your name, the date, and the assignment topic.

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