Research Paper:
Your research paper will comprise a total of 30% of your total grade for the class. You will write a minimum five-page (up to seven page) research paper on a particular aspect of anthropology of your choosing but vetted through the professor. Please have a topic approved by the professor before June 30!
Possible Topics - These are examples (you may use or come up with something on your own in the same vein):
1. Anthropological theory and human evolution
2. Peru's Quechua people
3. Women in Lakota Sioux culture
4. Environmental anthropology and contemporary policy
5. Medical anthropology
6. The influence of culture, health and illness on human society
7. HIV/AIDs: A global perspective
8. Biological anthropology and human social patterns
9. Biological anthropology and human warfare
10. Human biological variability and social interactions
11. The Western impact on North American indigenous peoples
12. Folklore and primitive society
13. Savage, primitive and tribal: Labels and the evolution of perspectives on indigenous people
14. Cities and the modern man
15. Automation and changing patterns of human behavior
16. Biology and culture: Influences on human society
17. Cultural anthropology and its links to political science
18. Critical race theory
19. Cultural assimilation
20. Franz Fanon and the impact of colonialism
21. Cultural imperialism and modern media
22. Ethnic cleansing: Genocide in the human experience
23. Interracial couples in Islamic society
24. Racial identity and stereotypes
25. Ancient civilizations: The Aztec and Maya
26. Lord of the Flies: An anthropological exploration of human behavior
27. Religious diversity in Turkey
28. Coming of age in contemporary Jewish families
29. Similarities and differences in Asian and American hip hop
30. Trekies: The subculture of the Star Trek franchise
31. Political correctness in the 21st Century
32. Barack Obama: Implications of the first African American President
33. A history of Warfare: John Keegan and cultural/biological aggression
34. Hunter gatherer societies
35. Pagan festivals and rituals
36. Underwater anthropology and the advancement of human knowledge
37. The evolution of the modern Western celebration of Halloween
38. A television analysis: Modern Family & Will & Grace; changing definitions of the family unit
39. Growing old in Western culture
40. Deviant behavior and cultural implications
41. Concepts of childhood in emergent economies
You will be required to provide citations and references cited section in a format of your choosing (e.g., MLA, Turabian, APA, or another style), but BE CONSISTENT. You must have a minimum of five sources, but MAY receive more points if you exceed this requirement.
Everything you list within the references cited section must be internally documented within the paper (internal documentation). Example of this is: (Wilson 1980:34).
Please note that unless it is from an online journal or article, online references are generally not acceptable, especially Wikipedia or biography websites for example (there are sources within these websites that are generally useful, but document the source material, NOT Wikipedia itself! The paper is due in July and, like any of the coursework, it may be turned in early.
Research Paper Formatting Requirements 12 point, New Times Roman font, Double-spaced Title page, with Title, Name, Class, Date saved in PDF format and emailed to me as an attachment.