Anthropology 1020E/001 – Many Ways of Being Human

Marking Breakdown
Assignment 1 10% Due Oct. 17, 2012
Assignment 2 10% Due Nov. 28, 2012
December Midterm 30% Scheduled by Registrar’s Office
Assignment 3 10% Due Feb. 6, 2013
Assignment 4 10% Due Mar. 27, 2013
Final Exam 30% Scheduled by Registrar’s Office
Assignments and Exams
Additional information for each assignment will be provided in class or on OWL.
Assignment 1: Write a language autobiography in 1000 words, reflecting on your experiences
learning and using language(s) in relation to the concepts and issues we have studied in
the course. The assignment is designed to get you to think about the variety of linguistic
experiences and competencies individuals have and how language is connected to
many other aspects of life. In particular, you should consider how culture, social
structure, institutions and power relationships all affect language choices and practices.
Assignment 2: Based on observations of your own family and of those around you, write a
short (1000 word) essay based on Exercise 5.3 (p. 182) in Robbins and Larkin. To be
discussed further in class.
Midterm: The midterm exam will only cover material in the first term. It will include material
covered in class and in the readings from both instructors.
Assignment 3: Anthropologists often engage in “applied research” (e.g., ethnoprimatology
and primate conservation, medical anthropology, forensic anthropology – see Lehman,
Chapter 9). More and more these days, anthropologists are also using the
“blogosphere” as a way to highlight their research, engage in public outreach, and raise
the public’s awareness of anthropological research. Find a blog that focuses on material
relevant to biological anthropology and provide a short (1000 word) critical review of the
type of content presented in the blog, how the blog covers that material, and whether the
blog could be usefully employed in this course as a source of supplemental material – if
not, why not? What would you change?
Assignment 4: Using archaeological evidence from the site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey, write a
short (1000 word) account of a day in the life of someone of your own age and gender
who lived there during the Neolithic period.
Final Exam: The final exam will only cover material from the second term. It will include
material covered in class and in the readings from both instructors.
Course Policies (please read carefully)
Submitting Assignments
All assignments must be submitted BOTH electronically, through OWL, and as a hard copy in
class. Your assignment will not be considered complete until BOTH the electronic copy and the
paper copy have been received. If you are unable to submit your assignment in class, you may
leave it in the drop box outside the Anthropology Main Office (SSC 3326). The drop box is
emptied each morning and stamped with the previous day’s date. Do NOT submit assignments
as e-mail attachments or by sliding them under the professor’s door. These will be discarded