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Cultural Anthropology
Final Paper : Ethnographic book report

Read an ethnography of your choosing and write a 6-8 page book report. Here is a good list of ethnographies to choose from. It is organized by geographic area in tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet. You can also just google ethnography to get a more up to date list.

Your report should follow the format below:
Introduction: a clear statement of the central theme, focus, issue, or problem the ethnographer investigated.

Methods: describe the location, methods the ethnographer used to collect data (e.g., interview,

observation) and the techniques (e.g., statistical, case study) used to analyze the data.

Body of paper:

A. Provide a chapter-by-chapter survey of the contents of the ethnography and evaluate
how well it supports the stated goal(s) of the ethnography.

B. Discuss the most important issues of the ethnography and attempt to relate them
(whenever possible) to what you have learned from the assigned texts and readings.

Discussion and Conclusion:

A. What is the theoretical perspective of the ethnographer and how does it color his or her
analysis of the data?

B. Is the ethnographer convincing, that is, are the methods and data adequate for dealing
with the research problems?

C. Does the author attempt to generalize the findings through use of the comparative
method?

D. How did the ethnography help you understand more deeply something about your own
culture?

E. How did the ethnography reinforce or undermine any of your assumptions about human
behavior?

Notes
3. The outline above is meant to be a general outline. For some ethnographies, not all the
questions will apply.