@ Take-Home Essay 3
QUESTION: How do anthropologists think about the concepts of kinship
and relatedness?
The essay is an opportunity for you to review the module and, most
importantly, articulate in your own words your understanding of the
concepts covered in the module. Your essay should provide relevant
examples from the readings/listenings/viewings and, if relevant, the
experiential assignments. It is also critical that the first time you refer to a
concept that we have covered in the module that you define it.
FORMAT
§ The essay is formal. Please check your grammar and spelling before you
submit it.
§ The essay should begin with a thesis statement that provides a general
answer the question referring to the key concepts we have discussed in the
module.
§ Then you need to provide a road map to the reader on how you plan to
answer the question. For example: ‘In this essay, I will begin by discussing
X and then I will discuss X and then I will provide a conclusion.’
§ You will then follow your road map and provide a detailed answer with
examples from readings and your lab and mini-ethnography learnings.
§ Your will be followed by a conclusion. Here you can rephrase the general
answer you provided at the start of the essay, and/or provide a critical
reflection on the question, and/or provide one or two critical questions you
want to ask to explore further.
§ Citations (i.e., reference to readings, etc.) are to be done in-text and follow
this style: ‘Here is an example of the Luvaas’s ethnography of the Fashion
Blogging (2016, p. 5). Luvaas states that ….’
§ No Bibliography is required.
§ Minimum 5 (five) pages to a maximum of 8 (eight) pages, US letter size,
double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, normal margins.
