Cultural Anthropology
A short 2-3 page article review about this article I attached. The following questions need to be answered in the paper. Please confirm the article you receive so I can make sure it’s the right one. After you read your article, type up answers to the following questions in a short paper, using your own words (no relying on direct quotes!). Why did the author(s) do this study? In other words, what does it contribute to the scientific literature? What unanswered questions do they hope it will help answer? Briefly describe their methods, specifically: What did they measure and how did they do it? (If you read Hill’s paper, it is a linguistic/cultural anthropological article, so “methods” may not be as clearly stated as they would be in the other two.) (a) If there is a key figure or graph, what does it show? Why do you think it is important/how does it connect to the results? Don’t just give the title, but “interpret” it. (b) OR: Connect the findings of the research to appropriate topics covered in lectures and/or the textbook. How do the findings fit in with other, similar research? Does they support the other studies or refute them? (Usually you will find a discussion of this at the end of the paper.) What does the authors feel are the implications of their results? (How do they apply to the real world, or to our broader understanding of the topic?)
