The indigenous group Tsimshian
Usually, an anthropological monograph is a manuscript, an article, or an essay of roughly 50,000 to 150,000 words dedicated to a particular subject matter and its data were gathered from fieldwork. Anthropological monograph is a part of ethnography. Ethnography is a written document about the entire lifeways of a specific culture group.
For this assignment, the class will work on an outlined ethnography that includes only those essential aspects of the culture. There is no specific number of pages. Number of pages depends on your answers on all the items. A list of indigenous culture groups is posted in Module 1 from which each student will choose from. Choose only one indigenous culture group for this assignment.
The last part of this outlined ethnography is going to be a simple monograph of a special topic chosen by the student from the lifeways of the people he or she is studying. For example, if the student chose the Inuit people for his or her AMC, the special topic should be from the Inuits like seal-hunting methods or any interesting topic from the Inuits. If the student is studying the Hopi Indians for his or her AMC, an interesting topic could be the art of making pottery, and so on. If the student is studying the Koreans for his or her AMC, an interesting topic could be baby-naming tradition among the Koreans.
Doing this assignment requires a thoughtful research and critical choosing of data. It is a must that all data used are affixed with citations (in-text citations and references). You can use APA or MLA citation format.
This assignment titled, “Anthropological Monograph in a Culture” is a semester work. It begins on January 19, 2021 that is required to be submitted no later than April 19, 2021. Submit this AMC in the Assignments section of the D2L. AMC is an individual work. It has a 50 points value.
Let’s Start!
This is the Anthropological Monograph in a Culture (AMC) Format.
DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN THIS FORMAT. Write the answers on the blank lines and below each question.
- Title of your AMC:
(Insert a photo here)
- Introduction
- Introduce your culture group.
- The indigenous culture I studied for AMC is the __Tsmishian____________.
- As a subsistence group, they are:
- Their distinctive behavior and temperament are:
- ____
- ____
- This culture group speaks __Sm’algyax, _____________. They have/They do not have a written language. If they do not have a written language say, “They do not have a written language.” If they have a written language, insert photo of their alphabet here and cite the source of the material.
- The macroenvironment (continent) of this culture group is located in
- The microenvironment (cultural habitat) is located in? This cultural habitat is (rainforest? polar region? desert region? semi-arid region? plains region? marine or littoral region?) (See Content section of D2L, Chapter 7 Power Point)
- Demographic Information
- In the past census of (year), this culture group’s population was______
- At present time census (year) this culture group’s population is ________________ These two population censuses show that there was a(n) (increase? or decrease?) in population at current time.
- The reasons for the (increase or decrease) are?
III. Aspects of the Culture
- Subsistence System (Way of Getting Food) (See Content section of D2L, Chapter 7 Power Point)
- What is the meaning of Subsistence System?
- What is the subsistence system of your selected indigenous culture group?
What are the tools they use for getting food?
- What are the subsistence roles of males?
- What are the subsistence roles of females?
- Economic System (How food and other resources are shared, distributed, and exchanged? (See Content section of D2L, Chapter Power Point)
- What is the meaning of Economic System in cultural anthropology?
- Did your indigenous culture group engage in reciprocity, trade, or market exchange?
- Do they have some forms of money?
- Social System. (See Content section of D2L, Chapters 9 and 10 Power Points)
- What is the meaning of Social System?
- Did your indigenous culture group practice monogamy, forms of polygamy (levirate, sororate, fraternal polyandry, or others?)
- What is your culture group’s practice regarding post-marital residency?
- What is your culture group’s family structure? (nuclear? extended?)
- What is their belief regarding kinship?
System of Enculturation (Teaching children their cultural ways).
- What is the meaning of enculturation?
- What are the ways or methods of enculturation practiced by your culture group?
- Political System (Leadership, Governance, and Conflict Resolution). (See Content section of D2L, Chapter 12 Power Point)
- What is the meaning of Political System?
- What is the political structure of your indigenous culture group’s political system? (is it a band? tribal? chiefdom? state?)
- What are (oral or written) rules or laws to maintain the peace and order of their society?
- What are their forms of punishment for noncompliance of rules?
- What are their resolutions of conflicts?
Belief System (See Content section of D2L, Chapter 14 Power Point)
- What is the meaning of Belief System?
- Does your culture group practice animism, monotheism, polytheism, or other forms of belief?
- Who are the supernatural beings or gods in their belief system?
- Do some members (shamans and or sorcerers) of your culture group practice white magic or black magic?
- The Arts of the Culture Group.
(See Content section of D2L, Chapter 15 Power Point)
- What is the meaning of Arts of the Culture?
- What are the cultural arts of your selected indigenous culture group?
- What are the meanings of these arts?
- Culture Change (4 points) In two paragraphs (5 sentences per paragraph) discuss what have changed in the life ways of your indigenous culture group as they adapted to modernization and influences of globalization.
- ANTHROPOLOGICAL MONOGRAPH IN A CULTURE.
Write a SPECIAL TOPIC from the culture group you are studying here in AMC.
Three (3) paragraphs only.
(Attach 4 photos of your indigenous culture group