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SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology 536
Spring, 1997
NAME OF SCHOOL OF THOUGHT GOES HERE
YOUR NAME AND YOUR CLICKABLE EMAIL ADDRESS GOES HERE
Identify and briefly characterize the defining positions of the approach
Indicate, where possible, the theories, methodologies and scholars against which the approach inquestion may be considered a reaction. What problems are perceived to be better addressed by adopting this theoretical and/or methodological position.
Name and provide brief biographies of the principal scholars assoicated with the approach.
Identify and briefly characterize the seminal works of the approach (i.e., articles, books, monographs, serials, etc.)
Identify and define the principal concepts which constitute the intellectual building blocks of the approach. Discuss any ambiguities or competing definitions.
Describe the standards for research design adopted by he school under consideration. Discuss the methods, techniques,and models advanced.
Discuss how anthropological knowledge has been advanced by the work of this school.
Discuss the theoretical, methodolgoical and empirical problems and limitations of the approach identified by its critics. How have these criticisms been met?
This is the place for any commentary that does not sit well in any of the previous categories.
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