Hi folks! This guide was made for the students in Professor Tremblay's ANTH 320 course, Cultural Anthropology. Here you will find resources that will guide you as you are researching for the final project for the course.
This is a small cultural awareness campaign project for a 100/introductory-level course in cultural anthropology. The goal is for the students to research and present on a practice/belief/issue from another culture – using peer-reviewed anthropological sources. The final project will be in the form of a poster.
This project is scaffolded. Students will submit a proposal, then a title and abstract, and then they will complete the final project poster to present at STAR Day. Below are the prompts for each component, in case that is helpful for you for planning purposes.
Project Proposal (due Mar 4)
Upload your completed form here before the start of class on 3/4/2025 – form at the end of this document
Title and Abstract (due Apr 15)
Upload your project title and abstract form here before the start of class on April 15, 2025 – form at the end of this document
Project Poster (due Apr 29)
Upload your poster here by the start of class on April 29, 2025.
Cultural Awareness Campaign
For this project, you will create a cultural awareness campaign that aims to educate others about a specific cultural practice, belief, or issue using a visual medium (a scientific poster).
1. You will choose a about a specific cultural practice, belief, or issue in a culture/nation other than the United States. Some examples could be a rite of passage, a coming-of-age ritual, food practices (subsistence, preparation, etc.), a wedding ceremony, kinship structures, medical practices, language use, a creation myth, etc.
2. You will research this practice, belief, or issue using multiple academic resources (e.g., our textbook, HRAF, scholarly anthropology articles, or ethnographies).
3. Use that information to create a scientific poster about that cultural practice, belief, or issue.
4. Your poster should contain the following:
a. Your name and affiliation (SUNY Delhi)
b. The title of your project
c. Your abstract
d. Brief background about the culture/nation
e. The information about the practice, belief, issue
f. Images of the practice, belief, issue for visual engagement and appeal
g. Brief conclusion on the importance of this practice, belief, or issue to the people of the culture/nation
h. A reference list of sources for all information and images in APA style (as well as corresponding in-text citations)
