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Paper Assignment: Narrowing and Focusing Exercise
For your paper you will be expected to conduct research on one of four topics that focuses on how culture or one's cultural background shapes his/her experience, understanding, and perception of one of the following areas:
• Immigration/Refugees,
• Urban Space,
• Media,
• Medicine or Healthcare.
These are very large topics. This exercise will help you narrow the topic while thinking about the best method(s) to use for your research.
Circle one of the four topics above.
• Identify one to two problems, or things you find interesting, about your topic.
• Write a short description of what interests you.
• Write down a brief description of how you could investigate the answers in #1 and #2 with anthropological methods.
• What is the most appropriate ethnographic method for this paper; why?
• Indicate your chosen method then briefly describe how you will use your method: ex. if interview, who will you interview; write down 2-4 questions.