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Essay Writing Guide Department of Social Anthropology University Of Cambridge. Human, Social & Political Science Tripos. Preparing, writing and presenting supervision essays. These guidelines are intended merely to help and encourage you in your written work.
at the heart of the discipline of social anthropology, scholarly publication is its life-blood: it is chiefly through writing that most anthropologists disseminate the results of their time in the field. Writing transforms data and personal observations into texts that inform, provoke, and inspire
Some examples of successful essays range from an interest in classic topics of the discipline analysed in a contemporary context, as shown in the study of the changes and continuities of a female rite of initiation among the Wayuu of Colombia or how the analysis of ‘good death’
First I will look at the traits that Homo sapiens has evolved in order to be able to adapt to diverse environments. I will then look at how humans can adapt to temperature, solar radiation and altitude, both in terms of temporary responses and acclimatisation, looking at biological and behavioural adaptations.
Despite the conceptual and physical distance amongst its sites of study, the coherence of social anthropology stems from its distinctive intellectual frameworks, methods, and lively internal debates conducted around shared passions and inquiries.
Your essay should have a clear and logical 'picture'—by this we mean that the main ideas and structure should be clear enough to be represented in a 'mind map', 'knowledge tree', or any one of several popular techniques.
When writing in/for sociocultural, or cultural, anthropology, you will be asked to do a few things in each assignment: Critically question cultural norms (in both your own. culture and other cultures). Analyze ethnographic data (e.g., descriptions of. everyday activities and events, interviews, oral.
