Paper Issues

Do not put the in-text citation information in the References Cited; it is only for the text itself. Keep the focus on EMIC voices and differences in emic concerns/views. See the updated syllabus Appendix and the Current Anthropology citation style guide. Don’t have too many subtopics; rather, go into depth about just a few.

A check mark means that is a particularly good issue. See CA guide re: 1) if no author, 2) publisher city (some do not require the state, others do). URLs in regular font & not underlined. Emic means it is clearly a “native” voice. Etic means it is scholarly, not just “outsider” or popular.

If there is a copyright date or “last updated” date, use that; only use the date of access if there is no other date.

The Methods subsection should only concern how/where you’ll get emic information (past tense in the final version). It is assumed that you will get scholarly information (for background) through typical research methods. Use short versions of organization names or abbreviations (e.g., The Southern Baptist Convention > SBC 2012) in citations.

Use the first author's name plus "et al." for references with four or more authors. E.g., Smith et al. 2005:32 Do not ever list Google, EBSCO, etc. as sources or databases (in the true sense of the term). They are not. They are search engines where you can find sources. No one ever needs to hear that you Googled something or went to the library. This is not middle school.

No hypothesis-testing for this paper. No interviews. Don’t forget that article comments by readers can give you a general gist of how that particular subset (the readers of that magazine, etc.) feel about the issue, and can thus give valuable information. Etic does not mean just any outsider view; it means scholarly.

Use subheadings in italics: Begin with a paper title Introduction Cultural Background You may use separate subheaders Methods Results (or Results & Interpretations) Interpretations (or as above) Conclusion References Cited (centered, not italicized, in bold, with a page break)

Except for extremely rare cases where the topic is not well researched, using encyclopediae for background on your topic is just laziness (and will be graded as such!). Find a scholarly book or article about the topic since you are not in middle school anymore. Avoid useless and/or widely sweeping statements. E.g., “Humans have had marriage since the beginning of time” (not only useless but inaccurate); “People need food to nourish their bodies” (obvious & uninformative)

If you use an ebook or get an article via library websites, use the original book or article citation if possible (so no EBSCOhost, etc.) Smith, Robert, Sarah Pike, and Murph Pizza If you cite anything in any section, it must be in your References Cited Bibliography (and be included with that paper).

“data” is a plural noun. These data show... I will take of 10 points from your final paper grade (so the average of the 4 grades) if the References Cited in your final draft is not in the correct format and complete. Use subheadings in the final paper: Introduction Background Data and Analysis Conclusion References Cited

Do NOT have anything about in-text citation in your References Cited. Those are only in the paper text itself. If you think you’ll need writing help, schedule a tutoring session ASAP as spots will run out if they haven’t already. I will take off points for writing quality on the final draft.