Signature Assignment. Course. ANTH 2346: General Anthropology. Assignment ID (to be assigned) Outcomes/Rubrics to be Assessed by the Assignment

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1 Signature Assignment ANTH 2346: General Anthrplgy Outcmes/Rubrics t be Assessed by the Assignment Cmmunicatin Critical Thinking Empirical and Quantitative Reasning Scial Respnsibility Assignment Descriptin Anthrplgy is an academic discipline which seeks t understand the diversity f humanity frm bth a humanistic and a scientific perspective. In this exercise, students shuld apply their anthrplgical knwledge t a case study f ethics and scial respnsibility. T cmplete this assignment, students shuld be familiar with the humanistic and scientific fcus f anthrplgy and students shuld review the ethics cde psted at the American Anthrplgical Assciatin web site. Fllwing this review, students shuld make an ethical argument in a tw page essay. ANTH 2346: General Anthrplgy Ethics and Scial Respnsibility Exercise In the 1960 s an anthrplgist and medical researcher, cllected apprximately 2,000 bld samples frm a peple (we will call them the San Jac) living in a remte area f the Amazn rain frest. The researchers tld them that they were cllecting the bld t check it fr diseases. The San Jac received many desirable gifts, like steel axes and machetes, in return fr their participatin. 50 years later, sme f the San Jac have discvered that rather than simply checking the bld fr their benefit and then discarding it, the bld was frzen and stred in 5 different universities in the United States and at an American cancer research center. With tday s technlgy, we can learn much abut human diversity frm the DNA samples that can be btained frm it, as yu have learned in this class. Researchers at thse institutins have been using the bld f the San Jac in their research and wuld like t cntinue t d s. Several different grups within the San Jac have written letters requesting the return f their bld. In the letters, they state that 50 sme years, ag, they had nt understd that the bld was t be kept. In the beliefs f the peple, all the remains and pssessins f the dead must be destryed t free their sul fr its jurney t the afterlife. They are deeply disturbed that the suls f their peple are nt at rest.

2 Questin: Shuld the bld be returned t the San Jac? Guidelines fr yur respnse: 1. Clearly state yur pinin in a thesis statement 2. Clearly discuss the tw views f the needs f science versus the need t respect humans and their beliefs. 3. Review the ethics cde at the AAA website and cnsider the fllwing questins: what principles shuld have been fllwed in the riginal cllectin f bld samples? What vilatins f the cde seemed t have ccurred 4. Write a cnclusin that cmments n anthrplgical ethics and scial respnsibility. Did the riginal researchers d the right thing in btaining the bld? Wuld returning the bld be the right thing? Pssible visual addendum abut the meaning f bld. Have students find a picture f bld frm a pp culture surce. Have them pst the image and write a brief analysis f the image. Prmpt questin: in the image that yu have chsen, what meaning is being attached t the bld?

3 Assignment Design Wrksheet: Written Cmmunicatin ANTH 2346 Criterin Cntext f and Purpse fr Writing Design (Hw des the assignment ask students t perfrm in the manner expected by the criterin?) The assignment requires that students fully explain their pinin abut an anthrplgical ethical issue which is a majr feature f the curse. Cntent Develpment Students must use the materials within the case study and ethics cde. Genre and Disciplinary Cnventins Students must use academic writing style. Surces and Evidence Student must use the ethics cde and their knwledge f the humanistic and scientific nature f anthrplgy t respnd. Cntrl f Syntax and Mechanics Student must write in a clear manner t advance their argument. Readability f Visual Elements Relevance, Accuracy, and Integratin f Visual Elements T be justified in an addendum assignment: The Meaning f Bld Students will be asked t pst a ppular culture picture f bld and write a paragraph discussing their perceptin f the meaning f the picture with reference t ur culture. This will enhance their understandings f the assignment. T be justified in an addendum assignment: The Meaning f Bld. The sharing f a picture f bld taken frm ppular culture will further understandings f the perspectives f science and humanism.

4 Assignment Design Wrksheet: Critical Thinking ANTH 2302 Criterin Explanatin f Issues Design (Hw des the assignment ask students t perfrm in the manner expected by the criterin?) Students must express and infrmed pinin as t the dispensatin f the bld in a thesis statement. Evidence Student must present evidence frm the case study and the ethics cde. Influence f Cntext and Assumptins Students must explain the perspectives f science and humanism. Student s Psitin Student must cnsider the perspectives f science and humanism and the ethical bligatins f anthrplgists and the expressed rights f their research subjects. Cnclusins and Related Outcmes Students must draw their pinin/cnclusin frm evidential infrmatin (the case study details and the ethics cde).

5 Assignment Design Wrksheet: Scial Respnsibility ANTH 2346 Criterin Cultural Diversity Design (Hw des the assignment ask students t perfrm in the manner expected by the criterin?) Students are asked t understand the cmpeting needs f scientists, humanists and the beliefs f lcal ppulatins. What des respect fr cultures, actually, mean? Knwledge f Cultural Wrldview Framewrks Students are required t understand the cmplexity f the wrldviews f western science, humanistic pursuits f understanding, and the wrldview f thers. Empathy (Skills) Students are required t examine the meaning f bld frm a humanistic perspective Openness (Attitudes) The exercise requires that students be pen t seeing multiple pints f views when examining the meaning f bld. Glbal Self- Awareness The exercise requires that students be able t understand the ways that the treatment f human bld is influenced by the human wrld.

6 Assignment Design Wrksheet: Empirical & Quantitative Reasning (EQR) Assignment Title Assignment ID ANTH 2346 Ethics and Scial Respnsibility (t be assigned) Criterin Interpretatin Design (Hw des the assignment ask students t perfrm in the manner expected by the criterin?) Students must reach an pinin frm cmpeting views. Representatin Students must reach an pinin frm the infrmatin prvided. Calculatin r Transfrmatin Students must synthesize infrmatin frm the case study and the ethics cde and apply this infrmatin t their pinin. Applicatin/Analysis Students must arrive at a cnclusin/pinin. Assumptins Students must understand science and humanism. Cmmunicatin Students must present evidence t supprt their pinin as t the fate f the bld.