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Writing Assignments Requirements and Grading

Each writing assignment asks you to relate your ideas to the required readings. Unless the assignment indicates otherwise, each should be 1-2 double-spaced pages. Please, no handwritten assignments. There are three writing assignments worth 50 points each. A hard (printed) copy of your assignment is due at the beginning of class on the dates listed on the syllabus. They must also be submitted on the Blackboard website, in the folder titled “Writing Assignments” before the start of class on the date that the assignment is due. Late assignments will not be accepted.

First Writing Assignment Due Thursday, September 21: In the introduction and first chapter of his book, Bruce Knauft (2016:1-28) describes his arrival in Papua New Guinea, where he lived as an anthropologist documenting the lives of the Gebusi. Knauft’s writing captures some of the feeling of fieldwork. In this first writing assignment, you are asked to address and reflect on each of the following questions:

• How did the author come into contact with the Gebusi? • How were he and his wife treated at the beginning? • In what ways was it challenging for them to learn the Gebusi language? • Have you had experiences similar to Knauft’s? Have you ever traveled?

How did you or how do think you would respond to the strangeness or alienation of life in a different culture?