TITLE OF YOUR STUDY

Your names, alphabetically arranged by surname [Put surname first, then initials]
Background
Include here some information on the importance of your topic. Make sure you indicate the
(academic) reasons for choosing that topic, i.e., highlight the scholarly significance of your mini-study.
Emphasize your research problems here as well.
Related Literature* [optional]
Look for at least three articles or studies, from reputable journals of (cultural) anthropology, that
are related to or similar to your topic. Summarize them in this section. Use the APA format of in-text
citation. Studies must follow the recency rule in research (i.e., literature must be going back five years
your oldest source must be from 2008).
Example: According to Alvarez (2013), humans did not evolve from monkeys, although both
animal groups share a similar primate ancestry. This may very well be the case in discovering the rules of
language and the need for connectivity among creatures in various social groups. [Proceed to
summarize more of the key points from the article here.]
In another study by Marfil (2010), orangutans communicate with their hands, much like sign
language, and bond in groups and follow certain rules of ostracism and rejection of a member who did
not conform to their standards.
And so on. Paraphrase as much as possible, but if (for whatever reason) you cannot do so, quote
directly from the original source. (Id advise against the latter, though; apply what youve learned so far in
Technical Writing.)
Scope and Delimitations
In this section, clearly delineate the parameters of your study. You may first want to
explain/narrate/describe in detail exactly what it was you studied. Your scope should at least include
complete information about the field site, the subject/s, the number of hours spent on the field, and the
specific ethnographic techniques you applied. Your delimitations may include the things you should have
done, but did not, and the reasons for them (e.g., you should have spent 12 hours on the field, but due to
time constraints, limited the study to only 10 hours).
Methodology
In detail, explain the specific steps you undertook to conduct your study. It would be best to flesh
out the ethnographic techniques you applied hereagain: describe, explain, narrate.
Research Findings
Obviously, give as thorough a report of your data as you can. What did you find out? Synthesize
your findings and, if possible, interpret/analyze them. Apply your knowledge of ethnographic studies, as
well as the theories and other concepts in cultural anthropology we discussed in class (or in your own
reading).
Summary and Conclusion(s)
Here, synthesize (recapitulate) your entire study. Then, provide conclusionswhich should be in
the form of answers to your research problems.
References [list all sources cited and used, in correct APA format]
Kottak, C. P. (2009). Cultural anthropology (12th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Miller, B. D. (2008). Cultural anthropology (8th ed.). New York: Palgrave-Macmillan.

Miner, H. (1956). Body ritual among the Nacerima. American Anthropologist, 58 (3), 503-507.