How to create your ethnographic section:

1. Sign up for the wiki.
2. Sign on.
3. Go to your group page.
4. Click "add a new page" from the menu on the right.
5. Name your page "(name of yourculture) + (name of your section)"
6. Click "EasyEdit" at the top of the page.
   
7. Write your draft (or paste it from a Word document).
8. Save it and review how it looks. Sometimes it does not format correctly if you pasted it from another program. Edit it so it looks good.
   

An example front page for a culture.

An example of a section draft

Poster Instructions

Videographer and Historian Instructions

Integrator Instructions

Grading criteria for individual sections & integrator:
(Grading criteria for poster,historian, and videographers are different)

Each student will be required to write a 500 word report on one particular aspect of the culture, with particular attention to how it is integrated with other aspects of their culture. Each student will do a different aspect of the culture so that when they are all put together it will form a full ethnography of the culture. As a group you need to make sure that all aspects are covered.

You will be responsible for the section you sign up for and it should be an ongoing process of writing. For example, if you are assigned the mode of subsistence, you should write up the 500 word report on it right after it is discussed with your group. You must post your draft to the group section on this wiki so other members of your group can view it and discuss it. You may need to make a few changes throughout the semester based on your group’s comments, or based on changes you all decide to make to your culture later on in the semester.

Each paper should include 3 elements.
1. Thorough description of the aspect of culture to be described (multiple paragraphs).
2. One paragraph describing how it is different from other cultures.
3. One final paragraph briefly describing how it is integrated with other aspects of your culture. This may need to be written later in the semester after you see the whole culture take shape.

The section you write will be worth 100 points (10% of your final grade) and will be carefully graded with the following criteria:

- 10 points You will lose 10 points for the first day your draft is late and an additional point for each day late after that.. (The due dates are important, because other students will need to build from your draft.)

30 points Integration of culture. The aspect of culture you describe must be realistically integrated into the rest of the culture your group has created. Be sure that what you describe reflects the core values of the culture you are all creating. The last paragraph is your chance to defend what you have written as integrated with the rest of the ethnography. It should be believable in terms of the real world and the real cultures we have studied or that you researched outside of class.

30 points Research. You should do some research into groups that have similar environments or characteristics as your own culture and make
comparisons to these groups to show that your description is plausible.

20 points Creativity and Insight. This is the something extra you add by thinkingabout the material in-depth and tapping into your own creativity.

20 points Quality. Your contribution should be well-written. If you have troubles with writing I highly encourage you to use the Writing Center
(English/Counseling Services Room 122D). It is one of the best and must underused resources at KSU. For more info go to: http://www.ksu.edu/english/writingcenter/