The culture of men and women varsity teams
ANTH 1001 A – Assignment #2: Proposal and background- research for Ethnographic Short Goal: To think about and propose a location for your ethnographic research assignment and conduct background research into that place. Important information: Due: Friday, Oct 18 Noon through cuLearn Value: 10% of your final mark Length: 2-3 double spaced pages Format: Standard margins (2.54 cm), double spaced, 12 pt font (New Times Roman) You do not need to include a title page. At the top left corner of your first page: (Your name) Submitted for ANTH 1001 A; Instructor: Matthew Hawkins; TA: (Your TA’s name) Date of submission: (date) (Title of your assignment) Description: Identify a public site where you will conduct your own participant-observation during the first two weeks of November (for 2-4 hours). There are three parts to your assignment. YOU CAN DO PART A AND B IN 1-1.5 PAGES AND PART C IN 1.5 PAGES I ALSO LEFT SOME LECTURE SLIDE ON GENDER AND CULTURE TO MAYBE HELP WITH THE INTRO AND EXPLAINING PART 2. WHAT I AM LOOKING TO OBSERVE, IN TERMS OF CULTURE OR/AND GENDER SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MEN AND WOMEN VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAMS (GAMES AND/OR PRACTICES) 1. Provide a research question that incorporates one of the core themes/concepts of this course in relation to your proposed research site. a. A “what” or “how” question(s) that will guide how your observations. RESEARCH QUESTION : What are the similarities and differences between the culture of the mens and womens varsity basketball teams within practices and games? ABOVE IS THE RESEARCH QUESTION I WANT, I DON’T MIND IF YOU CHANGE IT A BIT, HOWEVER I WANT TO STICK WITH THOSE MAIN TOPICS OF MEN AND WOMEN VARSITY BASKETBALL AND CULTURE/ GENDER DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES 2. Provide a description of where you propose to observe people in their daily lives (your “research site”). Who is there? And, what do you expect to observe? Be specific. I PLAN ON OBSERVING ONE PRACTICE AND ONE GAME OF BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAMS. DURING THE GAMES, I EXPECT TO SEE FANS COACHES, PLAYERS, STAFF, ETC DURING THE PRACTICES, I EXPECT TO SEE COACHES AND PLAYERS I EXPECT TO OBSERVE INTERACTIONS WITH THE COACHES, PLAYERS AND REFS (AMONG EACH OTHER) , I EXPECT TO SEE HOW MUCH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IS GIVEN TO THE PLAYERS BASED OFF BODY LANGUAGE, YELLING OR CURSING OR EVEN HIGH FIVES THROUGHOUT THE PRACTICE OR GAMES. HOW MANY SPECTATORS AT THE GAMES (MEN AND WOMEN)–> DIFFERENCES/SIMILLARITIES !! FAN REACTIONS, THE CULTURE WITHIN BOTH TEAMS WHAT DRIVES THEIR SUCCESS, THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS –> SENIORS/ROOKIES, ( THOSE ARE SOME IDEAS I HAVE RIGHT NOW, FEEL FREE TO ADD AND CHANGE SOME UP) a. The location should be local and somewhere where you can be for 2-4 hours in the first two weeks of November. b. The location needs to be public, which is a place where other people can reasonably expect to be observed by others without feeling their privacy is being affected. Examples include: park, store, bus, dance club, stadium, plaza, etc. 3. Find three academic article or book chapter that relates to your research site or themes in your research. Provide an “annotated bibliography” for each of the two articles/chapters. THESE ARE THE THREE ACADEMIC ARTICLES THAT I PLAN TO USE (PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE DIFFERENT ONES, IF I DO NOT ANSWER, PLEASE STICK TO THESE) : I mentioned three required sources, however I only need them for this part (the annotated bibliography) https://go-gale-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T002&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm¤tPosition=11&docId=GALE%7CA119741924&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=AONE&contentSet=GALE%7CA119741924&searchId=R2&userGroupName=ocul_carleton&inPS=true http://college.holycross.edu/RePEc/spe/MathesonTreber_WomensBasketball.pdf https://go-gale-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T002&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm¤tPosition=9&docId=GALE%7CA163808551&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=AONE&contentSet=GALE%7CA163808551&searchId=R2&userGroupName=ocul_carleton&inPS=true a. An annotated bibliography is where you summarize the main arguments presented in the article/book chapter in one paragraph. For this assignment, your annotated bibliography should also include a paragraph about how the article/chapter relates to your research site. How does what the author says relate to your location or what people are doing in that space? b. You may not find articles specifically about your site, but you can use articles/chapters that talk about related concepts. For example, you may not find articles about Ottawa night clubs, but you can find articles about gender and music that might help you understand more about your field site. c. Provide a proper citation. For example: Article in a journal: Gershon, Ilana. (2014). Selling Your Self in the United States. Political and Legal Anthropology Review, 37(2), 281–295. Last name, First name. (YEAR). Title of article. Title of journal, Volume#(Issue#), page numbers. If citing a chapter in a book: Last name, First name. (YEAR). Title of chapter. Title of book, page numbers. If citing a chapter in an edited book: Lastname, First name (YEAR). Title of chapter. Title of book (eds. Name of editors), page numbers. How you will be marked: Your assignment will be marked out of 10. Three marks will be given for your research question and description of the location. Your question should be clear and relevant to your location (1 mark), then your description should clearly describe where you will observe people, who will be there, and what you expect to observe. Two marks will be given for each of your annotated bibliographic. Your description of the article/chapter should indicate what was the main argument(s), as well as any relevant information the author used to develop their argument. Your second paragraph should clearly show how the article/chapter helps you think about/understand something about your research site. Description of location: /4 Annotated bibliography 1: /2 Annotated bibliography 2: /2 Annotated bibliography 3: /2
