| For this assignment, you will conduct an interview with a person who was born and raised in a different culture (e.g. colleague from a different culture, neighbor who had a different cultural upbringing, international student, etc.) and write a 5-page paper analysis using the course material (textbooks and/or lectures). You may conduct the interview in person or you may collect your data by phone or Skype interview if necessary. INTERVIEWEE The interviewee must have spent a majority of their developmental years under the guardianship and influence of parents who were also born and raised in the culture that they are representing during this interview. They must be able to respond to the questions in the first person, as a locally born, active participant in the culture, not as someone who was transplanted into the culture for work or ministry and experienced certain advantages as a foreigner living in the local culture. Example: A local woman would potentially be impacted by a local practice that allows for the daughters to be given into marriage to a man from a different tribe in order to keep the peace or form alliances between the tribes. A foreigner living in this same culture for work or ministry would not typically be concerned with this local practice because they are a foreigner and would not live under the same cultural expectations as the locals. You may interview the local woman, but you may not interview the foreigner whose family was transplanted into this culture but was not subject to the same cultural expectations in all areas of life. CONTENT The following elements should be included in the paper. Be sure to ask questions during the interview that help you discuss these concepts in the paper. Describe the societal, marital, and familial relationships, communication practices, and any other significant and distinct cultural elements from your interviewee’s culture.
Explain the interviewee’s underlying rationale (this is the collection of values and beliefs that are the source of your interviewee’s practices).
Show how this rationale (value, beliefs, and practices) might lead to conflict when engaging people from other cultures and how one might resolve these conflicts.
Analysis using the course material (textbooks and/or lectures) and cultural anthropology vocabulary is required throughout the paper. FORMATTING The paper must be written as an academic paper and not as a transcript of the interview. If you take notes during the interview, please do not submit those notes as your final paper.
Turabian formatting is required.
Citations from the course material (textbook or lectures) are required throughout the paper.
A title page and bibliography are required in addition to the 5 pages of content.
An Appendix containing a list of the interview questions is required in addition to the 5 pages of content. Grading Rubric for Ethnographic Interview Paper Assignment | Criteria | Levels of Achievement | | Content 70% | Advanced 90-100% | Proficient 70-89% | Developing 1-69% | Not Present | | Interview Content Analysis | 79 to 88 The paper describes societal, marital, and familial relationships, communication patterns, and other significant cultural distinctives of the interviewee. The paper explains the interviewee’s underlying rationale and the analysis of that rationale includes a description of potential conflicts with people from other cultures. Possible solutions are presented for how to resolve these conflicts. | 62 to 78 The paper describes societal, marital, and familial relationships, communication patterns, and other significant cultural distinctives of the interviewee. The analysis of the rationale lacks the description of potential conflicts with people from other cultures and possible solutions for how to resolve these conflicts. | 1 to 61 The paper lacks descriptions of societal, marital, and familial relationships, communication patterns, and other significant cultural distinctives of the interviewee. The paper also fails to explain the interviewee’s underlying rationale or illustrate potential conflicts with people from other cultures and possible solutions for how to resolve these conflicts. | 0 points Not present | | Evaluation Using Course Material | 22 to 24 points The paper goes beyond summarizing the interview to incorporating examples from the course material and is supported by good examples, thoughtful analysis, and use of the vocabulary of cultural anthropology. | 17 to 21 points The paper makes minimal use of the course materials to support their analysis and includes good examples, thoughtful analysis, and uses some of the vocabulary of cultural anthropology. | 1 to 16 points The paper summarizes the interview and is supported by examples and analysis, but does not use the course material in the analysis. | 0 points Not present | | Structure 30% | Advanced 90-100% | Proficient 70-89% | Developing 1-69% | Not Present | | Grammar, Spelling, and Page Count | 22 to 24 points Spelling and grammar are correct. Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. Paragraphs contain appropriately varied sentence structures. The paper is five full pages in length. | 17 to 21 points Minimal errors in grammar, spelling, and structure of sentences and paragraphs. The paper is 4 to 5 pages in length. | 1 to 16 points Spelling and grammar errors distract. Sentences are incomplete or unclear. Paragraphs are poorly formed. The paper is less than four full pages in length. | 0 points Not present | | Turabian Formatting | 22 to 24 points Citations and format are in current Turabian formatting. Cover page and Bibliography are correctly formatted. Paper is double-spaced with 1-inch margins and written using 12-point Times New Roman font. | 17 to 21 points Citations and format are in current Turabian formatting with few errors. Cover page and Bibliography are present with few errors. Paper is double-spaced with 1-inch margins and written using 12-point Times New Roman font. | 1 to 16 points Citations and format are in current Turabian style with many errors. Cover page and Bibliography are not formatted correctly and formatting elements are missing. | 0 points Not present |
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