In Search of Respect:  Selling Crack in El Barrio, heretofore known as ISOR, introductory questions and terms here.  Please have this section read and be prepared to discuss on Wednesday.  

Make sure you check out Doing Cultural Anthropology:  Projects in Ethnographic Data Collection from the book room - we are using it this week as follows:

everyone will read chapter 1 "Becoming a Participant Observer" as a means of introduction, then students are assigned the following chapters:

2. Noah, 3. Sasha, Micky 4. John, Emma, 5. Daniel, 6. Simone, 7. Abby, 8. Tim, Anna, 9. Benito,
10. Elena, 11. Olivia, 12. Maddy, 13. Orion, 14. Mai, 15. Catherine

For your respective chapter, read and write a paragraph summary in googledocs of the chapter which includes:

• a basic summary of this data collection style
• who might use it?
• what kind of data would it provide?

This paragraph is due Thursday, February 11.  The paper 3 practice exam has been moved to Tuesday, February 16

Arjun Appaduri's Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy  key terms and/or concepts:
imaginaire
ethnoscapes
mediascapes
technoscapes
financescapes
ideoscapes
fetishism of the consumer
fetishism of the producer
globalization v. homogenization
repatriation of difference

Calendar  for HL fieldwork IA project.  Additionally, a link to the project proposal request.  Proposals due Wednesday, February 3.

Dream Zones excerpts

Are you a student with a 504 or IEP?  Please check out this great resource, Bookshare to help you keep up in your classes.

Introductory instructions to HL IA Fieldwork found here.