General Discussion Board Requirements:
- Whether you agree or disagree, explainwhywith supporting evidence and concepts from the assigned readings, video, or other relevant sources. Include a reference, link, or citation when appropriate. Show connections with textbook if required.
- Be organized in your thoughts and ideas.
- Stay on topic.
- Provide evidence of critical, college-level thinking and thoughtfulness in your posts and comments on other students' posts.
- Contribute to the learning community by being creative in your approaches to topics, being relevant in the presented viewpoints, and attempting to motivate the discussion.
- Be aware of grammar and sentence mechanics.
- Use proper etiquette. Remember that being respectful is critical.
- Responses must go beyond "I agree" to get full credit.
Savage Memory Discussion Prompts:
After reading the first two chapters of the textbook, watch the 2011 documentary, Savage Memory, and respond to 2 of the following prompts. To get full credit, you also need to respond to two other students' posts. Your response to each prompt should beat leastone paragraph long (5-6 sentences). While it is not required, you may find it interesting to watch the much older documentary about Malinowski (Off the Verandah), also linked on Canvas.
1. How does the documentary relate to the textbook discussion about how anthropological fieldwork has changed over time?
2. Why is the term "savage" so central to the documentary?
3. What do you consider the most interesting, memorable, controversial, or troubling topic covered in the documentary? Why?
4. What impact has viewing the film had on your perspective regarding the value of anthropological fieldwork? Should Malinowski be considered a hero, or something else?