Introduction
(thesis statement)
Body
paragraphs
Conclusion
2000-2500
words, or 8-10 pages of text.
Follow
American Anthropologist citation and referencing style
Times
new roman 12 point font double spaced
Write
an essay from a social science perspective about the Manitoba-Minnesota
transmission project. Possible approaches to writing the paper would be to
argument for or against the project, or to put the project into a broader
context either comparatively or theoretically. As an ecologically concerned
engineer or anthropologist you must critically assess the project by
incorporating at least three key theorises, concepts or
ideas(you just write it and I can make up) which are presented in this
course. The paper must be written within
abroader frame of human cultural and natural environmental interactions. You
must refer to a minimum of six sources to complete this essay. Three out of the
six sources must be academic/scholarly sources (these can include required
courses reading but not the course slides). The three academic sources should
support your three key theories, concepts or ideas your discuss. The other
three sources can be of non-academic background such as newspaper articles or
government reports. These three non-academic sources
should only be used to support your background information about the
Manitoba-Minnesota transmission project
Comments
for Student Preparation for Essay
• It is not
enough to say you will discuss “society, culture, technology and the
environment” – these are too broad. You must state the specific concepts you
will discuss?
• Main
concepts and ideas you can discuss may include but are not limited to:
political ecology, ecofeminism, ecotourism, ethnocentrism, Marxism, Tragedy of
the Commons (Hardin 1968)
• What can
a political-ecological or cultural anthropological approach bring to the
roundtable in the discussion of development? What concepts/theories or ideas
can they contribute?
• It is
evident that you will be using a multidisciplinary approach – why do you
think that this is an important approach to this type of development project?
• In the
introduction or in the paragraph after, you should have a decent description of
the Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission
Project. Do not jump directly into the problems associated, provide some
context for the writing the essay. What is your purpose of writing? This is
different than the thesis in that it shows what the topic is versus a thesis
shows what will be discussed in the essay.
• Must use
a minimum of 6 sources:
• Minimum of 3
sources must be academic (these can be your course readings but NOT the
course slides) and these should support the 3 main concepts/theories/ideas you
discuss. Yes you can use more than 3 academic sources.
• You MAY
also use a maximum of 3 non-academic sources (news articles, government
reports) that describe what the Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission project is. The
non-academic sources should be for background information on the project and
should in no way be used to support the concepts/theories that you use.
• The
reason that you can use a maximum of 3 non-academic sources is so that you can
provide background information about the project because you will not find
academic sources that discuss the project in sufficient detail. That being
said, be cautious in the sources that you use. Do you think that non-academic
sources are going to be biased? Yes, most likely, so be cautious of the
information that you take from them.
• Most
important thing is to know the requirements of the essay (READ THE SYLLABUS)
and know who your audience is.
