Should Anthropologists Study Terrorism?

Position Paper- Should Anthropologists Study Terrorism? Order Description Read the article, Should Anthropologists Study Terrorism? The U.S. military employs anthropologists in their controversial Human Terrain program. This counter-insurgency effort embeds anthropologists and other social scientists with combat brigades in the Middle East to help military tacticians in the field understand local cultures. Should anthropologists engage in fieldwork for the Army? Why or why not? What are the ethical concerns and dilemmas that have or might arise from this research? write a paper regarding this topic following the guidelines below. Remember, you must defend your position. • Guidelines o *Take care to turn the paper in before the deadline (based on Central Time), failure to do so will result in your inability to turn it in at all, any paper turned in after the deadline will be rejected by the system and you will receive a Zero for the paper, no exemptions to this policy. I get excuses like: "I turned it in one minute after the deadline." Pay attention to the deadlines and turn in your assignments with plenty of time to spare. If you are a student who waits until the last evening to turn in assignments, you will not do well in this course. o Paper is at least 5 pages single-spaced in length with at least two different, in-text citations per page. o Paper will contain headings for each part of the paper, e.g. Introduction, different topic areas, and Conclusion. o Paper must include at least 5 outside sources of information from academic publications. These outside sources must be cited in the text of your essay, and included in the References Cited page. o You must include all the elements required in the introduction (if you don't know what is required in an introduction, please check with a writing resource book). The introduction provides a MAP of the paper; it tells the reader exactly what will be accomplished in the paper. It contains your thesis statement, (your position, your argument), what concepts or perspectives you will use to explain behaviors, it presents the important issues you will analyze and exactly how you will do so. It presents a brief statement about the evidence you will use to support your argument. o The purpose of this assignment is to illustrate that you have command of the introductory, anthropological course material presented in the text, readings, films and lectures. You will read a controversial topic and write a position paper using the guidelines below. You will take a strong, overt position in the Introduction. You will tell me just how you will go about making your argument and exactly what evidence you will use to support the argument. You will state what the conclusion will be. o You will illustrate your command of the material in this course by being able to take a position and defend it with appropriate evidence, which utilizes information from your textbook, course materials, and outside sources. You will have at least 5 academic/scholarly anthropology sources (academic books, journal articles, etc.) in addition to your text. o You must include a References Cited page that lists all sources of information. Content: o Innovative/Imaginative title. o Strong, clear, overt position/thesis statement in the Introduction. o Statement of purpose in the introduction e.g. "in this paper I will argue". o Content guide/map in the introduction. You will state exactly how you will prove your thesis, which evidence you will provide to support your argument for example: "I will look at laws, culture and religion." Therefore, there should be headings on each one of these topics, in the exact order in which you write them in the introduction. o The position is supported with appropriate, strong and sufficient evidence from the text and at least three, outside, academic materials from scholarly books or journal articles. Other, non-academic sources will be accepted along with the required academic sources. o You must try to illustrate an understanding of the topic/issue from an anthropological perspective. You can only do this with making connections to the appropriate material in the text, lectures, films, etc.. o There should be appropriate and sufficient explanation/analysis of topic/issue, which utilizes or integrates course materials (texts, lectures, films, etc.). o The paper includes strong evidence from course materials: lectures, text, films or other readings that support the position. *If your position is the opposite of what the majority of anthropologists argue, you must supply, not only evidence for your argument from academic sources, but evidence from anthropological sources as well (even though they do not support your position). o There are at least 2 connections made to the text (or other materials) on each page, using appropriate citation form (author and page number in parentheses, e.g. (Ferraro: 36)). This integration of textual and other course material is a requirement, without which, you cannot get a satisfactory grade for the assignment. o There is an appropriate citation form (with in-text citations, ABSOLUTELY NO FOOTNOTES OR ENDNOTES ALLOWED). APA style is acceptable (Just follow the style in the text's References Cited section.) o There is a strong conclusion supported by the evidence supplied in the essay. o Paper is at least 5 pages in length, single-spaced (not counting the cover page if you include one, or the references Cited pages). o Remember that this is an academic paper! Writing an Essay: Style/Form o Appropriate Title o Distinct Introduction with all the requirements for an essay. o Page Numbers. o Headings, which help organize the material. o Transitional sentences at the end of each paragraph. o Appropriate topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph. o Paper is well organized, topics flow from one paragraph to another. o Paper should have no writing/composition problems, e.g. ? Typos ? Spelling ? Verb tenses ? Punctuation ? Syntax ? Grammar ? Other o If the paper looks as though it was written in haste without editing, it is considered a DRAFT. (No paper will receive a satisfactory grade if it is a draft).