This serves two functions. First, it gives you a chance to reflect weekly on the class materials and to review for the exam and papers. Second, it helps me to determine where you are in the course so that I can adjust my lectures accordingly. These will be factored into your class participation grade. If you miss one, you have one week to make it up.
Anthropology is what anthropologists do.
It is that simple. Therefore, you will do four projects during the semester that correspond to the four units of study. In each project, you will take a theory or methodology in the reading and apply it to an event or concept outside of the book. Each project is different from the others and requires you to do independent and creative work. The purpose of these assignments is two-fold.