1. Written Activity #1: Your Past & Future Via Anthropology
This assignment is the first of a series of activities called "Public Anthropology" that we will do this semester.  It is inspired by Margaret Mead's engagement with wider publics - not just other anthropologists.  The world, it seems, could benefit from a more anthropological perspective.  What is anthropology, what kinds of questions or issues does it raise for you, and how are the skills applicable?  What is the "Big Question" that interests you?  This is what we are ultimately getting to.

Objective: To think about and synthesize your anthropological learning these past years, and to articulate to nonspecialist audiences the complexities of bringing an anthropological approach to a human problem.
Outcome: Discussing the ethics, benefits, and pitfalls of bringing an anthropological approach to wider publics.


First, read the following articles assigned:
a. Ingold (2018)

After reading the article, Harnessing the Science of Persuasion,

https://hbr.org/2001/10/harnessing-the-science-of-persuasion,

choose two of the techniques and give a new example (not from the article) of each. These examples can be drawn from your personal experience or from business cases.

Read the following passages from John Henry Newman's "The Idea of a University":

Link to the text:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24526/24526-pdf.pdf

Discourse VII, part 10, pages 206 and 207, starting with But I must bring these extracts... and ending with ...less tangible, less certain, less complete in its result. This is less than two full pages of reading. The page numbers indicate the actual numbers printed on the pages of the pdf, not the numbers Adobe assigns to the document.

Respond to Newman's's The Idea of a University (selected passages) in at least 250 words.  Your response should be critical in nature.  In other words, rather than summarizing the text or saying how you liked/disliked it, discuss some element of the text and analyze how that element affects your understanding of the text.

Read the terms listed below and choose among them TWO as IDs. Identifications, which definition provided, then in one or two or three sentences, say Why it is important.

Memorandum

Terms And Concepts

In Political Science

1. Normative means to use values, ideals, norms, as measures; and it is by definition a subjective approach to the study of anything. A brief phrase that sums up a normative study would be:

The way things ought to be! A conclusion of a normative study is a judgment.

2. Empirical means in Ancient Greek, to know through the use of ones senses, In other words to know by observing. It does not start with any measures at all, it starts with raw data That is collected randomly. A brief phrase that would sum up an empirical study would be: the way things are! A conclusion in an empirical study would be a finding. Empirical studies are supposed to be objective.


3. Quantitative is the only approach that can be used with othe

Audience Analysis Assignment

Find three online articles:
- one that is written to a lay audience (general interest readers)
- one to a technical audience
- one for an executive audience

Give the title of each article and the URL for each.  Tell me which audience you think each article targets and why you think so.


Note: Be careful. You might have an article with a technical subject that isnt directed to a technician audience. Or you might have a business article that isnt directed to an administrator or manager. Although an article may have more than one target audience, think who is most likely to read and benefit from the article.

This order requires three parts:
1. Reading
2.Writing the main body
3.Response to two peers(will upload later),each one at least 75 words.






Required Readings and Videos for completing this order:
Read Chapters 3, 4 and 5 in Business Communication Essentials.
Read https://hbr.org/2014/03/the-irresistible-power-of-storytelling-as-a-strategic-business-tool
Watch https://www.linkedin.com/learning/business-writing-principles/making-your-writing-concise?u=76811570 ,  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/business-writing-principles/making-your-writing-conversational?u=76811570


Instructions:
Our readings for this week include information describing the importance of storytelling as a business communication tool. 

Using the techniques described in our readings, tell us a short story (200 words) that describes a single experience you have had with business communication.  Maybe you hit "reply all" when you sho

Initial assignment was asked to provide the below post based on the following concepts from chapter 2 of Teaching Todays Teachers To Teach by Griggs, Donald L.

1. Change from a doing my duty approach to a this is my ministry approach.
2. Change from recruiting to calling the teachers based on their gifts.
3. Emphasize what is expected of teachers rather than understating the expectations.
ANALYZE (a critical assessment) Questions to consider in your analysis:
1. Are the concepts relevant, realistic, manageable? Why/Why not?
2. Which concept(s) resonate with you? Why/Why not?
3. Which concept(s) do not resonate with you? Why/Why not?

Now Provide discussion reply to each of the post listed.

Reply with 130 words for each post.

In 130 words, respond to the below post #1: 

Post #1 The band-aid solutions about the ways in which some Christian education programs in some churches are conducted end up becoming short lived. The two

Select ONE of the major social institutions covered (Family, Education, Religion, Politics/Law, Economy, or Health). Discuss any TWO theoretical perspectives (Symbolic Interactionism, Rational Choice, Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, or Feminism) and what they would examine in regards to that institution. Provide a detailed paragraph or two with your answer.

In "My 5-Paragraph-Theme Theme" Ed White uses the format of the 5-paragraph essay to demonstrate how the 5-paragraph essay can be limiting rather than helpful. Think about your own writing and how you have used the 5-paragraph essay. When have you used it in the past? How has it helped you in your writing? Taking White's essay into account, can you imagine a writing assignment where the 5-paragraph format would limit you rather than help you? How do you think about organization when you write an essay?

Reflect upon a time in which you felt like you LACKED communication competence in an interaction with another person. Please address the following questions:

First, briefly describe what you said/did that was incompetent and why.
Did you lack appropriateness or effectiveness, or both? Explain.
Imagine that you could redo this situation. Explain how you might use each of the following to improve your communication competence in this do-over:
Skills: Which skills would you need to improve competence?
Empathy/perspective taking: How would you use these, and do you think it would help?
Self-monitoring: How would you use this? How might it improve competence?
Adaptability: What would you adapt during the encounter? How might it improve competence?