Culture Report

Culture Report (200 points)

You will write a research report on Pakistan cultural group. The report must be on the current (not ancient or historic) culture and customs of the group. Cultural anthropologists study living, present-day populations, so I want you to learn about the current ways of life of a particular group of people. You can briefly mention their history, but the focus should be on how they are living today.

In the report, you will provide details about the groups geography, economy, language(s), religion(s), marriage and gender systems, and general cultural information.

The report requires a minimum of 4 full pages and 4 scholarly sources. It should be 1.5 spaced in Times New Roman 12 point font.

For this report please follow the Chicago style guide.

Please list and number the following information:

Your Name:

Name of Culture:

Paragraph #1
Geography and Economy
List the groups location and provide some information about the groups subsistence practices or economy (Are they foragers or herders, or do they practice horticulture or agriculture? Or do most people work for a living and engage in a market economy?)
Include the full bibliographic details (authors, article or book title, journal title, date of publication, etc) of the scholarly source(s) that provided this information. You must include at least one scholarly source for this section.

Paragraph #2
Language(s):
List all of the groups languages and provide some information about how many people speak the languages and whether any are dying out
Include the full bibliographic details (authors, article or book title, journal title, date of publication, etc) of the scholarly source(s) that provided this information. You must include at least one scholarly source for this section.

Paragraph #3
Religion(s):
List all of the groups religions and provide some information about at least one of the religions
Include the full bibliographic details (authors, article or book title, journal title, date of publication, etc) of the scholarly source(s) that provided this information. You must include at least one scholarly source for this section.

Paragraph #4
Marriage and Gender Systems:
Provide some information about the cultures marriage and gender systems. What type of marriage do they have? What are some of their marriage rules or norms? Which gender categories do they recognize? Are they gender egalitarian or stratified? Are gender roles and rights changing?
Include the full bibliographic details (authors, article or book title, journal title, date of publication, etc) of the scholarly source(s) that provided this information. You must include at least one scholarly source for this section.

Paragraph #5
General Cultural Information:
Provide some general information about the culture. This can include information about the cultures symbols, values, norms, unique customs or cuisines. You may want to mention whether their cultural practices have circulated globally or not. You can include whatever you find most important or interesting about the culture. For example, you can include information about their history, art, music, dance, literature, beauty, clothing, food, industries, political issues, environmental issues, social movements, ideas about sexuality, etc What you end up including will depend on what information you find.
Include the full bibliographic details (authors, article or book title, journal title, date of publication, etc) of the scholarly source(s) that provided this information. You must include at least one scholarly source for this section.

Please note that you must cite one scholarly source for each section but may repeat the sources if you used them for multiple sections. You must cite five scholarly sources total. While you are only required to cite five scholarly sources, any time you use information from any source you must cite it. This includes non-scholarly sources. If you use a source but do not give the author(s) (or organization) credit, this is considered plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered a type of academic dishonesty. All colleges and universities take academic dishonesty very seriously. Most professors give automatic “F”s for plagiarism, and it can also result in other disciplinary actions. So please do yourself a favor: when it doubt, cite it! If you’re still not sure what plagiarism entails, I highly recommend visiting the following site: http://www.plagiarism.org/ (Links to an external site.)