A. Demonstrate knowledge of the culture concept from a holistic and comparative perspective and relate that knowledge back to ones lived experiences B. Apply social scientific methods used by anthropologists to examine the different facets of human culture GUIDE QUESTIONS: 1. Using the concept of culture as discussed in the textbook, what makes Chinatown Boston a unique culture? Elaborate on the concept of culture to demonstrate your knowledge of the lesson from the textbook. Use thick description based on the virtual field notes from DB 2 and secondary research through DB 3 to elaborate on the concept of uniqueness of the Chinatown Community culture. ( 4 points) 2. Discuss the anthropological fieldwork process as discussed in the textbook and evaluate the benefits and limitations of the virtual walking tour as a research method. What other research method techniques could you employ virtually ? ( 3 points) 3. How would you apply a holism as an approach or perspective if you were to hypothetically do a year long field research in Chinatown Boston? What research question or topic would you choose to demonstrate a holism as an essential approach in doing an ethnographic study. Look at the projects submitted by BHCC students who did the research in Chinatown Boston to have some ideas of possible projects. ( 3 points) NOTE : Be sure to discuss, define and demonstrate your grasp and understanding of the key words in BOLD to demonstrate that you have read the textbook. RUBRIC FOR GRADING : Areas of Competence for Grading 1. Comprehensive and balanced discussion of essay. Essay responds to guide questions provided. (50%) 2. Accuracy of Content – concepts from textbook are cited, paraphrased or elaborated to demonstrate knowledge of text material. (30 %) 3. Clarity and Readability (20 %) You can find the Anthropology Text Book HERE : Also, my observations and findings from the Chinatown virtual tour are : Chinatown Virtual Tour : Guided Observation ( this is the street assigned to me on google maps to observe, and this is what I saw) I chose to focus on the section of Tyler Street between Beach Street and the parking lot (China Pearl). This area is dominated by restaurants and bubble tea cafes, with a couple of notable exceptions. *1 Tyler Street- Gourmet China House / Walk up apartment complex. This address is actually just the apartment complex but Gourmet China House (55 Beach) has great dumplings so they are worth mentioning. *2 Tyler Street- Restaurant selling Korean food and Sushi with a sign mostly in Korean (can’t read the name). *3 Tyler Street- Ruckus Noodles. It was a ramen place geared toward a younger clientele but it is permanently closed now. No information as to why. *4 Tyler Street- Peach Farm Seafood Restaurant. This is a Chinese Seafood restaurant. I am not familiar with most of the menu but the Chef’s Suggestion Seasonal dish right now is Lobster with Ginger and Scallion and that sounds lovely. *5 Tyler Street- Parking lot and China Pearl. This small lot is one of the bigger parking lots in Chinatown if you do not count parking garages.
