Water Crises

Midterm Project, Fall 2016: Water Crises PART 1: [You can do much of this online and/or via e-mail. You do not have to create Forums or Threads for Part 1.] Each group will be in charge of one of four water crises (with two groups per crisis). Each group has an initial article about the crisis (this will be e-mailed to the group after class), but each group member must then find another high-quality, acceptable article as further research. Using this research, each group will develop an ethnographic research plan using advocacy anthropology. Using your notes on the methodology for doing ethnographic research, begin with site selection and move on through each step from there. Remember, give complete, detailed information. Where appropriate, incorporate other material covered in class. Format: Your site was assigned. What is important about this site? Why would an advocacy anthropologist be interested in this site? Research question: your group must narrow the focus of the crisis down to a precise question that can be studied in more detail. Why did you choose this question? Preparatory research: this includes your assigned article and other appropriate articles you find. Assume that you have enough money to travel to your site to do your research and live in the community, but not much more than that. Tools: what will you need/use? Data: what type(s) will you gather and why? How will you interview? What will you map and why? What will you photograph/film and why? Challenges: list all challenges you will face and what you will do to overcome those challenges. Biases: how will your group monitor yourselves for bias? Publication: You need to turn all of this research into a powerpoint presentation. The first slide should be the title of your crisis, your group name, and the names of each group member. The last slide should be a list of references used. Include graphics in the PP.