Archaeology and Society.... Anth 3130.... 4 October 2007
Plan for class:
Announcements
Class discussion based on homework
Hand out Research Paper guidelines
break
Lost Cities of the South video exercise
Announcements
Quiz next week in class - on Skeates Chapter 4.
25 minutes, paragraph/point form answers.
Worth 3% of your seminar mark for the term.
My Extended Office Hours - for discussing your papers. (Vari 2036)
Thurs Oct 11, 2:45 - 4:30
Tues Oct 16, 3:15-4:25
Thurs Oct 18, 2:45-4:30
Note-taking Assistance
A student registered in this course needs note-taking assistance. If you have a mid-B or higher average and take good notes, your help is needed! You will be reimbursed for your services. If you're interested, please contact Kerri Miller / Office for Persons with Disabilities at notetake@yorku.ca as soon as possible.
THE ARTS CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC WRITING COURSES
The Centre is offering a number of group workshops dealing with the major elements of effective essay writing. All Arts students are welcome to enrol.
We ask that you announce these course offerings to your classes.
THE REGISTRATION DATES FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUP WORKSHOPS WILL BE POSTED IN THE CENTRE, ROOM S329, ROSS. STUDENTS ARE ADVISED THAT SPACE FILLS
QUICKLY SO THAT SPEEDY ENROLMENT IS NECESSARY.
A. ESSAY 101
This workshop is a primer for essay writing. It will look at the journey from the writer-focused rough draft to the reader-focused essay, and offer
strategies for each step along the way. Monday October 15 @ 11:30 OR Tuesday October 23 @ 1:30.
B. HOW TO DEVELOP A THESIS
This one-hour session will help you get a good start on your essays. Learn how to develop an effective thesis statement that tells the reader where you
are headed. Tuesday October 16 @ 10:30 OR Monday October 22 @ 12:30.
C. EFFECTIVE WEB SEARCHING STRATEGIES
In this seminar we will learn and apply strategies for searching the web efficiently and in academically sound ways. The seminar will take place in the
Accolade Computer Lab. Monday October 29 @ 11:30 OR Tuesday October 30 @ 11:30.
D. THE ART OF QUOTING
Citing and quoting from scholarly texts give essays credibility. This workshop will demonstrate the art of evaluating, segmenting, and inserting primary
and secondary texts in an essay, with examples from and about Jan Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Wednesday October 17 @ 11:30.
E. ELIMINATING BASIC SENTENCE ERRORS
Do your essays come back with comments such as sentence fragment, run-on sentence, comma splice, or short choppy sentences? Learn to recognize and
correct some of the most common errors of sentence structure. Wednesday October 17 @ 12:30 OR Thursday October 25 @ 12:30.
F. EFFECTIVE BUSINESS WRITING STRATEGIES
This short course is meant to give you some tips for becoming a more concise and effective
business writer, using the principle of plain writing for your audience in American standard vernacular English. Tuesday October 16 @ 11:30.
EFFECTIVE EDITING
Do you lose precious essay marks due to grammatical and stylistic errors? The Effective Editing Workshop will teach you to analyze your work logically
and systematically to improve the quality and consistency of all your academic assignments. You will learn to assess content, correct common errors and proof-read for accuracy. This is a
hands-on workshop, so bring a writing sample and be ready to use what you learn right away! Thursday October 18 @ 1:30.
EVALUATING WEB SOURCES FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
Only some of the many web-based sources of information are appropriate for academic purposes; in this seminar we will learn strategies for making this
determination. The seminar will take place in the Accolade Computer Lab. Monday October 29 @ 12:30 OR Tuesday October 30 @ 12:30.
Students are welcome to enrol in any one or all of the above mini-courses, but please remind them that their signature is their commitment to attend.
And learning skills workshops for Oct (pdf)
Thanks for your assignments that you handed in last time. Everyone who handed one in gets 1% automatically. They'll be handed back next week.
For today... this was your homework
- Do Skeates reading (copies in library and outside KD's office, Vari 2036)
- read the news items at www.archaeology.org , i.e. http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/index.html
-Write a 400-500 word reflection CONNECTING one of those news items to the Skeates reading
- skim ahead in the course readings and think about your paper topic!
Some key points from Skeates
World Heritage http://whc.unesco.org/
Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage http://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext/
Repatriation, e.g. NAGPRA http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/MANDATES/INDEX.HTM
Excellent film: http://www.jedriffefilms.com/whoowns.htm (York library has it)
Parthenon Marbles http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/marbles/ (more later)
Antiquities Looting / Trading http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/projects/iarc/home.htm
Convention on Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8450&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Please hand in reflection (it'll be marked out of 2%)
A brief report from India
Examples of heritage management practices...
Research Paper Guidelines
2 handouts - click to get pdfs if you missed class
Using Sources Correctly in Your Paper
Lost Cities of the South
1 handout - click to get pdf if you missed class, and watch the video at the York SMIL library
Great Zimbabwe