Title: Sample: Summary/Integrative Paper for Cultural Anthropology
Headings: Assignment Sample: Summary / Integrative Paper in Cultural Anthropology
Assignment Sample: Summary / Integrative Paper in Cultural Anthropology
Actual student paper submitted by a student in the Bridge Adult Studies program
Introduction
Why Study Anthropology
Concepts and Topics
Worldviews
Religious Beliefs and Practices
Political Organization
Expressive Culture
How Has Culture Influenced My Personal Development
Conclusion
References
World missions course materials and syllabi

Content: It provides cross-cultural perspectives upon which future and highly successful societies can be built. And as stated in Mirror for Humanity, anthropology can identify needs for change that local people perceive, work with those people to design culturally appropriate and socially sensitive change, and protect local people from harmful policies and projects that threaten them (Kotak, 2005). Anthropology also allows us to study and understand what other cultures and societies do, and more importantly, why they do it. This knowledge can lead to understanding. Understanding then leads to trust and highly functional relationships. And trust and functional relationships lead to healthy interdependency between societies. Another reason to study anthropology is to grow in knowledge and understanding of how to live life more fully and securely, thereby increasing our chances of living a fuller, safer and more content life by mitigating circumstances that might lead to annihilation, extinction or unhappiness. Concepts and Topics
Worldviews
Worldview' refers to a common concept of reality shared by a particular group of people, usually referred to as a culture or an ethnic group. There is some commonality in our basic experience of the world, of other people, and of life-events we share in common. There is also that variation of individual experience, of interpretation of that experience and of behavior based on knowledge gained from that experience (Jenkins, 1999).