Cultural anthropology -- the study of human societies and cultures and their origins, history, variation and development . . . the comparative study of human culture in all aspects including social structure, language, law, politics, religion, magic, art, and technology.
See the course syllabus for detailed instructions on the research for and writing of this paper.
These topics are given to you as idea starters. You may use one of these or some adaptation of it or you may come up with a different topic that interests you more. Leafing through any introduction to cultural anthropology book may also stimulate your thinking in terms of a topic.
![]() | Missionaries and other people working and living cross-culturally commit lots of little cultural errors that provide laughter for their hosts (and for themselves as well). [ more ] |
-- Howard Culbertson
Cultural Anthropology course
resources: Cultural bingo icebreaker
Bwanda Fusa game
Cultural anthropology case studies
Christianity and culture
Course home page
Culture shock (a.k.a. cultural adjustment)
Ethnocentrism and monoculturalism
Exam study guides
Iceberg and concentric circles models of culture
What do we think we see? Light bulb
illustration Missions and
culture My own culture shock
PowerPoint presentations used in
class Reentry: Coming home
10/40 Window explanation and map
Mission trip fundraising
Ten ways to ruin mission trips