Arch 110AC Fall 2007
Professor Galen Cranz
Ethnography Grading Criteria
Ethnography Project Grading Criteria
Part I – Research Proposal:
 1 point = Identification and description of ethnography site (What? Where?)
 1 point = Visual documentation of the site (drawing and photographs)
 1 point = Proposed improvement/changes to the site
 1 point = Clear explanation of proposed changes and why
 1 point = Additional, relevant information in order to better understand the site
 2-4+ pages in length including drawings
Part II – Field Work, Acquiring an Informant:
 1 point = Identification of informant
 1 point = Explanation of why informant will be a good source of information
 1 point = Description of process of finding/identifying informant
 1 point = Description of rapport or quality of relationship between you and informant
 1 point = Additional, relevant information in order to better understand informant choice
 1-2 pages in length
Part III – Developing Taxonomies and the Emic Point of View:
 1 point = Vocabulary list
 1 point = Definition of terms in vocabulary list
 2 points = Taxonomies- be sure they are graphically organized to correspond with the
informant’s logic
 1 point = Additional insights, or particularly good style, with correct grammar, sensible
sentence structure. Again no more than 5 errors; one to five corrections = 1/2 point
deduction. More than 5 = 0.Additional, relevant information to better understand
vocabulary and taxonomies
 5-10 pages in length depending on the information you extract from your informant and
how you present your taxonomies
Part IV – Literature Review as the Etic Point of View; How the Emic and Etic Compare
and Contrast:
 1/2 point = 10 sources for Bibliography (max. 2 from internet; min. 8 from
library/book/journals). (Less than 10, but more than 5 will equal 1/4 point.) (Less than 5
= 0 points)
 1/2 point = Annotations (1-2 sentence summaries for each reference) are presented
 1/2 point = Content of annotations clearly relates to topic area (directly or indirectly)
 1/2 point = Bibliographic "style" (e.g. Chicago) is consistent in presentation/format
 1/2 point = Description of the emic point of view
 1/2 point = Description of the etic point of view
 1/2 point = Description of your personal observations and point of view
 1/2 point = Explicit discussion of how these points of view compare & contrast
 1/2 point = Well-written, no typos or misspellings, language-sentence structure is
sensible, correct grammar. 1 to 5 corrections = 1/4 point. More than 5 = 0.
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Arch 110AC Fall 2007
Professor Galen Cranz
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Ethnography Grading Criteria
1/2 point = Additional insights, or particularly good style, with correct grammar, sensible
sentence structure. Again no more than 5 errors; one to five corrections = 1/4 point
deduction. More than 5 = 0.
5+/- pages in length
Part V – Program Development and Redesign:
 1 point = New/revised program described by combination of words and visual images to
show desired activities, separations, adjacencies, moods, and any other spatial character
 1 point = Revised plan/concepts for new or revised setting or physical environment.
Revised/new plan/concepts to be based on your new knowledge including that gained
from informant/s and literature review.
 1 point = Comment/s on similarities and/or differences between Ethnography Part I (your
plan of proposed improvements/initial vision) and this (Ethnography Part VI)
plan/concept. Also, answer the question as to whether your initial design/vision
(Ethnography Part I) would have satisfied the emic perspective that you have now
gained? Your answer to this question is to include Why? or Why Not? and How?
 1 point = Overall visual quality of your program and plan presentations for this
assignment.
 1 point = For particularly good style of writing, with correct grammar, sensible sentence
structure. Again, one to five corrections = 1/2 point deduction. More than 5 = 0 points.
 3-5+/- pages in length
Part VI - Poster:
 1 point = Inclusion of cultural knowledge, i.e. most important taxonomies
 1 point = Summary presentation of program and design
 1 point = Visual drawings and photos included
 1 point = Poster communicates well (what, where, how)
 1 point = Effective, creative, achieved presentation quality within format required, no
typos or misspellings.
Part VII – Final Paper:
The grading of Assignment VIII will include a total of 10 points that will be attributed according
to completeness, overall quality, format, creative/presentation, and all previous
revisions/corrections made. You may add images/visuals and/or narrative descriptions to your
previous assignments as you wish or as recommended by your GSI.
The report is to be bound or stapled in 8-1/2 x 11 booklet format with cover/title including your
name, GSI, and section; and is to include Ethnography Assignments I-VI, separated/organized as
sequential Chapters or Sections. Ethnography Assignment VI (Poster) is to be reduced to fit the
8-1/2 x 11 format. Size reduction of this assignment can be done in one of several ways: by
taking a digital camera image of the work and printing out/reproducing the image at 8-1/2 x 11,
OR if poster is created on vellum/trace this can be reduced at Ink Stone after de-mounting from
the 24"x36" board; OR by photocopying the poster in a series of separate pieces. The
reproduced poster image/s can be black and white; and each word in its reduced state DOES
NOT have to be readable.
 15-20 pages in length
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