Diagrams in Anthroplogy
January 16, 2012Posted by Anthropology Times under Anthropology | Permalink |
Letters to My Tutor…
My dearest Simone,
My mind turned again to anthropology during my chemistry review. In thinking about the importance of writing out simple formulas again and again, I thought that I should be using diagrams for common concepts in anthropology and that there’s a value in seeing key concepts/theories reduced to simple word groups with connective symbols such as lines, arrows, plus signs and the like. Back in 2009, Greg Downey over at Neuroanthropology wrote a nice post regarding benefits and concerns when using flowcharts in anthropology. The post seems a good place to start when I look into this more later.
So it seems that I am taking another week to work on my chemistry review. It has been quite intensive and at the moment I find myself in that curious place where I could do much better on a test that most consider difficult while fairing much worse on a test that others consider easy. That is to say that I have been neglectful regarding some of the required rote memorization. I looked for sample chemistry placement test online since I haven’t been able to find out much information regarding the one that I may be taking. So far, the results have been encouraging.
Yours truly,
S.