Paper Guidelines The paper is on the Petryna ethnography. It is to be 4-5 pages, double-spaced, 12-pt font, and 1- inch margins. Information must be properly cited. I have no preference as to style format, but you must include either a works cited page or bibliography. In general your works cited will contain just the Petryna entry. No extra spaces between paragraphs. The paper must be titled, and the introductory paragraph must contain an obvious thesis sentence – thesis sentence is to be highlighted. End with a short conclusion, which can be as brief as two lines. Keep in mind as you write that this is a position paper. Here are some topics: Some cultural anthropologists root their ethnography among a given population in a particular location and focus on the way historical processes have had on the lives of the local population. Adriana Petryna is one such anthropologist. In Life exposed: Biological Citizens after Chernobyl, Petryna, using a multi-sited approach seeks to reach an understanding of the impact Chernobyl had on the Ukrainian population. Based on my reading of Petryna, I argue that · The stochastic model, which was adopted by Ukraine after it gained its independence from the Soviet Union, is a much more humane way of dealing with the fallout that accompanied Chernobyl than the deterministic model used by the Soviets. (Provide detailed examples from the book of why it is more humane ) · Gender and family violence increased as a result of Chernobyl. Chernobyl had the effect of emasculating males. A not uncommon way in which males reacted to their emasculation was to resort to violence against their spouses and/or families. · Chernobyl had a major economic impact on the former Soviet Union and is considered one of the causal variables in the fall of the Soviet Union. Rapid market change also called “Shock therapy” was advised by Western advisors as the best way of transforming from a socialist economy to a market based economy. For the people and the country as a whole this advice was disastrous, forms the backdrop against which the idea of the biological citizen must be understood. · Chernobyl caused rapid cultural change. One of the changes was a reduction in the quality of life of the average citizen. · Evidence from Chernobyl indicates that solutions to global warming and other manmade disasters may not be solved through nuclear energy. · A multi-sited approach to fieldwork such as the one that Petryna adopted is one way of showing the relationship between local and global forces. In adopting this approach Petryna shows the interrelations between global institutions such as the International Atomic Energy Association, Western experts and their institutions, Ukrainian government and the individuals affected by decisions made by these entities. .

1. Paper Guidelines
The paper is on the Petryna ethnography. It is to be 4-5 pages,
double-spaced, 12-pt font, and 1- inch margins. Information
must be properly cited. I have no preference as to style format,
but you must include either a works cited page or bibliography.
In general your works cited will contain just the Petryna entry.
No extra spaces between paragraphs. The paper must be titled,
and the introductory paragraph must contain an obvious thesis
sentence – thesis sentence is to be highlighted. End with a short
conclusion, which can be as brief as two lines. Keep in mind as
you write that this is a position paper.
Here are some topics:
Some cultural anthropologists root their ethnography among a
given population in a particular location and focus on the way
historical processes have had on the lives of the local
population. Adriana Petryna is one such anthropologist. In Life
exposed: Biological Citizens after Chernobyl, Petryna, using a
multi-sited approach seeks to reach an understanding of the
impact Chernobyl had on the Ukrainian population. Based on
my reading of Petryna, I argue that
· The stochastic model, which was adopted by Ukraine after it
gained its independence from the Soviet Union, is a much more
humane way of dealing with the fallout that accompanied
Chernobyl than the deterministic model used by the Soviets.
(Provide detailed examples from the book of why it is more
humane )
· Gender and family violence increased as a result of Chernobyl.
Chernobyl had the effect of emasculating males. A not
uncommon way in which males reacted to their emasculation
was to resort to violence against their spouses and/or families.
· Chernobyl had a major economic impact on the former Soviet
Union and is considered one of the causal variables in the fall
of the Soviet Union. Rapid market change also called “Shock
therapy” was advised by Western advisors as the best way of

2. transforming from a socialist economy to a market based
economy. For the people and the country as a whole this advice
was disastrous, forms the backdrop against which the idea of the
biological citizen must be understood.
· Chernobyl caused rapid cultural change. One of the changes
was a reduction in the quality of life of the average citizen.
· Evidence from Chernobyl indicates that solutions to global
warming and other manmade disasters may not be solved
through nuclear energy.
· A multi-sited approach to fieldwork such as the one that
Petryna adopted is one way of showing the relationship between
local and global forces. In adopting this approach Petryna
shows the interrelations between global institutions such as the
International Atomic Energy Association, Western experts and
their institutions, Ukrainian government and the individuals
affected by decisions made by these entities.