Doing Ethnography
Provides a foundation for understanding and doing ethnographic, contextually based research. Students execute hands-on projects grounded in participant observation and such complements as interviewing, questionnaires and surveys, archival work and projective methodological techniques; final results vary from ethnographic texts or films to exhibits or applied recommendations. Addresses such ethnographic fundamentals as: intellectual history; disciplinary contexts; epistemological validity and reliability; ethics and Institutional Review Boards; using ethnography for cross-cultural comparison; qualitative data analysis and software. Students learn varied forms of ethnographic inquiry such as exploratory, experimental, critical, historical and action/applied. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: AIM requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: CP requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: SHB requirement.
Degree requirement — Critical Learning: AIM, Critical Learning: CP, Critical Learning: SHB, Critical Perspectives: G
1 unit — Schwartz
Offerings
Term | Block | Title | Instructor | Location | Student Limit/Available | Updated |
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Spring 2023 | Block 8 | Doing Ethnography | Sarah Hautzinger | Barnes Science Center 403 | 16 / 1 | 06/04/2023 |
Spring 2024 | Block 8 | Doing Ethnography | Steven Schwartz | TBA | 25 / 25 | 06/04/2023 |