Research design, method and theory across the discipline of anthropology. Topics include selecting research problems and sites, engaging literature, data-gathering and analysis, Institutional Review Board approval and ethical issues. Theory and application of contrasting paradigms (i.e. positivist, interpretivist) across each of the four major subfields. Emphasizes commonalities across the discipline in major theoretical currents (i.e. cultural ecology, functionalism, symbolic, historical materialism, postmodernism, feminism, and practice theory).

1 unit — Tabares

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Fall 2021	Block 2	Research Design: Method and Theory	David Song	Armstrong Hall 315	25 / 22	07/03/2022
Spring 2023	Block 6	Research Design: Method and Theory	Leland Tabares	TBA	25 / 25	07/03/2022