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Course Info for ANTH - 301 - 01, Fall 2023
Class number: 2375 Title: Ethnographic Methods & Writing Department: Anthropology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 12 Available seats: 7
Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: M: 1:30PM-4:10PM, LSC - 137 Instructor(s): Guzman, Amanda
Prerequisite(s): Seats Reserved for Anthropology majors.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement
Course Description:
This course will acquaint students with a range of research methods commonly used by anthropologists, and with the types of questions and designs that justify their use. It will describe a subset of methods (individual and group interviewing, and observation) in more detail, and give students practice in their use, analysis, and presentation. Through accompanying readings, the course will expose students to the controversies surrounding the practice of ethnography and the presentation of ethnographic authority. Students will conduct group field research projects during the course, and will develop and write up research proposals for projects they themselves could carry out in a summer or semester. It is recommended that students have already taken an anthropology course.