Meeting time will be flexible after the first week. ANT 307 is an applied methods course designed to link theory and research with data collected from the local community. The course offers students training in qualitative methods and their application under field conditions to social problems.
Training focuses on field work, placing the student in the local community.
Students will learn techniques in systematic observation, interviewing, note-taking, computer software programs of use in ethnographic research, data analysis and report writing. Our goal is to develop in students resourcefulness, interpersonal skills, and the ability to work in a cross-cultural, institutional context. To register, fill out an application, and submit it to the project coordinators in exchange for a registration permit. Applications can be obtained from the office of the Department of Anthropology. The field school will collaborate with a community partner in Grand Rapids.