In-depth introduction to research design and field methods. Problem formulation, research design, and the use of specific methods is highlighted from a variety of perspectives. A hands-on seminar on issues that students experience in the course of their individual field research projects in clinical settings. Emphasis is given to simultaneous data collection, data analysis, and further refinement and development of the research problem. Attention is also given to writing field notes, and to preliminary analysis of field notes, such as the creation of core categories.
Students work with individual faculty members in ongoing research projects.
Each student will work on supervised data collection and analytical tasks, and a broader range of research activities, such as problem formulation, grant preparation, sampling, and research design and execution. The Life History in Anthropology. Course focus is on the life history as an ethnographic method used to study social process and change and as a cultural document useful for understanding values, practices, gender, and power relations in society. Emphasis will be on how the individual-culture relationship has been represented over a 60 year period. In-depth examination of special methodological issues, topic varies.