Practicing Ethnographic Methods. A research project of the student's own choosing is carried through from entree into a local cultural scene through analysis of data and writing an ethnography. The course promotes understanding of anthropological method and perspective for viewing people and situations.
Students do original research through weekly guided exercises which are discussed in class.
Book reports and writing exercises offer the students alternatives of format and focus for their own ethnographies. Assessment Measures Assignments may include weekly reports of field research, interview transcriptions and analyses undertaken, as well as book reports and rough drafts of the student's ethnography. The ethnography itself, and an oral presentation of it, are the final products of the course. Class participation is also evaluated. F. Other Course Information Students are required to use a computer word processing system and some specialized software for the analysis of ethnographic data.