Considers the time-honored practice of Ethnography, both as fieldwork and as textual form, that has traditionally defined cultural anthropology and qualitative sociology. Examines the politics, poetics and ethics of ethnographic research and writing, pushing beyond modernist assumptions about ethnographic fieldwork as objective scientific research. Reading and discussion of ethnographic texts / classical and contemporary, conventional and experimental / as well as critiques of ethnographic research and writing. Required of all SoAn majors, and restricted to SoAn majors and those who are seriously considering SoAn as their major.
Prerequisites
Sophomore standing or above