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Course Home E-mail the class Class discussion board FRIDAY HISTORICAL READINGS Oct 10: Pioneers Oct 17: Expertise Oct 24: Cliffords Oct 31: Danger Nov 7: El Dorado Nov 14: Emotions Nov 21: Natives M Dec 1: Assistants Dec 5: Summary MONDAY EXERCISES Sep 29: Experience Oct 6: Observation Oct 13: Interview Oct 20: Discomfort Oct 27: Formal Nov 3: Survey Nov 10: Photo Nov 17: Video Nov 24: Digital |
Your eighth class exercise is due for today, on video ethnography. Video has been a part of ethnography and ethnology almost as long as photos, but unlike photography, videography used to require cumbersome equipment and some expertise, so it was a rather specialized form of ethnographic research. Now of course, anybody with a phone can make a video. Still, there is probably more written on video than on just about any other ethnographic field method. So if you haven't tried it, do, or if you have, it's time to try it again for this class:
In preparation for this exercise, read the following:
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