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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 |
Ethnography often involves working in dangerous situations; though few ethnographers have been killed in the field, many have had to deal with injury, illness, and ever-present danger. Today we look at how two very prominent anthropologists have dealt with danger while investigating criminal behavior. We will also have as a guest speaker Professor Danny Hoffman, who lived in a militia barracks in Sierra Leone right after a cease-fire in a war that was not yet proclaimed to be over.
Read the following: Then, by midnight on Thursday, October 30, post a comment of about 200 words on an ethical question or dilemma that you think is raised by one or the other of the passages we read, and how you might respond if you faced a similar dilemma or question. |