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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 |
Native ethnographers are not new, but they have often been hidden in the role of research assistant or field assistant or even "interpreter." They have appeared in various fieldwork narratives, but again only recently has there been much attempt to analyze their roles. Here we read a few portraits of field assistants, some of them by the ethnographers they assisted and some of them written jointly.
Read the following: Then, by midnight on Sunday, November 30, post a comment of about 200 words on whether you prefer to work with or without a field assistant, and in what situations, and why. |