ANTHROPOLOGY 550
ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD METHODS

MF 1:30-3:20, Denny 401

Class plan for Monday, December 5
Summing up

Course Home
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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
 Before I start this course (I'm writing on September 20), I have several worries about the course. I'd like to discuss in class today whether these worries were justified or not:
  • The class didn't include enough how-to material
  • The class didn't deal enough with canonical methods literature
  • The class was too mixed; not enough of any one thing
  • The exercises would be either Mickey-Mouse or rinky-dink
By midnight on Thursday, December 4, post any reflections you'd like on what you did or didn't get out of this course, and whether and how it might influence your fieldwork plans or the proposal you are going to write for the Research Design class in Winter Quarter.