2010 Spring CULANTH 194-01
Bulletin Course Description Anthropology as a discipline (a field of study) and the site where anthropologists work: the field. Combines theories of anthropological fieldwork methods with practice, including participation, observation, and interviews. Students undertake original research in a local fieldsite of their choice and produce their own mini-ethnography. This requirement may also be satisfied by taking Cultural Anthropology 100 Duke in Ghana Anthropological Field Research. Instructor: Staff
(Instructor named in bulletin description above may not be current. For current instructor, see listing below.)
Title FIELDWORK METHODS Department CULANTH Course Number 2010 Spring 194 Section Number 01 Primary Instructor Nelson,Diane M Prerequisites
Synopsis of course content
This course is about epistemology: how we know what we know, how we gather information, how we transform information, impressions, documents, interviews into ethnography. The course examines “the field” – both anthropology as a discipline (a ‘field’ of study) and the site where anthropologists work: the field. Combines theories of anthropological fieldwork methods with practice, including participation, observation, and interviews. This course examines classic ethnography as well as criticism, focus on ethics of epistemology and representation.
