English 651 - Ethnography Tuesday 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm (50% internet) What is Ethnography? . . approach to discovering and investigating social and cultural “A[n] . patterns and meaning in communities, institutions, and other social Schensul settings.”— Why Study It? a way of dealing with people you don't agree with “I have a respect for manners as such, they are or like.” — Mead of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing “I've often been accused is central to it.” Geertz — the right Levi-Strauss “The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses questions.” — This course will equip students with the skills to select a suitable site--workplace, classroom or other social arena--and successfully compose a self-selected ethnography. Questions? See Paul Sawyer, DVIC 233.
English 651 - Ethnography Tuesday 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm (50% internet) What is Ethnography? “A[n] . . . approach to discovering and investigating social and cultural patterns and meaning in communities, institutions, and other social settings.”— Schensul Why Study It? “I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.” — Mead “I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it.” — Geertz “The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” — Levi-Strauss This course will equip students with the skills to select a suitable site--workplace, classroom or other social arena--and successfully compose a self-selected ethnography. Questions? See Paul Sawyer, DVIC 233.
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