Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Monica Dalidowicz
Thurs 5-6 or by appt.
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MGlobalHlthDevStud or GradCertGlobalHlthDevStud or MAppAnth or PGDipAppAnth or MDevCult or PGDipDevCult or PGCertDevCult or MSocEntre or PGCertSocEntre or 4cp in ANTH units at 800 level
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit introduces methodological strategies used in community research. Quantitative strategies, such as questionnaire and survey methods, will be compared with qualitative ones, such as participant observation. The epistemological and ethical dimensions of methodology, and the effects of political imperatives on the conduct of research will be discussed. It includes four weeks of community-based research.
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Name | Weighting | Due |
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Seminar participation | 30% | Ongoing |
Research proposal | 10% | 02/04/2015 |
Ethnographic Journal | 10% | 07/05/2015 |
Presentations | 10% | 28/05/2015 |
Ethnographic Paper | 20% | 28/05/2015 |
Revised Ethnographic Paper | 20% | 18/06/2015 |
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 30%
Seminar preparation involves a couple of hours of reading each week. To facilitate tutorial discussion, you are required to submit a short typed summary of each of that week’s readings. Each student should fully participate in class discussions and will take turns leading a discussion of the week’s readings.
Due: 02/04/2015
Weighting: 10%
Research proposals will be original project designs for ethnographic research projects. Your research proposal should be a formal description of the ongoing project of ethnographic description that you are engaged in for this class. You must also undertake a literary search for your chosen topic.
Due: 07/05/2015
Weighting: 10%
Students will engage in a small-scale and experimental research project over the course of the semester. Each student will keep a ‘field journal’ (paper or electronic) that collates completed writing assignments, including observational logs, research diary entries, interview notes, sketches, diagrams, and other data related to the on-going project. You are encouraged to treat the journal as a ‘field diary,’ and to write in it as often as you see fit. You should write in it as often as possible (a minimum of twice a week).
Due: 28/05/2015
Weighting: 10%
During the last two weeks of the semester, you will present your research findings in class. You are presenting an ethnographic synthesis that combines theory and data through the medium of analysis. Since this class is centred on methodology, I do expect that you reflect on and discuss your process of observation, methodological challenges, things you might do differently next time etc.
Due: 28/05/2015
Weighting: 20%
Write an ethnographic synthesis of the research you completed. Your paper should describe the goals of the project, the methods employed, and what you discovered during the course of your research. Remember that ethnographic synthesis weds theory to data in the medium of analysis. Your paper must present your research in a way that maintains academic integrity whilst also engaging the reader with your ethnographic material. You must connect your material to larger processes, using sound theoretical foundations and consistent and measured analysis. This paper will be reviewed and returned with critical feedback on June 4th.
Due: 18/06/2015
Weighting: 20%
I will return your ethnographic paper (on June 4th) with the comments and suggestions. Similar to the process of submission for publication in a journal or edited volume, your paper will be reviewed and you will be given feedback on the work. You will then be required to address the feedback and revise your paper accordingly. You will have two weeks to revise from the time I return your paper. The revised paper will be due on June 18. Your revised paper must also include a epilogue or response (200 to 500 words) reflecting on how you have used the feedback.
All readings for the seminar are found on the library website in the e-reserve section (you can search for ANTH801 in e-reserve or follow the link on iLearn). All other listed readings are on three-day loan (books) or e-reserve (journal articles).
Week 1 26 Feb Introduction: course overview
Week 2 5 Mar Choosing a field site and developing research questions
Week 3 12 Mar Ethical codes and Ethical dilemmas in fieldwork
Week 4 19 Mar Participant Observation and Taking Field Notes I
Week 5 26 Mar Participant Observation and Taking Field Notes II
Week 6 2 Apr Interviewing
Mid-semester Recess (3 April – 20 April)
Week 7 23 Apr Fieldwork in a Global Era
Week 8 30 Apr Informants, hosts, and field relationships
Week 9 7 May Leaving the Field: From Fieldwork to Writing Up
Week 10 14 May Writing Ethnography
Week 11 21 May The politics of writing and representation
Week 12 28 May Doing ethnography: In-class presentations
Week 13 4 Jun Doing ethnography: In-class presentations continued
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