Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Anna-Karina Hermkens
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above including (30cp from ANTH units including (10cp from ANTH units at 3000 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
What tools do cultural anthropologists use to observe humans and make sense of their actions in the world? This unit introduces the practical, methodological, and ethical dimensions of ethnographic research. As the primary goal of the unit is to teach students how to conduct ethnographic fieldwork, over the semester students engage in first-hand research projects where they regularly participate in and observe a cultural scene of their own choosing. Weekly meetings frame the fieldwork process as students learn anthropological research methods under the guidance of an experienced staff member, and then apply this knowledge to their ethnographic study. These meetings provide students an opportunity to share their fieldwork experiences with each other, discuss the methodological issues, and workshop concerns raised by their own studies. Simultaneously students will read several classic ethnographies to develop an understanding of the relationship between ethnographic research and ethnographic writing.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Seminar participation | 20% | No | Every week |
Research journal | 15% | No | Every week from week 3 |
Ethics quiz | 0% | No | Week 3 |
Ethnographic research paper | 35% | No | Week 13 |
Research proposal | 20% | No | Week 4 |
Oral presentation of research | 10% | No | Week 12 and 13 |
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 26 hours
Due: Every week
Weighting: 20%
Seminar participation, including discussion preparation guide
Assessment Type 1: Field book
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Every week from week 3
Weighting: 15%
From the third week of class students will be asked to keep a research journal. This should be a participant-observation record of their research activity.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 4 hours
Due: Week 3
Weighting: 0%
Students will take the online ethics module for social science research and the online quiz at the end of the module.
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 35 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 35%
Students will write an ethnographic research paper of approximately 2,500 words based on the data that they have collected in their ethnographic research journal.
Assessment Type 1: Plan
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 20%
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. Your grade on this assignment will be based on a combination of the research proposal you submit and the feedback you give to your peers.
Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 5 hours
Due: Week 12 and 13
Weighting: 10%
Students will present their research projects in the class in Weeks 12/13.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
The weekly 2-hours seminars will be run on Monday's (starting on the 27th of July)
Time: from 10.00-12.00
Venue: on campus, room to be announced via I-learn
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