Community-Based Research I

Community based research involves a partnership approach in which responsibility for planning, conducting, and evaluating research is shared with a community. This course provides grounding in community based research methods, examining how they transform social science research. We will explore issues of ethics, power relations, and field work practices.

Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (Ethnographic Methods)

This course explores ethnographic field methods. We examine the history of ethnography, its critiques, and then move to more practical matters. Students will carry out research exercises (an ongoing ethnography project, options of interview assignments, visual techniques etc.) designed to help students present results using these methodological strategies.