Field Methods

Catalog description

This course explores the history and practice of ethnographic field research and engages central debates about ethnographic method. The readings prompt deeper reflection on doing field research, and challenges students to think about anthropological ways of knowing. Students will be required to carry out field research, define and design a project, recording (through field notes or other methods) every step of the way. This course corresponds with CULANTH 302 at Duke Kunshan University. Graduate Students enrolled in this course will be assigned additional work and held to graduate-level standards in terms of assessment.