Writing About Culture: Ethnography

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Ethnography is a research method derived from the field of anthropology that uses in-depth observation and "thick description" of cultural practices in an attempt to indicate what meaning these practices have in context. In this course, we will study how to use ethnographic research to examine connections between language and culture. We will read works by foundational theorists in the fields of ethnography and literacy studies and investigate ethnography's capacity for considering questions of why we read and write and how different cultures approach literacy. Fulfills AOK 2, 5.