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This course, which is the culmination of the "Culture" track, gives students a thorough methodological and theoretical foundation in ethnography: the description and analysis of culture through fieldwork. Because this is a somewhat abstract topic, we approach it by reading published ethnographic studies about migration, which has been the subject of much innovative anthropological research in recent years.
We begin by exploring the long tradition of ethnography, with special attention to novel methodologies that seek to understand migration in the context of transnational connections, multi-sited practices, digital media, climate change, and institutions. Students will each give presentations on the diverse range of methods used by ethnographers of migration, and about new types of research products that ethnographers have begun to create (e.g. museum exhibitions, podcasts, ethnographic films, digital interfaces).
Students can choose between two types of final projects. The first option is an original ethnographic study, inspired by a published article chosen in consultation with the instructor, in which students conduct their own fieldwork and implement some of the methodological insights gained in the course. The second is a focused theoretical analysis of published ethnographic material. Both kinds of projects will also include a policy recommendation that is informed by the local cultural circumstances identified in the ethnographic research. |
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