Topics in Anthropology (490-0-26)
Topic
Ethnographic Methods
Instructors
Ana L Aparicio
847/491-5132
1810 Hinman Ave. #212
Ana Aparicio is a cultural anthropologist. She has done research in urban centers and in suburbs to explore issues related to immigration, racial formation, politics, youth, inter-group relations.
Meeting Info
ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Fri 2:00PM - 4:50PM
Overview of class
This course is designed to familiarize students with methods used in ethnographic research and to prepare them to design research projects. We will study and discuss the importance of qualitative data collection tools such as participant-observation, oral histories, interviewing, photo-elicitation, and writing fieldnotes. In addition to discussing the methods as technique, we will examine issues related to the practice of ethnographic research; these include but are not limited to IRB, ethics, gender, race, class, age, etc. Our discussions will be based on the assigned readings and on students' own proposed research and field experiences. The course will enable you to understand why certain methods are chosen for different kinds of research, which method(s) would be most useful in your own research, and how to draft such data collection agendas into a grant proposal. Students will work on designing their dissertation grant proposal during the quarter.
Class Materials (Required)
Davis, Dana-Ain. 2019. Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth. NY: New York University Press. Emerson, R. et al. 2020. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, 3rd Edition. IL: Univ of Chicago Press. Feliciano-Santos, Sherina. 2021. A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity: Language, Social Practice, and Identity Within Puerto Rico Taino Activism. NJ: Rutgers Univ Press. Simpson, Audra. 2014. Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across Borders of Settler States. NY: Duke University Press. Perez, Gina. 2024. Sanctuary People: Faith Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities. NY: NYU Press. Smalls, Krystal. 2024. Telling Blackness: Young Liberians and the Raciosemiotics of Contemporary Black Diaspora. NY: Oxford University Press.
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Graduate Students.