This is an information sheet only, not the course syllabus.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Provides
an overview of the major methods of
field work and research design in anthropology and related social and
behavioral sciences. Students will
analyze one or more topics using appropriate qualitative and quantitative
methodological techniques. Some field
work may be required.
Prerequisite:
None 4 Credit Hours
COURSE MATERIALS
Required Textbooks: Field Projects in Anthropology: A Student Handbook, 3rd Edition, by Michael Angrosino and Julia Crane. Waveland Press.
Field Ethnography: A Manual for Doing Cultural Anthropology, by Paul Kutsche. Prentice-Hall Publishing Company.
The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society, 2nd Edition,
by David McCurdy and James Spradley. Waveland Press.
The Ethnographic Interview, by James Spradley. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Publishing Company.
-OR-
Participant Observation, By James Spradley. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Publishing Company.
Optional: Building Bridges: The Allyn and Bacon Student Guide to Service-Learning. Allyn and Bacon.
VIDEOTAPES/AUDIOTAPES
Four videos
OTHER MEDIA
None
ORIENTATION/ATTENDANCE
Will receive when meet with instructor for the first time.
EVALUATION/GRADING
One research paper, four film
commentaries, field project #1, five field projects or one service learning
project, and extra credit exercises.
COURSE OUTLINE
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Week Numbers |
Required Text: Reading & Activity |
Video Tapes
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Non-Text Activity
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Work Turned In
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1-2 |
Read: Spradley and McCurdy-
pp. v-ix, 1-37 Kutsche- pp. 1-84 |
View: The Faces of Culture Series: The Nature of Anthropology (#95-1)
and The Nature of Culture (#95-2). |
Begin thinking about your
micro-culture and subculture. |
2 Film Commentaries |
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3-4 |
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View: Nonverbal Communication (BF637.N66 N6 1976); World of Gestures; American Tongues; and The Faces of Culture Series: How Cultures are Studied (#95-3) |
Be prepared to talk to your
teacher about your choice of a micro-culture /subculture. |
2 Film Commentaries |
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5-6 |
Read: Spradley and McCurdy
and Kutsche- read any of the enthnographies that may help you in choosing a
micro-culture /subculture. Depending
upon your choice of method and method book read either, The Ethnographic Interview- part one and Appendices A, B, &
C, or read Participant Observation-part
one and Appendices A & B. |
No
more videos for the course. |
Commence
doing your field projects from Crane and Angrosino and tell you teacher about
whether or not you are choosing the service-learning option. You will start with Field Project #1:
Proxemics |
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7 |
Do: Steps one and two from
either The Ethnographic Interview
or Participant Observation. Discuss: The step chapter tasks
for this assignment. |
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Either
work on further field projects from Crane and Angrosino or service-learning. |
Field Project #1 Service-learning pre-survey if appropriate. |
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8 |
Do: Steps three and four
from either The Ethnographic Interview
or Participant Observation. Discuss: The step chapter
tasks for this assignment. |
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Either
work on further field projects from Crane and Angrosino or service-learning. |
Field Project #2 Service-learning placement confirmation if
appropriate. |
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9 |
Do: Steps five and six from
either The Ethnographic Interview
or Participant Observation. Discuss: The step chapter
tasks for this assignment. |
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Either
work on further field projects from Crane and Angrosino or service-learning. |
Field Project #3 |
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10 |
Do steps seven and eight
from either The Ethnographic Interview
or Participant Observation. Discuss: The step chapter
tasks for this assignment. |
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Either
work on further field projects from Crane and Angrosino or service-learning. |
Field Project #4 |
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11 |
Do: Steps nine and ten from
either The Ethnographic Interview
or Participant Observation. Discuss: The step chapter
tasks for this assignment. |
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Either
work on further field projects from Crane and Angrosino or service-learning. |
Field Project #5 |
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12 |
Do: Steps eleven and twelve
from either The Ethnographic Interview
or Participant Observation. Discuss: The step chapter
tasks for this assignment. |
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Either
work on further field projects from Crane and Angrosino or service-learning. |
Field Project #6 -OR- Service Learning Journal with hours log and post-survey. |
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13-16 |
Turn in your Ethnographic
Research Report no later than Monday of the last week of the semester. |
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Ethnographic Research Report |