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ANTH 4006 - Honours Anthropology Ethnographic Fieldwork

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2016

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The Ethnographic Fieldwork Course provides access to an advanced approach to common themes, concepts and methodologies in Anthropology, particularly those relating to ethnographic fieldwork. The course builds on knowledge gained at the undergraduate level about the principles and processes of ethnographic research. It aims to deepen student understandings of the practical, epistemological and ethical aspects of ethnography, and to prepare graduate students for fieldwork. The readings and seminars will provide a context for critical discussions about ethnography. A selection of topics has been chosen that cover major themes of ethnographic research and students are encouraged to research these themes further throughout the course. These themes may include but are not restricted to: the practice of ethnography; the changing nature and boundaries of the 'field' in anthropology; the ethics of fieldwork as well as that of the process of representing research communities in ethnographic texts; the relationships and experiences associated with the anthropological method and its implications for ethnographies. The course also have a dissertation seminar as an essential element, which is designed to support students through the stages of producing a dissertation. In particular, in the first semester, it aims to assist students to arrive and articulate a relevant topic; to turn this topic into an anthropological problem appropriate to the task of writing a thesis; to aid in the consideration of useful theoretical perspectives; to help identify and locate material and relevant literature.

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