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| Semester | fall semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | George-Paul Meiu (gp.meiu@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This practical course teaches the basics of anthropological methodology with reference to qualitative and interpretative research. Its focus is ethnography in its double sense as process and product of intensive fieldwork. Through readings, discussions, and practical exercises, participants will learn concrete methods for answering anthropological questions and for expanding their ethnographic imagination. How can ethnographic research capture the shifting dynamics of globalization? And how can anthropologists examine the ways local, national, and global processes shape the lived experiences of research interlocutors? Students will learn how to design research projects, undertake active observations, interview, write fieldnotes, compile genealogies and time surveys, carry out space analysis and archival research, and collect and think with artifacts. These methods will also raise a set of ethical questions about the kinds of social rapport that anthropologists and their field interlocutors might cultivate and about the myriad identities and subjectivities produced through the fieldwork encounter. The last part of this practicum focuses on how anthropologists can transform field data into ethnographic writing with a central focus on questions of representation, poetics, and truth. |
| Learning objectives | Students will learn how to design research projects, undertake active observations, interview, write fieldnotes, compile genealogies and time surveys, carry out space analysis and archival research, and collect and think with artifacts. |
| Bibliography | The following are the primary texts used for this class and will be available on the course reserve at the Anthropology Library. Additional articles and chapters will be available online and will be announced at the beginning of the semester: Elizabeth Campbell and Luke Eric Lassiter. 2015. Doing Ethnography Today. Theories, Methods, Exercises. Wiley Blackwell. MKB Harry G. West. 2007. Ethnographic Sorcery. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. MKB |
| Comments |
| Admission requirements | The number of participants is limited to 25 people. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to the subjects listed under "modules". |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Monday | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 19.09.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 26.09.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 03.10.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 10.10.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 17.10.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 24.10.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 31.10.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 07.11.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 14.11.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 21.11.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 28.11.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 05.12.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 12.12.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 19.12.2022 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Modules |
Modul: Grundlagen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Module: Advances in Epidemiology, Statistics and Global & Public Health (Master's Studies: Epidemiology) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | For the evaluation of this course, there will be four short assignments: (1) short proposal; (2) participant observation with field notes; (3) interview; and (4) artifact analysis. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Ethnologie |