Teaching Ethnographic Methods: The State of the Art

• Published in: Human organization Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 401 - 412
• Main Authors: Ruth, Alissa, Mayfour, Katherine, Hardin, Jessica, Sangaramoorthy, Thurka, Wutich, Amber, Bernard, H. Russell, Brewis, Alexandra, Beresford, Melissa, SturtzSreetharan, Cindi, Jones Brayboy, Bryan McKinley, Dengah, H.J. François, Gravlee, Clarence C., Guest, Greg, Harper, Krista, Mahdavi, Pardis, Mattison, Siobhán M., Moritz, Mark, Negrón, Rosalyn, Piperata, Barbara A., Snodgrass, Jeffrey G., Zarger, Rebecca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oklahoma City Society of Applied Anthropology 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Anthropology; College faculty; Cultural anthropology; Ethics; Ethnography; Interviews; Positionality; Reflexivity; Research design; Research ethics; Research methodology; Teaching; Teaching methods; Transcription; United States > US

Ethnography is a core methodology in anthropology and other disciplines. Yet, there is currently no scholarly consensus on how to teach ethnographic methods-or even what methods belong in the ethnographic toolkit. We report on a systematic analysis of syllabi to gauge how ethnographic methods are ta...