2020-2021 Catalog

PHR 314 Ethnography

Ethnography is “writing (graphia) people (ethnos)”: it is a textual account of people’s everyday lives.  Over time, the writing of these accounts has changed in accord with shifting socio-historical and cultural contexts. In this course, we will survey ethnographic texts, spanning from early anthropologies conducted in colonial Africa and the South Pacific to contemporary ethnographies researched in contemporary American cities and modern institutions. Part narrative, part science, part self-reflection and all analysis, ethnography is a compelling genre through which to observe and understand our own lives as well as those of others.  

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

Same as SOC 234 / SOC 314

Prerequisite

WRIT 101 or WRIT 201 and SOC 101, PS 106, or IS 109