SOAN 301The Ethnographer�s Craft

Anthropology or any sociocultural research is not simply the gathering of data. The course will expose students to the classic and cutting-edge texts in anthropology today. Readings include the works of Mauss, Evans-Pritchard, Malinowski and texts that have had the most impact in the field in the last decade. Close attention to the crafting of ethnographies will teach students an analytical method of reading that will help them understand the choices of theory, methodology and style that have been made to create classic anthropological knowledge. Thus, this course will enable students to conceive, devise and write-up their own ethnographic research. Alternate years.