Postgraduate Course: The Ethnography Seminar (PGSP11042)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Intended for MSc students in Social Anthropology, this course is meant to give them the opportunity to consider their forthcoming dissertations through a consideration of the questions raised by particular ethnographies, the methodologies on which they are based, and the analytic strategies employed. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | Teviot Lecture Theatre, Medical School | 1-11 | | | | 11:10 - 13:00 | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| This course aims for an understanding of ethnographic fieldwork as a process and its links to written ethnography as a product. By the end of the course, students will have read and discussed a range of ethnographic works focusing on different anthropological themes and geographic regions. They will have developed their ability to critically read ethnographies, and to draw connections between theory and ethnography in terms of methods and authorial strategies. |
Assessment Information
| This course will be assessed on the basis of one course essay (word limit 4000). |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Course Outline: Indicative Topics
What is ethnography?
Ethnography as process
Ethnography as product
Engaging Others |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Abu-Lughod, L. 1986. Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Biehl, J. 2005. Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Geertz, C.. 1973. Thick Description: Toward an Interpretative Theory of Culture. In Clifford Geertz The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books.
Fabian, J. 1983. Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object. New York:
Columbia University Press.
Fardon, R. (ed.). 1990. Localizing strategies. Regional traditions of ethnographic writing. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
Hammersley, M. 1998. Reading Ethnographic Research: A Critical Guide. Second edition. London and New York: Longman.
Klima, A. 2002. The Funeral Casino: Meditation, Massacre, and Exchange with the Dead in Thailand. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press.
Malinowski, B. 1984 [1922]. Introduction: The Subject, Method and Scope of This Inquiry. In Bronislaw Malinowski. Argonauts of The Western Pacific. Prospect Heigths: Waveland Press, Inc.
Ohnuki-Tierney, E. 2002. Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms. The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Stocking, G. 1992. The Ethnographers Magic and Other Essays in the History of Anthropology. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
Wacquant, L. 2004. Body and Soul: Notebooks of An Apprentice-Boxer. New York:
Oxford University Press |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
The course will be organized in the form of seminars (one weekly 2-hour session for ten weeks) on particular ethnographies and/or ethnographic themes. Students will be expected to prepare fully for the seminar by engaging with the readings. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr John Harries
Tel: (0131 6)50 4051
Email: j.harries@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Clare Nisbet
Tel:
Email: Clare.Nisbet@ed.ac.uk |
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