Ethnographic Methods

Aim

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• apply the most important concepts and perspectives in ethnographic method
• be aware of the various types of problems that may arise in fieldwork and be able to handle them
• analyse data that has been generated by ethnographic method
• be familiar with the history of the ethnographic method, account for its relation to other method traditions and be orientated in the science-critical debate regarding the ethnographic method.

Content

The course is based on parts that combine placement and theory. This implies exercises on different aspects of the ethnographic method, such as fieldwork and exercise in analysis of data generated by the ethnographic method. The course also includes an overview of the history of the ethnographic method, its position and importance to anthropology and other sciences and its relation to other method traditions. Other questions that are covered are the science-critical debate regarding the ethnographic method, and questions of how the method can be developed.