Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun!

I briefly presented my blog yesterday, Wednesday, June 10th, at the DL meeting. Now that I'm afraid I'm on the "radar" and my colleagues might be reading this, I decided to get cracking and do a double session today!


Here's the update:

Lou Acierno, the Director of the Library, has offered to help work with me on designing a DL version of the Communicating Across Cultures course. I reworked the syllabus and sent him a copy which I'm also posting as full text here. Be kind: I was given this syllabus rather late in the semester prior to teaching it and it is still in development. Any suggestions you have for making it more DL friendly are appreciated!

[Faculty information, Course Description, Objectives, Requirements, and Assessment have been removed here]
Week 1
Introduction to Course

Week 2:
What is Anthropology? What is Ethnography?
Read:
· Franz Boas excerpt TBA

Week 3:
Studying Culture & Thick Description
Field Trip One
Read:
· Geertz, “Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture,” The Interpretation of Culture (NY: Basic Books, 1973), Chapter 1, Part I-VIII
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Chapter One

Week 4:
Methodological Critiques of Anthropology & Ethnography
· Behar, The Vulnerable Observer, Chapter 1
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Chapter Two
FILM: A Couple in the Cage

Week 5:
Research Methods, Taking Field Notes
Field Trip Two
Read:
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Chapter Three
· Behar, The Vulnerable Observer, Chapter 2

Week 6:
Locating & Interviewing Informants
Read:
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Part Two, Step One
· Behar, The Vulnerable Observer, Chapter 3

Week 7:
Interviewing Informants (Practice Session)
Field Trip Three: Interview #1
Read:
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Part Two, Step Two and Three
· Behar, The Vulnerable Observer, Chapter 4

Week 8:
Asking Descriptive Questions
Read:
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Part Two, Step Four
· Behar, The Vulnerable Observer, Chapter 5

Week 9:
Field Trip Four: Interview #2
Analyzing Interviews
Read:
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Part Two, Step Five
· Behar, The Vulnerable Observer, Chapter 6

Week 10:
Collecting Data, Secondary Research, and Making a Domain Analysis
Read:
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Part Two, Step Six

Week 11:
Field Trip Five: Interview #3
Asking Structural and Contrast Questions
Read:
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Part Two, Step Seven and Nine

Week 12:
Discovering & Describing Cultural Scene
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Part Two, Step Eleven

Week 13:
Field Trip #6: Mapping & Visual Documentation
Creating & Using Visual Evidence
Read: TBA

Week 14:
Writing an Ethnography & Writing Workshop
Read:
· Spradley, The Ethnographic Interview, Part Two, Step Twelve

Week 15:
Presentations & Final Ethnographies DUE