Ethnography of a Medical Controversy
In this fieldwork assignment, students locate a recent topic related to health and use the frameworks of medical anthropology to “read like an anthropologist”. The paper requires students to cite […]
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Illness Narrative
Students conduct an ethnographic interview with someone they know who has experienced “illness” in their life. The illness narratives are used to support student learning about the methods of ethnography. […]
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Students are asked to keep an ethnographic journal throughout the semester to observe and analyze an aspect of society or culture. Each journal will be written in response to a […]
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