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Course Number:
ENG G379
Credit Hours:
3
Course Title:
Ethnography
Course Description:
Introduces a diverse set of methods, including observation and interviewing, for understanding humans in social and cultural contexts. Topics range from the nuts and bolts of designing and implementing a project to responding to the crisis of representation. Students conduct an ethnographic study and read ethnographies in anthropology and in their fields of interest. Is geared to teachers preparing to conduct classroom observations, technical communicators studying how people interact with documents and technologies, or anyone interested in ethnography as a research method and representational practice.
 
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