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    Apr 19, 2024  
American University Catalog 2017-2018 
    
American University Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ANTH-653 Advanced Methods: Ethnographic Writing (3)


This seminar explores the craft, art, and politics of ethnographic writing through intensive ethnographic research, writing, and reading, with a focus on the importance of echography and its potential as a force for social justice. Students conduct an ethnographic study and produce frequent writing assignments while dissecting exemplary ethnographic texts from anthrophony and related disciplines including sociology, investigative journalism, narrative nonfiction, fiction, radio/podcasts, and film.  Usually Offered: alternate falls. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: ANTH-652 .