CLST 415 - Ethnographic Field Research Methods in Cultural Studies

This course provides an introduction to a range of strategies for field research in cultural studies, including participant observation, life histories, interviewing, socio-linguistic analysis, and other qualitative methods. At the heart of the course are two concerns: the opportunity for students to immerse themselves in coming to understand particular field situations, and the broader question of how the textually-derived approaches more characteristic of cultural studies can be articulated with and enriched by such field experience. This course satisfies a Cultural Studies Research Methods Requirement
Units: 4
Course Type: Seminar