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Qualitative Research Methods (ANTH*6140)

Course code: 
ANTH*6140
Section: 
01
Course term: 
Winter 2025
Course instructor: 
Satsuki Kawano
Details: 

COURSE OUTLINE:

This course aims to familiarize students with a range of qualitative and ethnographic research methods in social and cultural anthropology. Students will have an opportunity to design a research project, employ qualitative research methods such as participant observation and interviews, and produce fieldnotes and ethnographic texts. This course is designed as a required core course for graduate students in our Public Issues Anthropology M.A. program at the University of Guelph.

In this course, students are encouraged to apply appropriate research methodologies to address contemporary, social and/or global issues. Students are also encouraged to critically reflect upon the limits of various anthropological methods and approaches.

FORMAT:  Seminar

EVALUATION: Presentations, in-class workshops, in-class exams, ethnographic research paper, and thesis/major paper proposal

TEXTBOOK:

Course Packet prepared by the instructor (available via the library’s e-reserve, ARES).

About the College

The College of Social and Applied Human Sciences traces its origins and traditions to the establishment of the Macdonald Institute, one of the University of Guelph's three founding colleges.

The college provides programming in a range of social science and applied human science disciplines and support to discipline-based and interdisciplinary researchers.

Academic Departments

Family Relations & Applied Nutrition
Geography, Environment & Geomatics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology & Anthropology

Institutes & Other Units

Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI)
Criminal Justice and Public Policy
Guelph Institute of Development Studies
The Live Work Well Research Centre
ReVision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice

Contact

College of Social & Applied Human Sciences
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario,
N1G 2W1
Canada

Email: csahs@uoguelph.ca
Tel: 519-824-4120 x56753
Fax: 519-766-4797


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