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School of Archaeology and Anthropology · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
The ANU is a portal into the wider world—as societies become ever more interconnected, it is vital to understand the complex cultural dynamics that grip our lives at home and around the globe. Anthropology offers a set of methodological tools and theoretically informed questions to understand how culture is represented and made meaningful in the world today. This course introduces students to anthropological field methods and develops foundational skills to become ethnographers. EthnoLab 1 combines training in anthropological methods with hands-on practical learning to build knowledge about the cultural research that characterise fieldwork-based data and its synthesis and interpretation in the production of ethnography. Students will have the opportunity to train in key areas of ethnographic project design, and gain practical skills in anthropological methods, including: taking field notes, creating genealogies, conducting life history interviews, engaging with material culture, visual and digital ethnography, creating and interpreting maps and other spatial data. Across all of these methods, students develop an understanding of the ethical issues involved in anthropological research.
Practicum Participation (weekly engagement with workshops 10% and one tutorial facilitation 10%)
Learning outcomes 1, 4
Practical Exercises (4 x 15% each, 500 words each)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Final Reflective Essay (1000 words)
Learning outcomes 3, 4
130 hours comprised of: a) 12 hours of lectures, 24 hours of workshops, and b) 94 hours of independent student learning Work Integrated Learning Fieldwork As a part of this class, students have to understand the key components of qualitative research and field-based data collection. The practical assignments require them to venture into the "field" and each exercise will introduce them to a different facet of ethnographic methods.
Texts will be made available through the library