YorkU Abroad - ANTH 3110

YorkU Abroad - ANTH 3110 AP/ANTH 3110 6.0 Acquiring Research Methods

Intensive Summer Program

Ethnographic fieldwork involves very particular dilemmas. Opa!

Summer intensive anthropology field research methods course in Athens, Greece - 2 weeks at YorkU + 4 weeks in Athens - structured visits and activities in Athens, as well as an individual field research project What usable knowledge can we acquire through our own experiences and encounters “in the field”? How can we, as both researchers and fellow human travelers, navigate the ethical, emotional,

and epistemological complexities of doing research with and about people? This course will provide students with a theoretical and practical toolbox for designing, conducting, and writing up ethnographic research projects. Students will explore the concepts and skills in class and then apply and develop them in the field. Structured visits, to the Parthenon/Acropolis, the ancient theatre of Herodes, and Lycabettus Hill and activities, including a traditional Greek feast, are included. Students will have the opportunity to design a research project in consultation with the instructor, and to conduct their own ethnographic fieldwork during an intensive four-month research trip to Athens, Greece. Upon returning from Athens, each student will prepare and submit a research-based ethnographic work and will present a conference-style paper or poster. What?
-Anthropology field research methods
-2 weeks at YorkU, 4 weeks in Athens, 2 more weeks at YorkU
-6.0 credits, fulfills the 3000-level core requirement for Anthropology
-Taught in English


When? May 6 – 17: Classes at YorkU, MWF, 3 hrs/day

May 30 – June 28: Classes in Athens, M-R, 3 hrs/day, + field work and activities


Where? York University, Toronto, Canada
Athens, Greece

Who? This YorkU Abroad opportunity is made possible through a partnership between the Department of Anthropology, York International, and the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies with the generous support of the Academic Innovation Fund. Course leader:

Othon Alexandrakis

07/31/2014

It's the last day of July! Who's on their way home?
Hope everyone has had or will have a safe journey back!

07/23/2014

Still researching? Need to make sense of your notes? Try some different sources, like this open access journal.

http://aotcpress.com

Informed Consent Forms and building Rapport (the theme for class yesterday). This article shows how interviews and build...
07/22/2014

Informed Consent Forms and building Rapport (the theme for class yesterday). This article shows how interviews and building rapport is always negotiated, and learning how to use Informed Consent forms is part of that process.

How did you find using these forms during your fieldwork?

http://savageminds.org/2007/08/10/using-informed-consent-forms-in-fieldwork/

I spent this July in Papua New Guinea. The trip was mostly pleasure -- to catch up with friends, talk with fellow academics and policy wonks, and of course to see my adopted family in Porgera. I di...

Time flies! It's the last week of the course. What do you do with all your fieldwork data?This blog post has some helpfu...
07/21/2014

Time flies! It's the last week of the course. What do you do with all your fieldwork data?

This blog post has some helpful comments about software and researching that can help you organize your interviews, fieldnotes, and references so that writing your paper by August 15th will be a breeze!

http://thegeekanthropologist.com/2013/01/11/advice-for-students-5-creating-a-bibliography-or-database/

If you want to try some of the software mentioned by the author, download the free trial and post about how you liked/didn't like working with it!

During the course of your studies, you will spend countless hours reading and creating bibliographies and databases for your own classes and research or for a contract. Here is some advice of to he...

06/23/2014

It's almost departure time!

Just a quick reminder that your Project Proposals and Informed Consent Forms are due on June 25th.

10 Things to See and Do while in Athenshttp://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1942641_1942848,00....
06/16/2014

10 Things to See and Do while in Athens
http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1942641_1942848,00.html

Athens' naming rights were won, legend says, when Athena trumped Poseidon's proffered well with a gift of an olive tree. The city's devotion was worth winning. Always famously lively, Athens is...

Travel Advice and Advisories are available on this page. It also has some helpful contact information about how to find ...
06/12/2014

Travel Advice and Advisories are available on this page. It also has some helpful contact information about how to find and call the Canadian Embassy, as well as some general tips to avoid pickpocketing.

http://travel.gc.ca/destinations/greece

Country Travel Advice and Advisories from the Government of Canada

06/10/2014

Like if you've booked your flight to Athens!

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