New Summer Course with Dr. Kerric Harvey!
Titled: Ethnographic Method for Researchers, Journalists, and Documentary Filmmakers
Designed for as a multi-audience crash course for budding social science researchers, documentary filmmakers, and investigative journalists, this six-week summer class provides a hands-on approach to ethnographic best practices as an invaluable way of understanding “other people’s worlds” well enough to explain and describe them accurately to a third party through a variety of storytelling vehicles. Also useful as a way to help prevent outsider bias and character stereotyping in dramatic films. Early in the session, students will choose a specific political, cultural, or societal subgroup to explore, using material drawn from classic ethnography, newly developed rapid assessment techniques, and participant observation. Pitched to graduate level education but accessible to undergrads who have an interest in this area, this course employs a robust combination of knowledge discovery methods, including case studies, small group exercises, field labs, and both virtual and in-person classroom discussions. No prior experience needed. Fulfills the “Required Elective” category for JMC and PCM undergrads as well the being an approved SMPA graduate program elective.
2022 Summer Session One: May 16, 2022 – June 25, 2022
