Doing Anthropology: Ethnographic Research Methods
Time: 10:30 - 16:30
Location: Keeley Street
- Course Code: HA035
- Dates: 10/05/25 - 17/05/25
- Time: 10:30 - 16:30
- Taught: Sat, Daytime
- Duration: 2 sessions (over 2 weeks)
- Location: Keeley Street
- Tutor: Yasmin Hales
Course Code: HA035
Duration: 2 sessions (over 2 weeks)
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What is the course about?
This Anthropology module will introduce students to what anthropologists ‘do’ in the field and how they approach their research. Students will critically address how the collection of ethnographic data has changed from 19thC classical to 21stC contemporary research today.
What will we cover?
- Historical foundations classical anthropological research
- Defining Ethnographic fieldwork:
- Participant Observation –what is it?
- Qualitative and quantitative data collection
- Contemporary anthropology research today.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
Apply your knowledge of Anthropology fieldwork to your own project.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
Level 4. To benefit from the content of this course, ideally you should have completed the City Lit ‘Intro to Anthropology’ or any other Anthropology course.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Tutor presentation, Q & A, discussion and some independent work.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
No additional costs, but you may wish to bring pen and paper, or a digital equivalent, for notetaking.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Please explore our other anthropology courses.
Yasmin completed a BA (Hons) in Social Anthropology and an MA in the History of South Asian Art and Architecture which complemented her role as a museum educator and curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Her research interest in the social use of space, indigenous art and architecture was consolidated through ethnographic fieldwork in India, and latterly commenced doctoral research in the Anthropology of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University and UCL. Yasmin has lectured at various academic institutions including Birkbeck and University of Arts, and is currently based at City Lit and Goldsmiths University, teaching Anthropology modules including Intro to Anthropology, Anthropology of Art, Film and Photography and the Anthropology of Space, Place and the Landscape. She is currently involved in research at the UCL Media Anthropology Lab, working with digital research methods and indigenous Amazonian communities in South America. Yasmin has also curated a Tamil, South Indian community exhibition called the ‘Talking Streets’. ways. She is a freelance anthropology consultant, tutor and delivers a range of successful independent cultural workshops at Anthropology for all.
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