This Anthropology weekend workshop will introduce students to what anthropologists ‘do’ in the field and explore various ways to research the rich diversity of societies and human behaviour. Learners will critically address how ethnographic research methods have changed from 19thc classical to 21st contemporary data and digital research collection today and apply this to their own cultural fieldwork projects.
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This Anthropology weekend workshop will introduce students to what anthropologists ‘do’ in the field and explore various ways to research the rich diversity of societies and human behaviour. Learners will critically address how ethnographic research methods have changed from 19thc classical to 21st contemporary data and digital research collection today and apply this to their own cultural fieldwork projects.
What will we cover?
Defining Anthropology
What Anthropologists do in the field.
Historical foundations 19th- early 20thc evolutionary research
Ethnographic fieldwork, ethnocentricity and unconscious bias.
Anthropology research methods
Qualitative and quantitative data collection
Contemporary digital anthropology research today
Is it easier to do fieldwork overseas or at home?
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
By the end of this weekend workshop, you will have developed your cultural, analytical and critical thinking skills and be able to apply your anthropological knowledge and research methods to your own cultural fieldwork research, CPD or work 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 another Anthropology course.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
This course will be delivered on site over two weekends. You should aim to bring a cultural research project or topic you wish to develop further that maybe personal, academic or professional
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
None, other than a class visit (tbc).
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Read more about social anthropology in Yasmin's blog, here:
Please check the anthropology section of the City Lit website via the Culture, history and humanities category, for up-to-date information about forthcoming 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.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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