ANTHRO 239QEthnographic Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology
Anthropology · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction to some of key methods used in anthropological research, paying special attention to topic formation, research design, deployment of evidence and theoretical resources, techniques of engagement (participant observation, interviewing, genealogy, etc.), media making and analysis, and politics and ethics of ethnographic knowledge production. Approach combines readings in critical anthropology relevant to methodological practice with workshop-style explorations of particular techniques for gathering, analyzing, and presenting field material. Exploration of limits and power of ethnography (broadly construed) by setting up model projects and experimenting with typical fieldwork tasks.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
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