On-site in New York City: July 24 to August 4, 2023 – 9 AM to 12 PM EDT
The Comitas Institute for Anthropological Study (CIFAS) is pleased to announce the 16th CIFAS Field School in Ethnographic Research Methods. The course will take place in two sessions: one in an online format at the end of June and another in a face-to-face modality in New York City in July.
The Field School aims to offer training in the foundations and practice of ethnographic methods. The faculty works closely with participants to identify the required field methods to address their academic or professional needs. The Field School is suitable for graduate and undergraduate students in social sciences and other fields of study that use qualitative approaches (such as education, communication, cultural studies, health, social work, human ecology, development studies, and consumer behavior, among others), applied social scientists, professionals, and researchers who have an interest in learning more about ethnographic methods and their applications.
Program:
Foundations of ethnographic research
Theory and practice: social theories in the field
Ethics
Research design
Data collection techniques
Planning the logistics of field research
Digital ethnography
Ethnography in interface with Social Network Analysis and other trends in the field of the digital humanities
Ethnography in specific fields of activity (applied social sciences, health, social service, environmental studies, public policy design, business, and others)
Principles of organization and indexation of field data
Analyzing field data; qualitative analysis software packages: basic principles
The total workload of the course is 30 hours. In this edition of the summer school, the option of earning credits is not available.
Places are limited. The tuition fee is US$ 1,200. Comitas Field School Fellowship: a limited amount of fellowships are available to students from underrepresented minorities and low-income countries. See information on how to apply at the end of the application form.
