Emphasis is placed on the centrality of ethnography in anthropology and related fields such as qualitative sociology. The aim of this unit is to familiarise students with the textual presuppositions and principles of the construction of various types of ethnographic writing, both academic and applied. Ethnographies are considered, focusing on their theories, methodologies, ethics and genres of writing. Genres may include standard realist monographs, an ethnographc novel, reflexive and critical ethnography, life history and extended reports. The genre readings focus students upon confronting such issues as the gendered nature of accounts, the divergence of consultants/informants desire... -- Course Website
