[SIGCIS-Members] 16th CIFAS Field School in Ethnographic Research Methods in New York City

[Renzo Taddei]

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*16th CIFAS Field School in Ethnographic Research Methods 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 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
      - Decolonial approaches
      - Research design
      - Data generation 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.

Classes will meet on the campus of Columbia University. Places are limited.
The tuition fee is US$ 1,200.

The application should be completed online *here*
<http://cifas.us/field-school-registration-form/>. For more information,
please see https://cifas.us/field-school/ or email us at
fieldschool at cifas.us.
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