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</span></font><p class="gmail-ydp16a582b9MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">14th CIFAS Summer
School in Ethnographic Research Methods</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="gmail-ydp16a582b9MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">July 19 to 30,
2021 – 7 PM to 9:30 PM (EDT time)<br>
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The Comitas Institute for Anthropological Study (CIFAS) is pleased to
announce the 14th CIFAS Summer School in Ethnographic Research Methods.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this edition of the summer school will take place
online.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></font></p><p class="gmail-ydp16a582b9MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">The goal of the
summer school is to offer training in the foundations and practice of ethnographic
methods. The faculty works closely with participants to identify the required
field methods needed to address their academic or professional needs. The summer
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, development studies,
consumer behavior, among others), applied social scientists, professionals, and
researchers who have an interest in learning more about ethnographic methods
and their applications.</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="gmail-ydp16a582b9MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">The social
isolation measures adopted across the planet due to the current pandemic have made
digital ethnography, in all its variations, an option of choice for researchers
who previously did not consider it. The summer school program was reformulated,
devoting more time to the discussion of digital methods and the interface between
ethnography and the field of digital humanities.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">
</span></span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">Program:<br>
- Class 1 (Jul 19): Foundations of ethnographic research<span> </span><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Class 2 (Jul
20): Theory and practice: social theories in the field<span> </span><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Class 3 (Jul
21): Research design; ethics<span> </span><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Class 4 (Jul
22): Data generation techniques<span> </span><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Class 5 (Jul
23): Planning the logistics of field research<span>
</span><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Class 6 (Jul
26): Digital ethnography<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Class 7 (Jul
27): Ethnography in interface with Social Network Analysis and other trends in
the digital humanities<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Class 8 (Jul
28): Visual ethnography; ethnography in specific fields of activity (applied
social sciences, health, social service, environmental studies, public policy
design, business, and others)<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Class 9 (Jul
29): Principles of organization and indexation of field data<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
<span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Class 10 (Jul 30): Analyzing field data; qualitative analysis software
packages: basic principles</span>
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The total workload of the course is 25 hours. In this edition of the summer
school, the option of earning credits is not available.</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="gmail-ydp16a582b9MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">The tuition fee
is US$ 1,200. </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p class="gmail-ydp16a582b9MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">Applications online
at </span><a href="https://cifas.us/field-school/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cifas.us/field-school/</a><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"><br>
For more information, please write to</span> <a href="mailto:renzo.taddei@cifas.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">renzo.taddei@cifas.us</a>.</span></font></p>
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