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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US">Apologies for cross-posting.
A few seats are still available. Please disseminate this call to potentially interested parties. </span></i><span></span></span></p>



<p class="gmail-ydpd9beb54fgmail-ydp6568372agmail-ydpb70b7a5amsonormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(204,0,0)" lang="EN-US">16th
CIFAS Field School in Ethnographic Research Methods in New York City</span></b><span></span></span></p>



<p class="gmail-ydpd9beb54fmsonormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif" lang="EN-US">July 24 to August 4, 2023 – 9 AM to 12 PM EDT</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span></span></span> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-ydpd9beb54fmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif" lang="EN-US">The Comitas Institute for Anthropological Study
(CIFAS) is pleased to announce the 16th CIFAS Field School in Ethnographic
Research Methods. </span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-ydpd9beb54fmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif" lang="EN-US">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.</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-ydpd9beb54fmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Program:</span></b><span></span></span></p>


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<ul><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Foundations of ethnographic research</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Theory and practice: social theories in the field</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Ethics</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Decolonial approaches</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Research design</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Data generation techniques</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Planning the logistics of field research</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Digital ethnography</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Ethnography in interface with Social Network Analysis and other trends in the field of the digital humanities</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Ethnography in specific fields of activity (applied social sciences,
 health, social service, environmental studies, public policy design, 
business, and others)</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Principles of organization and indexation of field data</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Analyzing field data; qualitative analysis software packages: basic principles</span></font></li></ul>
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<p class="gmail-ydpd9beb54fmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif" lang="EN-US">The total workload of the course is 30 hours. In this
edition of the summer school, the option of earning credits is not available.</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif" lang="EN-US">Classes will meet on the campus of Columbia University. Places are limited. The tuition fee is US$ 1,200.</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-ydpd9beb54fmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif" lang="EN-US">The application should be completed online </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://cifas.us/field-school-registration-form/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><b><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" lang="EN-US">here</span></i></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif" lang="EN-US">. For more information, please see </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://cifas.us/field-school/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" lang="EN-US">https://cifas.us/field-school/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif" lang="EN-US"> or email us at </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="mailto:fieldschool@cifas.us" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" lang="EN-US">fieldschool@cifas.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:georgia,serif" lang="EN-US">.</span><span></span></p>





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