CNMS-267 Introduction to Digital Ethnography: Virtual Fieldwork, Real Homework

Introduction to the theory and methods of digital ethnography. Students develop projects taking the digital as both object and outcome. Students choose an Asian virtual community for study and present final projects on a digital platform. The course interrogates the anthropological separation of "fieldwork" and "homework" in the digital era and raises questions such as: Are social relations erased, transformed, or newly created when the web becomes our world? Are we putting distance between ourselves and others or getting a little too close? Are we now, also, Others among Others?

Credits

1

Cross Listed Courses

ANTHR-267, ASNST-267

Offered

Spring