EDUC-308 Curiosity: An Ethnographic Approach

Examines education as a site to analyze shifting cultural, political, and economic processes. The course will use the concept of curiosity as a fulcrum by which to dig into these debates: who can be curious, about what, when, and why? What are the economic, political, and social processes that enable or constrain curiosity for different populations? Students will create podcasts based on fieldwork across Hamilton’s campus. They will use ethnographic techniques to identify the manifestations of curiosity while learning the tenants of rapport building, ethics, and research-based narrative.

Credits

1

Cross Listed Courses

ANTHR-308

Prerequisite

EDUC 200 or permission of instructor.

Offered

Spring