ANTHR 6440
4 credits
R 2:40-4:35
Instructor: Marina Welker
This seminar focuses on preparing a full-scale proposal for anthropological fieldwork for a dissertation. Topics include identifying of appropriate funding sources; defining a researchable problem; selecting and justifying a particular fieldwork site; situating the ethnographic case within appropriate theoretical contexts; selecting and justifying appropriate research methodologies; developing a feasible timetable for field research; ethical considerations and human subjects protection procedures; and preparing appropriate budgets. This is a writing seminar, and students will complete a proposal suitable for submission to a major funding agency in the social sciences.
