[Somean] FW: Fieldwork and ethnography of communication class

[Campbell-Kibler, Kathryn]

Hey folks, check out the course below that Galey’s teaching next spring. Very So Mean relevant!

-K

From: Modan, Galey <modan.1 at osu.edu>
Date: Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 12:14 AM
To: Campbell-Kibler, Kathryn <campbell-kibler.1 at osu.edu>
Subject: Fieldwork and ethnography of communication class


Theorizing Folklore II: Fieldwork and Ethnography of Communication

COMPSTD 6750.02

ENGLISH 6751.02



This course is a graduate-level introduction to ethnography that is rooted in the perspectives and practices of folklore, sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology. Students will conduct semester-long mini-ethnographies on a topic of their choosing. You will develop skills in approaching members of a community, observing social interaction while participating in it, developing research questions, conducting interviews, and, ultimately, analyzing the discourse you’ve observed, participated in, and recorded using the tools of ethnography of communication. We’ll talk about concrete and conceptual issues critical to conducting ethnography, including research ethics, collaboration and working relationships with community members, navigating tense situations, writing and using fieldnotes, and thinking through ethnographer positionality. In the second half of the class, we’ll read foundational and contemporary ethnographies of communication, considering such issues as the politics of representation, the interplay of language and context in meaning making, speech genres and styles, and language ideologies. Your mini-ethnography will culminate in the preparation of a conference paper.





How does this class differ from the Ohio Field School?



The Center for Folklore Studies’ field school is a graduate/undergraduate class and practicum in which students conduct a collaborative ethnography project, working with grassroots community organizations to explore how Appalachian Ohioans are responding to economic, environmental and cultural change through their everyday practices and expressive culture. Sustainability and archiving are central objects of inquiry, with more specific research questions developed collaboratively among students and community members each semester. There is also often a strong focus on material culture and environment, and each semester’s project culminates in a public exhibit.

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