*2016 Maynooth University Ethnography Winter School*


The Department of Anthropology at Maynooth University is pleased to
announce its 2016 Winter School in Ethnography, 25 to 29 January 2016.  The
school will bring together postgraduate students, professional researchers,
and others for focused reflection on ethnography today.  Offered as a 5
credit postgraduate module, and delivered over one week, the school will be
structured as a workshop or ‘laboratory,’ enabling students, established
scholars, and others to work through challenges and opportunities related
to their own research and writing projects in dialogue and critical
engagement with each other.  Procedures may be available for students from
universities beyond Maynooth to receive credit for their work.  People can
also participate in the course without officially enrolling for credit.  It
is the hope of the Department of Anthropology that making the School open
in this manner will attract a wide variety of ethnographers enabling
vigorous debate and rigorous analysis.


Our featured guest in 2016 is Don Kulick (Uppsala University).  Kulick’s
books include *Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction: socialization,
self, and syncronism in a Papua New Guinean village* (Cambridge U Press,
1992); *Travesti: sex, gender and culture among Brazilian transgendered
prostitutes* (Chicago U Press, 1998); *Language and Sexuality* (Cambridge U
Press, 2003, with Deborah Cameron); and *Loneliness and Its Opposite: sex,
disability and the ethics of engagement* (Duke U Press, 2015, with Jens
Rydström).


Course description:


AN862:  Ethnography Winter School


This module is an advanced introduction to ethnography.  The course is
delivered in a burst-format over one week, and features the collaborative
teaching of practicing ethnographers, including both academics and
professional researchers, on the island of Ireland.  ‘Ethnography’ is more
than a ‘method’:  it comprises a whole style of thought encompassing forms
of observation, analysis, and writing.  The module therefore emphasises
analysis and theory in addition to the research practices (interviewing,
participant observation, note-taking) conventionally associated with
qualitative research methodology.  Themes covered include:  culture and
difference, contexts and cases (working in NGOs, clinics, corporations),
styles of representation and the politics of knowledge, research ethics and
ethnographic engagement.  The module is also structured as a workshop, so
that ethnographers at various stages of their careers -- from students
planning proposals, to dissertation writers analysing previously collected
material, to research professionals who may not be based in academia --
will be able to produce work within the module that relates to their
respective career stages, locations, and goals.  This work, such as a
proposal draft or a stretch of ethnographic writing, forms the basis for
module assessment.


Course Location and Schedule:


The Winter School will meet Maynooth University campus (30 minutes from
central Dublin via frequent train service) from 10AM to 5PM, with
appropriate breaks, from Monday to Friday, 25 to 29 January 2016.  A more
detailed timetable can be obtained by contacting the course convener (as
indicated below).


The course is co-convened by Drs. Mark Maguire and Thomas Strong.  It is
important for students and others interested in enrolling in the course,
including those from outside Maynooth University who may wish to receive
credit for their participation, to contact Thomas Strong by 18 December
at:  [log in to unmask]

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