Controversy over the sociologist Alice Goffman’s On the Run, a study of young people on the margins of society, has put ethnography on trial. Lost in the accusations and rebuttals, I fear, is the ...

In the early 20th century, the University of Chicago was known as the epicenter of ethnography, a method of study in which researchers immerse themselves in a social setting to observe its inner ...

Product developers who observe end-users' behavior in the actual environment of use generate tangible, workable information about a device—and the requirements of the people who use it. Stephen B.

Ethnographic research, which involves extensive observation and interviews, provides detailed information on individuals and households not available through other methods. Unlike typical surveys, ...

The word “mobility” conjures up images and ideas of the movement of people, capital, and things from one place to another. The globalized world of the 21 st century has ushered in an era of “new ...

This multi-year project is a cross-disciplinary approach to studying Black Rock City and its inhabitants during the Burning Man Festival. Combining traditional archaeological methods with ethnographic ...

Ethnographic research, such as observing the setup of a catheter, often leads toideation. But it can also lead to significant device design. In 2001, William Reese and I wrote an article about the use ...

This course is compulsory on the BA in Social Anthropology and BSc in Social Anthropology. This course is available on the BA in Anthropology and Law, Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology ...

The MA in Anthropology is a 30 credit program combining the theoretical and methodological foundations of social and cultural anthropology with an emphasis on the critical exploration of how ...