Fall 2018

Embodiment, Race Inquiry, and Ethics:  An Introduction to Qualitative Research

Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as SOCI-204  |  Black Studies, as BLST-146

Faculty

Dominique C. Hill (Section 01)

Description

(Offered as BLST 146 and SOCI 204) This introductory course explores role power, race-relations, and identity in qualitative research. Through readings, methodological practices, and discussion, students will consider the ways research can reproduce and disrupt the status quo. We will examine how we walk through the world; explore the skill sets we need to conduct race-related inquiry; and reflect upon the motivations behind methodological decisions. Additionally, we will engage key topics in qualitative research methods and experiment with varied research approaches including the fundamentals of data collection through interviews, participant-observation, and document analysis. Students will document their evolving curiosities and questions about qualitative research and reflect on the roles and responsibilities of being a researcher in general and a researcher of race in particular.

Fall semester. Professor Hill.

Keywords

Attention to Issues of Race, Attention to Research

Offerings

2022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2017, Fall 2018