Contemporary Ethnography

Harvard FAS

This class is an introduction to ethnographic methods in sociology. Ethnographers learn about the social world by doing immersive firsthand research, spending time alongside people and watching events unfold in their lives. In this class, each student will conduct their own semester-long ethnographic research project. We will also read recent ethnographic books about topics like a freshman college dorm, “drill” rappers in Chicago, an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles, sex workers in…