Workshop programme
We are looking forward to the Ethnographic Encounters Project workshop on 4 November 2015. Please register to reserve your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.
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Ethnographic Encounters Workshop 4 November 2015
Please join us for the Ethnographic Encounters Workshop on 4 November 2015.
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Questions and Answers with EEP Students (2013-14)
Below are some of the questions which were raised by students both before and during their research abroad under the supervision of the Ethnographic Encounters Project from 2013-15.
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What is the Ethnographic Encounters project?
The Ethnographic Encounters project was carried out in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, with the overarching aim of engaging students in an ongoing process of research and reflection during their period of Residence Abroad.
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Practising participant observation
A good way to help students to get to grips with ethnographic methods is to have them carry out an exercise in participant observation.
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Introducing ethnography to students
Many (if not most!) undergraduate students in Modern Languages or other Humanities disciplines will not have heard of 'ethnography' and may not know what it means to carry out research using 'ethnographic methods'. In our experience, students tend to associate ethnography with more general forms of qualitative research, seeing interviews, questionnaires or focus groups as the main means of gathering data.
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EEP Training session 4
Session 4: Working with WordPress and blogging while abroad (1 hour)
The aims of this session were to:
Provide practical training in using the WordPress blogging platform;
Give students prompts for initial blog posts and ideas for how to use the blog while abroad;
Discuss any final project information or questions.
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EEP Training Session 1
Session 1: Introduction to the project (1 hour)
The aims of this session were to:
introduce the project and ideas behind it;
provide guidelines for students about the project and an initial bibliography;
have an initial discussion of student projects;
assess and discuss further training needs.
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EEP Training session 3
Session 3: Participant Observation, Research Ethics, Data Management (2 hours)
The aims of this session were to:
discuss the participant observation exercise students carried out over the Easter break;
discuss research ethics and ethnographic projects;
provide students with guidance on storing and organising data;
discuss the blog site and next steps.
Outline of content:
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EEP Training Session 2
Session 2: Doing Ethnography Q&A (1 hour)
The aims of this session were to:
introduce students to key aspects of designing and carrying out an ethnographic research project;
answer student questions about ethnography and ethnographic methods.
Outline of content:
Project staff gave brief presentations on aspects of designing and carrying out ethnographic research, based on their own research.
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