ANT 490Y: Field Course in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Download information about the Summer 2010 Field Course: City & Society in Indonesia
This course provides the opportunity for an in-depth, on-site exploration of urban development and socio-cultural change in Bandung, Indonesia. Students will learn about the urban history, politics, and culture of Bandung; they will learn about governmental and non-governmental efforts to solve urban development problems; and they will conduct primary research in the field of urban ethnography. Students who participate in the course will gain skills essential to ethnographic fieldwork: they will learn how to conduct collaborative field research; they will receive training in linguistic and cultural sensitivity; they will learn methods for data collection (interviewing, participant observation, examination of textual materials), data recording (fieldnotes, photography, sound recording), and data analysis/interpretation (thematic coding, close reading). Upon completion of the course students will have gained first-hand experience in how to initiate, plan and conduct a field-based, qualitative research project in a foreign setting. They will also have learned how to present the results of their research in written and oral form.
North Bandung
Street Vendors in Bandung
Bandung Slums
Old Map of Bandung
