This week we have been talking A LOT about ethics in my Field Methods class. In fact, there are two weeks just spent on ethics. We have also had to submit to the IRB (Institutional Review Board) for our research projects in this class, which are going to be our final. While all of thisContinue reading “The Ten Lies of Ethnography”
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Can History Channel’s Ancient Aliens teach us to be better ethnographers?!
Okay, okay before you judge me for watching the show Ancient Aliens, I guess I should share my background with it and answer some basic questions. Do I believe in everything they say? Heck no!!! Do I think it is good scholarship (if it even counts as scholarship sometimes?) Also definitely a no. Do IContinue reading “Can History Channel’s Ancient Aliens teach us to be better ethnographers?!”