INSH 5602 — Archives and Ethnography
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: MBostonTraditional
Examines the ethics, politics, and social aspects of three primary areas of interdisciplinary research and knowledge production at the intersection of the social sciences and humanities: oral history, ethnography, and archiving. Offers students an opportunity to learn to conduct oral history, ethnography, and archiving; gain experience collecting and formatting information collected through these qualitative techniques; and be introduced to digital platforms for oral history, ethnography, and archiving. Offers instruction in critiquing examples of how researchers collect and analyze qualitative information. Studies the critical thinking skills necessary to build a research project from the formulation of a research idea through the research design planning process.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 79% | 4.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 24% | 19.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21% | 15.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 60% · T 40% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: M (60% of sections), T (40% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Doreen Lee (84% of students) · reviews
- Uta Poiger (16% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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