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Ethnographic Fieldwork
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- Professor Elizabeth Ferry
- Summer 2010, 10 weeks (June 1-Aug. 6)
- 12 credits
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Program Overview
Have you ever wanted to do independent research on a topic that is exciting to you? Are you interested in how anthropologists and other social scientists do research and turn it into books, articles, films, Web sites, etc?
Would you like to do independent study or an honors thesis? Do you want to participate in a JBS program that you help design yourself?
This 10-week, 12-credit JBS Program provides students with the training and supervision necessary for independent field research in the Boston area, on a project of their own choosing. This program will allow you to delve deeply into a topic of your interest and learn skills that you can use for the rest of your life.