Pasteboard Ethnography: Qualitative Fieldwork Projects in Card-Game Settings.

Smith, J. Jerome

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Publication Date: 1990

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Pasteboard Ethnography: Qualitative Fieldwork Projects in Card-Game Settings.

Smith, J. Jerome

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v21 n2 p146-52 Jun 1990

Describes a method of teaching fieldwork in cultural anthropology classes by having students do an ethnosemantic exercise on a card game of their choice. Through this experience, students learn how to do simple forms of fieldwork, the emic perspective, and componential analysis. (Author)

Descriptors: Anthropology, Componential Analysis, Course Organization, Cultural Education, Ethnography, Learning Processes, Participant Observation, Relevance (Education), Student Participation, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study

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Language: English

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