Anthropology 697CB - ST-Community-Based Rsrch&Prac

This course will introduce students to theoretical frameworks, controversies, methods, and other topics of community-based research and practice in the anthropological tradition. Students will understand the history of applied anthropology, critiques of anthropology coming from the global south, and critical epistemological approaches of contemporary engaged researchers and practitioners. Through studies of theoretical debates as well as case studies of engaged research and scholarly practice, students will leave this class with a foundation for thinking about their own work with diverse community-engaged projects. In addition to historical and theoretical foundations, this course will provide an introductory framework for thinking about ethics, evaluation, communication of research, and professional development in the field. Finally, this course will introduce methods and tools of community-engaged and applied research and action.