Multi-sited and Mobile Ethnography (569X8)

Level 7 (Masters)

Summer teaching

In this workshop, you’ll examine the rise of multi-sited and mobile ethnography. 

You’ll explore:

• the tensions between ‘the local’ and ‘the global’
• when and where ‘place’ and ‘field’ are not just locations, but representations of broader connections
• Marcus’ original 1995 proposition and ‘reform’ anthropology
• critique and practice of multi-site ethnography. 
• issues in theory as well as practice.

You’ll complete the workshop by conducting your own small multi-sited ethnographic project.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 32 hours of contact time and about 118 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.