
The Civic Responsibility of Ethnographers
What duty do social scientists have to report illegal activity that they witness as part of their fieldwork? If you answered quickly, you may not have thought about the issue all that deeply.
4 years agoA space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
What duty do social scientists have to report illegal activity that they witness as part of their fieldwork? If you answered quickly, you may not have thought about the issue all that deeply.
4 years ago“Everybody lives in a society…They want to know what it is they’re living in” An exploration of the nature of the social sciences. How do they differ from the physical sciences? What challenges do they face? What is their value?
11 years agoThis summer, I have been reading one of the most impressive ethnographies that I have seen for a long time: […]
12 years agoDavid Canter describes being marooned in Narita Airport when the earthquake struck. Having studied people’s actions in major emergencies as […]
12 years ago