IPSA-USP
Concepts, Methods and Techniques in
Political Science, Public Policy
and International Relations
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Faculty:
Edward Schatz, University of Toronto
Teaching Assistant:
Vicente Ferraro, University of São Paulo
This course considers the practice of ethnographic fieldwork in political science. By fieldwork we mean research conducted in situ, rather than in an office or a laboratory, and over a significant period of time, rather than via a short, targeted visit. By ethnographic, we mean research conducted with an eye to learning insiders’ worldviews.
The course asks what types of political questions are amenable to such approaches and explores what makes such approaches successful.
Completion of the previous two courses in the track.
