The Ethnography Seminar

The Ethnography Seminar introduces students to ethnography as a distinctive form of research and writing. Through a series of close and critical readings of ethnographic texts, students will develop an appreciation of how anthropologists author understandings of other people and their lives through the experience of ‘being there.’

The Ethnography Seminar is a required postgraduate course for Edinburgh’s MSc in Social Anthropology. Jess has taught on and convened the course during Spring 2021, 2023, and 2024 terms.