Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
The Im/migrant Ethnographic Portrait Project was designed for introductory cultural anthropology courses and has a threefold aim: 1) to familiarize students with research methods, 2) to facilitate students’ deeper understanding of migration by connecting course readings with a hands-on project, and 3) to humanize im/migrants by bringing students into one-on-one conversations where they will hear a person’s story in their own words. To support students’ success with this semester-long project and to ensure (as far as is possible) that no harm is done, we provide instruction and feedback through a series of progressive assignments. In this essay we explain each of these steps before concluding with remarks about the challenges and benefits of teaching this project.
Recommended Citation
Guzmán, J. R, Medeiros, M. A, & Faulkner, G. (2020). Teaching Im/migration through an Ethnographic Portrait Project. Teaching and Learning Anthropology Journal, 3(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/T33146968 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/39n937nt
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