Description:
The ethnographic research and service learning course explores a variety of areas of knowledge that are critical to understanding rural communities in the global age, including the impact of globalization on local economies, the formation of transnational cultural identities, and the revitalization and decline of local cultures. Students reside in one local community of a rural area and, under supervision of the instructor, collect ethnographic field data, provide services to local communities.
The ethnographic research and service learning course explores a variety of areas of knowledge that are critical to understanding rural communities in the global age, including the impact of globalization on local economies, the formation of transnational cultural identities, and the revitalization and decline of local cultures. Students reside in one local community of a rural area and, under supervision of the instructor, collect ethnographic field data, provide services to local communities.