Provides training in and use of ethnographic fieldwork methods in the context of a Pacific Island country with an understanding of village vs urban life and how development organisations impact. Ethnography is a part of the methodology of both sociology and anthropology, as well as other social science research. Interview techniques and technologies, cultural mapping, methods of recording field data and participatory community development research are amongst the procedures to be explored. Field visits to regional, government and non-government organisations form a part of the research to understand how such institutions shape village life.

Note:Taught in November-December 2005. Students must contact Grant McCall g.mccall@unsw.edu.au prior to the commencement of Session 2.