Tuesday's "Big Ethnography"

Hi, everyone.

This is a reminder that on Tuesday (3/29) we will be reading and unpacking an ethnography by Christopher Goodwin called "Intensive Care," and in it I think you will recognize a number of methodologies and approaches that resonate with your own this semester. (Reminder: the access password is "visual".) As you read, I'd love it if you would keep in mind a few things:

• How much of Goodwin's research seems intrinsically versus extrinsically motivated?
• How much of his research issue/question is situated in the clinic and how much seems to be situated beyond the clinic? (By "situated," I don't just mean "talks about," but rather "stems from a conflict or a gap.")
• What ideas, concepts, or theories seem to dominate his triangulation?
  

Although our primary focus will be on unpacking Goodwin's project and introducing the final step in your own project (the ethnographic essay), please also bring Fieldworking and your large triangulation heuristic to class. They may aid our discussion.

Many thanks,
Professor Graban