RFLA 100A 05 - Everyday Acts of Activism: Performance Ethnography (CRN 10750)

In this course students will think critically about their everyday lives as a site of research. They will learn to notice and examine the relationships and actions of those around them and to think about these acts as contributing to, or resisting social norms and discourses. They will engage in their own research project by choosing a particular site in which they have some kind of vested interest. Finally, they will learn to think about various ethical stances and the importance of cultivating a sense of justice and ethics in the way in which they themselves “perform” their research. Fee for course: $20