Upcoming Courses:
Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Russia: Ethnography and Social Theory. Anthropology 325/Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies 327/Euro&Russian Studies 532. Fall 2017. Yale University.
Critical Human Rights and/in Postsocialism. Details TBA. Spring 2018. Yale University.
![A flyer for my spring 2017 course at UCSD, ANSC 173, "Ethnography in Practice". Photos: A black & white photo of a white woman with blond hair sitting on a marble floor, listening to a white (male-seeming) person with their back to the camera, with the caption "Ethnography - a way of studying ucltures through observation, participation, and qualitative techniques" [editorial comment: the least racist return from my google image search ai yai yai]; An image from Amy Starecheski's SAPIENS article on the closing of iconic squat houses in Manhattan showing a white man walking out the front door of a punk house with graffiti all over the walls of the hallway; the cover of Mischa Berlinski's novel "Fieldwork". Course description from the course catalog: This practicum course will explore anthropology's traditional methodology, ethnography, through texts, films, and literature, and give students practical experience through a quarter-long case study. Prerequisites: upper-division standing Additional Description: Ethnography is the traditional method of sociocultural anthropology; ethnographic writing seeks to explain the world from a particular subcultural or cultural point of view. How do ethnographers do ethnography? In this course, we will develop the skills and mindset for developing a robust, critical ethnographic practice. We will consider the history of ethnography, its ethical and practical challenges, its methodology, and how ethnography differs from other genres of descriptive, non-fiction writing. The final project for the term will be a written paper based on interviews and observation. The components of the final paper are broken up week by week into smaller assignments that guide students through the process of finding a fieldsite, conducting interviews, taking fieldnotes, analyzing notes and interviews, and writing about these findings. Combined at the end of the term, these components will comprise a finished piece of ethnographic writing. This course is suitable for anthropology majors and minors, students with a strong interest in non-fiction writing or journalism, or students with an interest in pursuing professions in fields that use qualitative research, such as advertising, public health, or UX research.](https://cassandrahartblay.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/ansc-173-ethnography-in-practice-flyer.jpg?w=202&h=261)
Past Teaching:
Queer & Crip Theory (CGS 102). Program in Critical Gender Studies. Summer Session 2017. University of California, San Diego.
Performance and Cultural Studies (COMM 111P). Department of Communication. Spring Quarter 2017. University of California, San Diego.
Ethnography in Practice (ANSC 173). Department of Anthorpology. Spring Quarter 2017. University of California, San Diego.
The Problem of Voice (COMM 127). Department of Communication. Winter Quarter 2017. University of California, San Diego.
“UNITAS” – a year-long course on diversity & democracy, and ethnography as a social justice practice (ANTH 92 and ANTH 93). Department of Anthropology. Fall 2013-Spring 2014; Fall 2014-Spring 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
