Research Methods Opportunities

The 2012 Anthropology Methods Mall is online. This site has info about five, NSF-supported opportunities for methods training in cultural anthropology.

1. Now in its eighth year, the SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods) program is for cultural anthropologists who already have the Ph.D. Three five-day courses are offered during summer 2012 at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina. Behavioral Observation in Ethnographic Research (Instructors: Raymond Hames and Michael Paolisso) July 16-20, 2012. Social Network Analysis (Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson and Christopher McCarty) July 23-27, 2012. Analyzing Video Data (Instructors: Elizabeth Cartwright and Jerome Crowder) July 30-August 3, 2012.

DEADLINE FEB. 15, 2012.

2. Now in its 17th year, the SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design) is an intensive, three-week course for graduate students in cultural anthropology who are preparing their doctoral research proposals. The 2011 course runs from July 16-August 3, 2012 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson, Susan Weller, H. Russell Bernard, and Amber Wutich.

DEADLINE March 1, 2012.

3. Now in its ninth year, the SFTM (Summer Field Training in Methods) program in Bolivia is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology. This course involves five weeks of fieldwork in the Bolivian Amazon from June 3-July 7, 2012. Instructors: Ricardo Godoy, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Susan Tanner, and Colleen Nyberg.

DEADLINE FEB. 15, 2012.

4. Now in its fourth year, the SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology) is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology and related, interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous Studies, Folklore, etc.) who are interested in using museum collections as a data source and who are preparing for research careers. The course runs from June 25-July 20, 2012. Instructors: Candace Greene, Nancy Parezo, Joshua Bell, and Gwyneira Isaac, plus visiting lecturers.

DEADLINE March 1, 2012.

5. The WRMA (Workshops in Research Methods in Anthropology) program offers one-day workshops in conjunction with national meetings of anthropologists. The next workshops at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association in Montreal, Canada, November 16-20,2011.