Fall 2026

Ethnography in Asia

ASIAN 655 explores ethnographic theory and practice through studies of Asian contexts, focusing on writing, photography, and film.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Anthony Cerulli3.7/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Course details

Credits3 credits

Typically offeredNot Applicable

Subjects

Asian Languages and Cultures

About this course

From Greek ethnos, "folk" + grapho, "to write," doing ethnography involves writing about people, societies, and cultures. It is a qualitative, rather than a quantitative, type of research. One does ethnography, and thus it's a process. But an ethnography is also a product: the outcome of the ethnographic process is an ethnography. In-depth studies and discussions of classic and contemporary ethnographies in multiple Asian contexts that focus on themes like religion, health, economics, and sexuality in writing, photography, and film at once illustrate various methods involved in doing ethnography and illuminate why scholars have for decades studied and represented Asia through ethnography. The methods of ethnography are never divorced from the motivations of the scholars, and thus it is crucial to probe critically and collectively what ethnography is (theory), how it is done (practice), and why is it worth doing generally and in Asian contexts in particular.

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ASIAN 655

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Fall 2026

Anthony Cerulli

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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ANTHONY CERULLI is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
SEM 001	Classroom Instruction	7 / 12	0

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Topics

Religion, health, economics, and sexuality in Asia
Representation in writing, photography, and film
Classic and contemporary ethnographies

Skills

Writing ethnographies
Ethnographic research methods
Critical analysis of ethnographic theory and practice

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ASIAN 655 · Fall 2026

Ethnography in Asia

Recorded 2026-09-07

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