Positioning the Cursor: Ethics and Methods of Digital Ethnography

Friday, April 29, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Online

Join the Department of Anthropology’s online roundtable discussion with Dr. Natalie Underberg-Goode (University of Central Florida), Dr. Tom Boellstorff (University of California, Irvine), and Dr. Daniel Miller (University College London).

Although anthropologists have studied human interactions with and within virtual mediums for decades, recent shifts in some sectors to a work-from-home model have brought new immediacy to questions about digital ethnography. On the one hand, digital platforms have more strongly emerged as fields in which anthropologists can act as participant-observers in online communities. On the other hand, digital ethnography is also available to researchers who are unable to conduct their fieldwork in person. Questions also arise about the ethical challenges and limitations of digital methods in some contexts. Find out how research through particular platforms guides ethics and methods in ethnography.

Contact asidikov@mun.ca to access the WebEx Link

Hosted by Memorial University’s Department of Anthropology
Supported by funding from Scholarship in the Arts

Presented by Department of Anthropology

Event Listing 2022-04-29 12:30:00 2022-04-29 14:30:00 America/St_Johns Positioning the Cursor: Ethics and Methods of Digital Ethnography Join the Department of Anthropology’s online roundtable discussion with Dr. Natalie Underberg-Goode (University of Central Florida), Dr. Tom Boellstorff (University of California, Irvine), and Dr. Daniel Miller (University College London). Although anthropologists have studied human interactions with and within virtual mediums for decades, recent shifts in some sectors to a work-from-home model have brought new immediacy to questions about digital ethnography. On the one hand, digital platforms have more strongly emerged as fields in which anthropologists can act as participant-observers in online communities. On the other hand, digital ethnography is also available to researchers who are unable to conduct their fieldwork in person. Questions also arise about the ethical challenges and limitations of digital methods in some contexts. Find out how research through particular platforms guides ethics and methods in ethnography. Contact asidikov@mun.ca to access the WebEx Link Hosted by Memorial University’s Department of Anthropology Supported by funding from Scholarship in the Arts Online Department of Anthropology