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SUMMARY:Using multi-site ethnography for educational research - Dr Adam Co
 oper\, Human Sciences Research Council and Stellenbosch University\, South
  Africa
DTSTART:20170216T140000Z
DTEND:20170216T160000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:In this seminar I describe multi-site ethnography as a method 
 that could potentially overcome\nsome of the criticisms levelled at tradit
 ional forms of ethnography. I highlight innovative\naspects of multi-site 
 ethnography and some of the challenges related to this method\, making\nre
 ference to my research in one South African neighbourhood created during t
 he apartheid\nera. I followed young people across classrooms\, hip-hop per
 formances and a youth radio\nshow\, in an attempt to tell a bigger story a
 bout their lives more generally. Multi-site\nethnography enabled me to cri
 tique the assumption that classrooms are unique\, enclosed\nspaces where s
 pecialised forms of pedagogy happen exclusively\, but it also provide many
 \nlogistical and conceptual challenges.\nDr Adam Cooper is a Research Spec
 ialist at the HSRC and research associate in Education\nPolicy Studies at 
 Stellenbosch University\, South Africa. He is author of the 2016 book:\nDi
 alogue in Places of Learning: Youth Amplified in South Africa
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, (ro
 om 1S3 Donald McIntyre Building)
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