Anthropology Club

Dear students,

This is an invitation to apply to be part of the Spring 2009 class on Digital Ethnography. As you may know, this class has been a tremendous success. Our project on YouTube was presented at the Library of Congress in June: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU (check out the last 3 minutes if you want to see how much fun we have in this class!)

There are many more great videos by students you can view here: http://www.youtube.com/user/mwesch and here: http://mediatedcultures.net

Our work has also been featured on BBC, ABCnews.com, CurrentTV, local ABC and NBC television stations, the Margaret Mead Film Festival, several newspapers and magazines worldwide, and the Chronicle of Higher Education (just to name a few).

You do not need any technology experience prior to the class. You will learn how to use several digital tools (video, photo, audio, websites, etc.) as part of the class. More importantly, you will learn how to actually *do* an ethnographic project. These skills will be valuable in any ethnographic project you take on in the future.

If you are interested, send me a brief explanation of why you want to take the class and tell me about any special skills you might have that could contribute to our project. I can only accept 10 students, so put some thought into your application. Applications are due by Friday, October 24th.

Hope to hear from you soon,
Prof. Wesch

PS. Please forward to others you think might be interested.