COMM 3054 Ethnography/Identity/Culture
This seminar in interpersonal communication studies investigates underlying aspects of human identity and cultural politics in various contexts. Using ethnographic methods and theories from a variety of disciplines, we seek an understanding of the potent discourses created and sustained by messages often buried (and thus normalized) beneath interpersonal communication practices. Topics include issues of identity and culture, repetition and normalization, power and structure, subversion and possibility, each considered not only in our own lives, but also in the lives of others. Research papers, group projects, and class presentations are required. Pre-requisite: Comm1001. Strongly recommended as background: Comm2010.