Background
“Culture” has been one of the most interesting topics for Indonesian scholars and publics in general. However, ethnography has yet to be familiar for Indonesians researchers. Although it is very popular among anthropology and some sociology departments, the pedagogy of ethnography in Indonesian campuses has been very troubling since the very limited reading materials on ethnography are available in Bahasa Indonesia. Resources on research methods in social sciences and humanities have been dominated by positivist approaches. This project then is also meant to the mainstreaming of humanistic approach into social sciences and humanities studies in Indonesia. The Writing Ethnography Online Course (or WE.OC) will explore various strategies and ways to become a professional ethnographer. WE.OC will assist participants in a series of sessions designed to train scholars from various disciplines and levels to engage with ethnographic fieldwork and writing. WE.OC is designed to ease first timers of ethnography as well as experienced ethnographers exercising ethnographic writing for academia and beyond. Synchronous sessions will be delivered via Zoom which parallels asynchronous assignments via Google Classroom.
Objectives
❏ To introduce ethnography, ethnographic fieldwork, and ethnographic writing; and how this approach is different from other research approaches.
❏ To develop skills and ways in doing ethnography, especially in writing fieldnotes, data analysis and data interpretations.
❏ To address and discuss key issues which might emerge during ethnographic fieldwork and writing.
❏ To translate and publish relevant reading materials for the learning and pedagogy of ethnographic approaches into Bahasa Indonesia.
❏ To publish some ethnographic writings by course’s participants
❏ To mainstream ethnographic approach in the area of social sciences and humanities in Indonesia
Outcomes
❏ A series of online course on writing ethnography
❏ Translations and publications of relevant reading materials on ethnography into Bahasa Indonesia
❏ Publications of ethnographic writing of participants of WE.OC
Timeline
Open registration : 10 May 2021
Target participant : Students and researchers - who have completed and/or been doing fieldwork. Limited to 50 participants (20-seats will be allocated for participants from Tanah Papua)
Registration’s requirements : A short bio (250-word max.); a motivation letter (500-word max.); abstract/paper proposal: consisting of research problem(s), research question(s), methods, key findings, initial hypothesis (1,500-word max.); Participation commitment of IDR200,000 which can be disbursed through bank transfer to CIMB NIAGA 705613 776300 (account holder name Perkumpulan Peneliti Eutenika). Unsuccessful applicants will get a refund deducted by administration fee (IDR10,000).
Method : Online synchronous and asynchronous
Language of instruction : Indonesian
Close registration : 12 June 2021
Selection : 12-22 June 2021
Announcement : 22 Juni 2021
Note : Certificate will be only given to participants who enrolled in all sessions AND submitted a final paper for the publications.
