Instructions: This form is designed to get you to think critically about the theoretical contributions and methodological approaches raised by each week's readings. It is also intended to spark ideas about how you might relate the points raised or methods used to your own research.

You should complete one form for each week's readings and include it with the fieldnotes you submit in class. If the readings for the week include one primary ethnography, you may focus your response on that book. If smaller selections from different works are assigned, feel free to focus on one or two. You might also decide to respond critically to the overall themes which emerge from three or more articles.

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Author:

 

Work read (include complete citation, if possible):

 

Major questions considered by the author:

 

 

 

Primary theoretical points drawn from the ethnography and how they relate to other research on the topic:

 

 

 

 

Theoretical points raised by the author which I may consider in my own research (i.e. how does the author's argument relate to the questions I am investigating?):

 

 

 

 

 

Methods used:

 

 

 

 

 

Methodological points which relate to my own research (specify how):

 

 

 

 

 

 

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