Short Courses on Research Methods

该项目支持为期三年的文化人类学研究方法短期课程。一个常设咨询委员会将监督选题和课程教师的选择，该课程将与杜克大学海洋实验室现有的NSF文化人类学研究设计夏季学院在同一时间和地点举行。这些课程应该产生协同效应和学习最新方法的兴奋，并将促进具有科学头脑的人类学家之间的联系。潜在的主题包括文本分析、人种学决策树建模、共识建模、时间分配和人种学的实验方法。更广泛的影响将包括研究和教学的结合，因为课程参与者扩大了他们概念化和计划他们的研究的能力。

This project supports three years of short courses on research methods in cultural anthropology. A standing advisory committee will oversee the selection of topics and teachers of courses to be held at the same time and place as the existing NSF Summer Institute in Research Design in Cultural Anthropology, at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. The courses should generate synergy and excitement about learning state of the art methods, and will facilitate networking among scientifically minded anthropologists. Potential topics include text analysis, ethnographic decision tree modeling, consensus modeling, time allocation, and experimental methods for ethnography. The broader impacts will include the combination of research and teaching as course attendees expand their abilities to conceptualize and plan their research.