The Ethnography Collective organizes events and promotes spaces in which we can learn from each other, discuss directions for research, and grapple with old and new challenges. We embrace creative and meaningful dialogue across disciplines, engage in mutual mentoring, and value the involvement of our graduate student colleagues. Serving as a resource for all things ethnography, we collaborate with like-minded individuals and institutions within and beyond the University.
Grassroots and faculty driven, the Collective draws active participants from four Colleges and Schools: Education, Humanities and Fine Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Public Health and Health Sciences. We are based in the following departments: Anthropology; Communication; Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies; Political Science; Public Policy; Sociology; Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies; and Community Health Education.
The NEW Ethnography Collective Fund was created to fund professional development, ethnographic fieldwork, and writing fellowships for graduate students pursuing or completing the Graduate Certificate in Ethnographic Research. A generous anonymous donor has pledged $25,000 to match gifts to this fund during UMass Gives.