Schedule
Quidi Vidi 6020 Field Research Methods Schedule (Tentative)
Sept. 6: Overview of the course, introduction to the research topic
Sept. 8: Quidi Vidi reception
Sept. 9: John Mannion: The Cultural Landscape of Quidi Vidi
Sept. 10: Gerald Pocius: Observation and description techniques and practices; ethics
Sept. 11: Dale Jarvis: Project Planning; Brian Ricks: Photography: The Perspective of the Professional
Sept. 12: Guha Shankar: Sound Recording techniques, Interviewing and Sound-Recording practice
Sept. 13: Guha Shankar: Introduction to Documentary photography; Documentary photography practice
Sept. 14: Guha Shankar: Archival procedures: overview; Archival procedures: organizing field data
Sept. 16: Ed Chappell: Introduction to Building Documentation: Equipment and Strategies
Sept. 17: Ed Chappell: Building Elevations and Details
Sept. 18: Ed Chappell: Working on your own buildings
Sept. 19: Ed Chappell: Completing field sheets
Sept. 20: Ed Chappell: Discussion of findings and the finished drawing
Sept. 23-26: Conducting fieldwork, archiving labeling, recording logs
Sept. 27: Creating the presentation for the community
Sept. 28: Afternoon presentation to the community, evening supper, entertainment