Thursday, February 23, 2012
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Methods Mall

Welcome to the Methods Mall—a one-stop shop for NSF-sponsored training opportunities in research methods for cultural anthropologists. This year, there are four training programs targeted at faculty and graduate students in anthropology.

  • Distance Learning Courses in Research Methods

    Distance Courses in Research Methods

    Starting in 2012, The University of Florida will offer a series of online courses on research methods in cultural anthropology. The distance learning courses carry graduate credit and are open to upper division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. This year's courses are Geospatial Analysis (May 14 - June 15) and Text Analysis (May 28 - June 29).

  • Short Courses in Research Methods

    Short Courses in Research Methods

    Now in its eighth year, the Short Courses in Research Methods offer intensive training opportunities for faculty members who already hold the PhD in anthropology. Courses run for five days at the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, NC. This year’s courses are Behavior Analysis (July 16-20), Network Analysis (July 23-27), and Video Analysis (July 30-August 3).

  • Summer Institute in Research Design

    Now in its 17th year, the SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design) is an intensive, three-week course for graduate students in cultural anthropology who are preparing their doctoral research proposals. The 2012 course runs from July 17-August 6 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, NC. Instructors are Jeffrey Johnson, Susan Weller, Amber Wutich, and H. Russell Bernard.

  • Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology

    Now in its fourth year, SIMA (Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology) is an intensive, four-week course for graduate students in cultural anthropology and related fields who are interested in research methods for the study of museum collections. The 2012 course runs from June 25 - July 20 at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Instructors are Candace Greene, Nancy Parezo, Joshua Bell, and Gwyneira Isaac, plus visiting lecturers.

  • Conference Workshops

    With support from NSF, we offer one-day workshops in conjunction with national meetings of anthropologists. In the past, we have offered workshops at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology. Workshop offerings for the 2011 meetings of the AAA in Montreal include network analysis and text analysis. Registration for these are through the AAA meetings page. Workshops for the 2012 meeting of the SfAA in Baltimore will be announced soon.