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Dr. Kozak in Tanzania teaching in our ethnographic field school.

Ethnographic research

Learn applied ethnographic methods at our 4 or 5-week ethnographic field school in and around the town of Boma Ng’ombe, Tanzania. The program begins with a 1 or 2-week preparation period at our campus in Durango before heading to Tanzania, where you’ll live with a host family in an immersive home stay experience. You will be trained and gain experience in:

  • Research design
  • Ethnographic interviewing
  • Participant observation
  • Visual data collection methods
  • Data processing & analysis

You will also collaborate with students from the Tengeru Institute of Community Development, a college in nearby Arusha, as part of your ethnographic field school experience

Additionally, you’ll visit local and international non-governmental organizations, an artist cooperative, neighboring villages, and destinations of natural beauty such as the big game parks of Tarangire National Park and Ngorongoro National Park, and Mt. Kilimanjaro National Park.


Recent ethnographic field school projects

Projects in recent summers have included research with local residents regarding food insecurity, HIV/AIDS stigma, recycling programs, substance abuse, prenatal health care, and the use of herbal medicines. Students frequently turn their ethnographic field school experiences into presentations at Society for Applied Anthropology annual meetings or senior seminar papers and presentations.

Contact Dr. David Kozak with questions: kozak_d@fortlewis.edu or find him in CSWS 278.