Overview
An ethnographic field school, providing students with critical understanding and guided practical experience in designing and conducting ethnographic research related to tourism and development.
This paper is a residential, intensive field school programme, which involves fieldtrips and fieldwork experiences in an international setting, usually in Thailand. The field school will proceed subject to enrolments.
While a focus is on gaining hands-on ethnographic fieldwork experience related to tourism and development, course content and project work can be adapted for students of other social science or business disciplines.
In addition to undertaking ethnographic research exercises, students will attend classes on research ethics, design and methodology. By offering the opportunity to undertake small-scale research exercises under close faculty supervision, this paper will benefit students who might undertake ethnographic methods for their master's dissertation and beyond. The paper will also be of interest to students interested in working for non-governmental or governmental development organizations.
About this paper
| Paper title | Tourism and Development Ethnographic Field School |
|---|---|
| Subject | Tourism |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2026 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,665.83 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- TOUR 427
- Eligibility
Open to postgraduate students with an interest in ethnographic research.
There are additional costs related to this paper in addition to your course fees (e.g. air fares).
Enrolments for this paper require departmental permission. View more information about departmental permission.
- Contact
- More information link
- View more information on the Department of Tourism's website
- Teaching staff
Co-ordinator: Professor Hazel Tucker
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper has class meetings in Dunedin before travel to Thailand for four weeks of intensive classes, fieldtrips and research exercises.
- Textbooks
- Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this paper, students will be able to engage in critical ethnographic thinking and be able to:
- Critically analyse their own positionality
- Understand, design, perform and critically evaluate ethnographic research
Overview
An ethnographic field school, providing students with critical understanding and guided practical experience in designing and conducting ethnographic research related to tourism and development.
This paper is a residential, intensive field school programme, which involves fieldtrips and fieldwork experiences in an international setting, usually in Thailand. The field school will proceed subject to enrolments.
While a focus is on gaining hands-on ethnographic fieldwork experience related to tourism and development, course content and project work can be adapted for students of other social science or business disciplines.
In addition to undertaking ethnographic research exercises, students will attend classes on research ethics, design and methodology. By offering the opportunity to undertake small-scale research exercises under close faculty supervision, this paper will benefit students who might undertake ethnographic methods for their master's dissertation and beyond. The paper will also be of interest to students interested in working for non-governmental or governmental development organizations.
About this paper
| Paper title | Tourism and Development Ethnographic Field School |
|---|---|
| Subject | Tourism |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2027 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- TOUR 427
- Eligibility
Open to postgraduate students with an interest in ethnographic research.
There are additional costs related to this paper in addition to your course fees (e.g. air fares).
Enrolments for this paper require departmental permission.
- Contact
- More information link
- View more information on the Department of Tourism's website.
- Teaching staff
Co-ordinator: Professor Hazel Tucker
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper has class meetings in Dunedin before travel to Thailand for four weeks of intensive classes, fieldtrips and research exercises.
- Textbooks
Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this paper, students will be able to engage in critical ethnographic thinking and be able to:
- Critically analyse their own positionality.
- Understand, design, perform and critically evaluate ethnographic research.