Course Schedule
Veranstaltungen von Dr. Lauren Reid
Lehrveranstaltungen
Introduction to Multimodal Ethnographic Methods (group 1) (Seminar)
Dozent/in: Lauren Reid
Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 16:15 - 19:45 | 13.10.2025 - 24.11.2025 | C 14.103 Seminarraum
Inhalt: This seminar introduces multimodal ethnographic methods, an approach that builds on the foundations of ethnography while expanding it through visual, sonic, and sensory practices. Beginning with an introduction to the history and aims of ethnography, we situate multimodal approaches as a response to the limits of text-based description and as an opportunity to experiment with alternative ways of knowing and representing social life. From there, we move step by step through the ethnographic toolkit: starting with core practices such as observation, interviewing, and fieldnotes, before turning to visual and sensory techniques like photography, sound recording, mapping, and drawing. As the seminar progresses, we explore how different methods, materials, and media intersect, and what this means for the collection, analysis, and communication of knowledge. To put theory into practice, the seminar takes Leuphana University as a shared field site. In small groups, you will design and carry out a mini ethnographic project that uses at least two modalities to critically examine how campus infrastructures (whether physical, social, temporal, or sensory) are experienced and made meaningful. Through regular in-class exercises, workshops, and peer exchanges, you will practice applying different methods while critically reflecting on the challenges, potentials, and responsibilities of multimodal ethnography. The seminar culminates in a group presentation of your ethnographic project, which will highlight both your findings and the role of multimodal methods in shaping them.
Introduction to Multimodal Ethnographic Methods (group 2) (Seminar)
Dozent/in: Lauren Reid
Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 16:15 - 19:45 | 01.12.2025 - 26.01.2026 | C 14.103 Seminarraum
Inhalt: This seminar introduces multimodal ethnographic methods, an approach that builds on the foundations of ethnography while expanding it through visual, sonic, and sensory practices. Beginning with an introduction to the history and aims of ethnography, we situate multimodal approaches as a response to the limits of text-based description and as an opportunity to experiment with alternative ways of knowing and representing social life. From there, we move step by step through the ethnographic toolkit: starting with core practices such as observation, interviewing, and fieldnotes, before turning to visual and sensory techniques like photography, sound recording, mapping, and drawing. As the seminar progresses, we explore how different methods, materials, and media intersect, and what this means for the collection, analysis, and communication of knowledge. To put theory into practice, the seminar takes Leuphana University as a shared field site. In small groups, you will design and carry out a mini ethnographic project that uses at least two modalities to critically examine how campus infrastructures (whether physical, social, temporal, or sensory) are experienced and made meaningful. Through regular in-class exercises, workshops, and peer exchanges, you will practice applying different methods while critically reflecting on the challenges, potentials, and responsibilities of multimodal ethnography. The seminar culminates in a group presentation of your ethnographic project, which will highlight both your findings and the role of multimodal methods in shaping them.