This website serves as a virtual course-book that accompanies the Masters Specialization in Visual Ethnography. Before you begin, read through the important front matter in the About and Overview pages.You will be tested on it!

Pieter de la Courtgebouw,
Universiteit Leiden

Pieter de la Courtgebouw

Multimodal Ethnography Course-book

The course-book features a sequence of multimodal modules that are designed to help you attune your technical and methodological skills, while also enhancing your conceptual knowledge and designing your own research project.

The book is divided into three sections each corresponding to a different phase of the program. This website is still being rolled out and the later programs will be added in due time.

  • Research Design for Visual Ethnography runs through the fall semester and helps you craft a compelling research proposal.
  • The Visual Ethnography Field School program supports the field research phase with three parts:
    • The Field Preparations workshop at the beginning of December for final pre-departure training.
    • A series of Field Reports made while on location (January — mid-March).
    • An Editing & Analysis workshop upon your return in the last two weeks in March.
  • Thesis Seminar for Visual Ethnography will guide you through the final phase of preparing a multimodal thesis that includes a written text and an audio-visual output.

In addition to these course related sections, there is also a searchable Student Handbook with various guidelines and FAQs.