Welcome to the Hall of Fame.  This section collects completed essays and field working portfolios that we believe demonstrate the sensibilities and principles of ethnographic fieldwork.  Use these projects as worthy examples of good work when researching and writing your own projects.  To talk with other researchers, please visit our blog.

 

Selected Essays

A Week on the Ceilidh Trail
by Burt Feintuch* Portsmouth, NH

Women between cultures: Experiences in pregnancy and postpartum care
by Hee-Jeung Kim, Iowa City, IA

Interview with Mary: My experience with Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender "Quire" by Chinatsu Sazawa, Iowa City, IA

Church Hats at Mt. Zion
by Ann White, Iowa City, IA

 

Portfolios

Here are some sample student project portfolios. We've scanned a selection of pages from each portfolio and included our commentary to show the ways we ask our students to reflect on their own learning, research and composition processes.

Creating an Ethnographic Research Portfolio
by Karen Wohlwend, Iowa City, IA

Searching for the Magic Bus: Football Saturdays with Iowa Hawkeye Fans
by Leah Williams, Iowa City, IA

Mapping the Middle Ground
by Elyse Fields, Iowa City, IA

 


* Burt Feintuch is Professor of Folklore and English at the University of New Hampshire, where he directs the Center for the Humanities. He loves doing fieldwork in traditional music communities.

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