{"id":2962,"date":"2024-08-28T13:04:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2024-08-29T12:36:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:36:14","slug":"urban-anthropology-in-bosnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/2024\/08\/28\/urban-anthropology-in-bosnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching and Learning Urban Anthropology in Bosnia-Herzegovina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/anthropology\">Anthropology Department&#8217;s<\/a> immersive learning study abroad course took students to Bosnia-Herzegovina in Europe to study Bosnian culture and the anthropology of three different cities. Their experience and findings were published in the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachinganthropology.org\/ojs\/index.php\/teach_anth\/article\/view\/709\">Teaching and Learning Urban Anthropology in Bosnia-Herzegovina<\/a>&#8221; in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachinganthropology.org\/ojs\/index.php\/teach_anth\/index\"><em>Teaching Anthropology<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachinganthropology.org\/ojs\/index.php\/teach_anth\/issue\/view\/78\">Volume 14, No. 1<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/anthropology\/about\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/ericksonjennifer\">Jennifer Erickson<\/a>, co-author of the paper, is a Professor of Anthropology, Assistant Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Assistant Director of the Center for Middletown Studies.<\/p>\n<h3>Abstract:<\/h3>\n<p>In the summer of 2019, two professors led seven students from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, in a high impact immersive learning course in urbananthropology in Bosnia-Herzegovina. They spent a week each in three different cities: the multiethnic, cosmopolitan capital of Sarajevo, the industrial and predominantly Muslim city of Zenica, and Mostar, an ethnically divided city that is also a tourist destination and home to the country\u2019s largest corporations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2965\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2965\" data-attachment-id=\"2965\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/2024\/08\/28\/urban-anthropology-in-bosnia\/bosnia-7-anthropology\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/08\/28125857\/Bosnia-7-anthropology.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2016,1512\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Anthropology in Bosnia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/08\/28125857\/Bosnia-7-anthropology-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2965 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/08\/28125857\/Bosnia-7-anthropology-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/08\/28125857\/Bosnia-7-anthropology.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/08\/28125857\/Bosnia-7-anthropology.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/08\/28125857\/Bosnia-7-anthropology.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/08\/28125857\/Bosnia-7-anthropology.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/08\/28125857\/Bosnia-7-anthropology.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The students and professors in Bosnia-Herzegovina.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Professors wanted students to understand that there are multiple ways of experiencing and representing urban cultures. They led classes on multimodal ethnographic methods and stressed the importance of place in ethnography. Students were also encouraged to apply their personal and academic background and interests to each of the cities.<\/p>\n<p>In this paper, they outline the course, provide reflections, and make the case that establishing a uniform structure for teaching multimodal anthropological methods while allowing for flexibility and student interests in assignments will result in better learning outcomes. 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