The best way to learn about people is by talking to them, living with them, and working with them. This course teaches students the ethnographic method of participant-observation along with a suite of other fieldwork methods and approaches. Students learn how to study diverse communities and individuals, providing them with training for future careers that require knowledge in documentation and analysis. The data gleaned from these social and cultural encounters can be used to build anthropological theory and can also be part of the toolkit of designers, media artists and communicators.