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In this paper, we illustrate how virtual exchange (COIL) can function as an effective means for integrating international and experiential training in collaborative-based ethnography across the curriculum, even in courses not specifically designed as research methods. Drawing upon data from three years of surveys and student reflections on their experience of taking part in an international virtual exchange, we argue that virtual exchange can enable students to effectively practice and learn certain features of ethnography, particularly interviewing and fieldnote techniques. It can do so in a way that increases awareness about collaboration within interviewing, reduces some of the common barriers to access associated with international field school experiences, and allows for the integration of ethnographic training within topical courses. The results showed not only growth in fieldnote and interviewing skills within one month, but also provided insights into how and why student frustrations sometimes occur with these two components of ethnographic research.
Author(s): Ricke A, Winkler-Reid S, Degnen C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Teaching Anthropology
Year: 2026
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Pages: 11-23
Online publication date: 05/07/2026
Acceptance date: 19/02/2026
Date deposited: 11/08/2026
ISSN (electronic): 2053-9843
Publisher: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
URL: https://doi.org/10.22582/ta.v15i1.791
DOI: 10.22582/ta.v15i1.791
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