DANCE 787S
Research Methods in Dance
Sarah Wilbur
Description from DukeHub
Methods used in dance theory, history, ethnography, education and choreography/practice and other disciplines, as appropriate. Interviewing and documentation; examination of issues concerning participatory experience and objectivity in ethnographic research. Student writing in service to thesis proposal.
Skills
- research methodstitle: "research methods"
- writingAI review: "Student writing in service to thesis proposal"
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "interviewing"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "dance"
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 12 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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