ICS 314S
Doing Global Research
Cade Bourne
Description from DukeHub
Introduces students to interdisciplinary research methods and theories to conduct global research. Students build on concepts foundational to global studies by reading about and practicing variety of research methods including archival and oral history, interviews, mapping, textual analysis, and ethnography. Texts, discussions, and projects focus on theoretical frameworks engaging politics of research, approaching global research from below, reaching underrepresented populations and social groups, exploring connections between power and knowledge, nontraditional and creative formats for research. Course examines how interdisciplinary research can expand traditional fields.
Skills
- research methodsdescription: "research methods" and 4 more
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "interviews"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 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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