This seminar introduces students to ethnographic methods and the study of discourse and interaction. It examines representative scholarship from fields of anthropology, sociolinguistics and the ethnography of communication. The course also explores the impact of ethnography on research and field methods and how the results are used to validate knowledge across disciplines. Particular attention is paid to theoretical developments including the relationship of ethnography of communication to such disciplines as anthropology, linguistics, communications and sociology. The focus of the course will be the integration of ethnography with other research techniques for the documentation of communication and its role in the establishment and management of social encounters.