Universität Wien

240067 SE Ethnographic interviews (P1) (2012W)

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Compulsory attendance in the first unit!

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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 40 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Freitag 12.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Freitag 19.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Freitag 09.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Freitag 16.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Freitag 30.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Freitag 11.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Freitag 25.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

As students are faced with more and more difficulties regarding long-term ethnographic research based mainly on participant observation, in-depth interviews are becoming one of the preferred research methods. Yet a number of theoretical and practical issues are at stake about which students learn little before doing research for their thesis. This seminar is trying to address some of the most crucial ones.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

In this seminar students will deepen their knowledge about different approaches to in-depth, ethnographic interviewing. We will deal with
• different ways of preparing and carrying out interviews,
• using visual and other material prompts,
• transcription methods,
• the advantages and disadvantages of mnemnonic devices (most importantly, note taking and recording)
• empirical consequences of ethical and theoretical considerations on communication, culture(s) and interviews,
• analysing interview transcripts.

Prüfungsstoff

We will discuss key texts, both from before and after the "postmodern turn" which at least temporarily influenced the ways interviews were approached and will critically assess the resurging trend of ethnomethodology.
Students will carry out a number of interviews in the course of the term in at least two languages, both individually and in pairs, sometimes using mnemnonic devices, sometimes not.
In class and in the final papers students will reflect on the theoretical and practical issues of interviewing.The seminar is highly interactive. We will shift between plenary sessions, work in small groups and individual work. The exact time schedule is communicated to the students at the beginning of the seminar.
Based on the premise that students and lecturer form a community of research and learning, a special focus is put on a) constructive criticism of each other’s work and b) on the evaluation of the seminar (reflective paper on one seminar session, short feedback sessions at the end of most seminars, final seminar evaluation).

Literatur

Atteslander Peter, 1971, Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.
Fontana Andrea, James H. Frey, 1994, "Interviewing. The Art of Science" in: Denzin Norman K., Yvonna S. Lincoln, Handbook of Qualitative Research, Sage: Thousand Oaks, 361-376.
Girtler Roland, 1984, Methoden der qualitativen Sozialforschung, Böhlau, Wien.
Knill Hildegard, "Hören, Hinhören, Zuhören", http://www.rhetorik.ch/Hoeren/Hoeren.html, 3.12.2007
Schensul Stephen L., Jean J. Schensul, Margaret Diane LeCompte, 1999, Essential Ethnographic Methods: Observations, Interviews and Questionnaires, Sage: Thousand Oaks.
Spradley James P., 1979, The Ethnographic Interview, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Fort Worth, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:39