Universität Wien

150216 UE Scientific Working (History and Society) (M5) (2012W)

- A look at literature, film and television

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

1 Rosker , Moodle
2 Rosker

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
Registration information is available for each group.

Groups

Group 1

max. 30 participants
Language: German
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 02.10. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 09.10. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 16.10. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 23.10. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 30.10. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 06.11. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 13.11. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 20.11. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 27.11. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 04.12. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 11.12. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 18.12. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 08.01. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 15.01. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 22.01. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 29.01. 17:05 - 18:35 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10

Aims, contents and method of the course

- Science – general: The relation between reality and interpretation; reality and perception; qualitative and quantitative inquiry; science, social science and humanities; language and thought
- Academic work during the study: the criteria for the topic selection and the structuring of the thesis; the methodical searching for the specialist literature; the table of contents – a mirror of the structure; bibliography: why and how to quote sources and literature? Comparison – summarized information from the texts
- Methodology and the structuring – general outline: formal regulations and principles of academic studies – a critical inquiry; the social responsibility of researchers; special terms and terminology; formal foundations: a proper application of categories and procedures; source references; quoting and notes; quotes in the text; what are categories and how are established? Example: the structure of kinship relations; social categories as limitations
- Sinology as an intercultural discipline: problems of treating non-European society through the lens of traditional Western methods of comprehension; the problem of cultural incommensurability; example: the cultural conditioning of the perception and categorization of time; Weste-East: problems of essentialistic notions; the transcendent and the immanent metaphysics; the methodology of intercultural research
- The specific features of sinological methodology: indicating sources and literature, direct quotations in Chinese language;
- Problems of dicoursive translations – an example: the difference between the etymological meaning and the socio-cultural implications; the notion of autonomy vs. the notions of zilü (自律); comparative inquiry

Reading list

Adler, Nancy & Campbell, Nigel & Laurent André, 1989: In Search of Appropriate Methodology: From Outside the People's Republic of China Looking In. In: Journal of International Business Studies, 20/1. 61-74

Buck, Peter, 1975: Order and Control: The Scientific Method in China and the United States. In: Social Studies of Science, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug., 1975), pp. 237-267

Jenco, Leigh Kathryn, 2007: "What Does Heaven Ever Say?" A Methods-centered Approach to Cross-cultural Engagement. In: The American Political Science Review, 101/4. 741-755

Nicolini, Maria, 2011: Wissenschaft ist Sprache – Form und Freiheit im wissenschaftlichen Sprachgebrauch. Klagenfurt: Wieser

Peng, Fuchun & Cheng, Xuemeng, 2006: On Philosophical Subjects and Methods. In: Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 1/3. 432-454

Porter, Ann, 1993: Göran Therborn's Universalizing Comparisons: A Note on Methodology. In: Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, 26/2. 359-378

Ro¨ker, Jana S., 2001: The Theory of Science and Intercultural Methodology in Traditional and Modern China. In: Asian and African Studies, V/1-2. 104-113

Rüsen, Jörn, 1996: Some Theoretical Approaches to Intercultural Comparative Historiography. In: History and Theory, 35/4, Theme Issue 35: Chinese Historiography in Comparative Perspective. 5-22

Salinas Mulder, Silvia, et all, 2000: Unethical Ethics? Reflections on Intercultural Research Practices. In: Reproductive Health Matters, 8/15, Reproductive Rights, Human Rights and Ethics. 104-112

T'ang Chün-I, 1964: The Individual and the World in Chinese Methodology. In: Philosophy East and West, 14/3-4. 293-310

Group 2

Di wtl 15:20-17:05 SIN1

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Aims, contents and method of the course

- Science – general: The relation between reality and interpretation; reality and perception; qualitative and quantitative inquiry; science, social science and humanities; language and thought

- Academic work during the study: the criteria for the topic selection and the structuring of the thesis; the methodical searching for the specialist literature; the table of contents – a mirror of the structure; bibliography: why and how to quote sources and literature? Comparison – summarized information from the texts

- Methodology and the structuring – general outline: formal regulations and principles of academic studies – a critical inquiry; the social responsibility of researchers; special terms and terminology; formal foundations: a proper application of categories and procedures; source references; quoting and notes; quotes in the text; what are categories and how are established? Example: the structure of kinship relations; social categories as limitations

- Sinology as an intercultural discipline: problems of treating non-European society through the lens of traditional Western methods of comprehension; the problem of cultural incommensurability; example: the cultural conditioning of the perception and categorization of time; Weste-East: problems of essentialistic notions; the transcendent and the immanent metaphysics; the methodology of intercultural research

- The specific features of sinological methodology: indicating sources and literature, direct quotations in Chinese language;

- Problems of dicoursive translations – an example: the difference between the etymological meaning and the socio-cultural implications; the notion of autonomy vs. the notions of zilü (自律); comparative inquiry

Reading list

Adler, Nancy & Campbell, Nigel & Laurent André, 1989: In Search of Appropriate Methodology: From Outside the People's Republic of China Looking In. In: Journal of International Business Studies, 20/1. 61-74

Buck, Peter, 1975: Order and Control: The Scientific Method in China and the United States. In: Social Studies of Science, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug., 1975), pp. 237-267

Jenco, Leigh Kathryn, 2007: "What Does Heaven Ever Say?" A Methods-centered Approach to Cross-cultural Engagement. In: The American Political Science Review, 101/4. 741-755

Nicolini, Maria, 2011: Wissenschaft ist Sprache – Form und Freiheit im wissenschaftlichen Sprachgebrauch. Klagenfurt: Wieser

Peng, Fuchun & Cheng, Xuemeng, 2006: On Philosophical Subjects and Methods. In: Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 1/3. 432-454

Porter, Ann, 1993: Göran Therborn's Universalizing Comparisons: A Note on Methodology. In: Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, 26/2. 359-378

Ro¨ker, Jana S., 2001: The Theory of Science and Intercultural Methodology in Traditional and Modern China. In: Asian and African Studies, V/1-2. 104-113

Rüsen, Jörn, 1996: Some Theoretical Approaches to Intercultural Comparative Historiography. In: History and Theory, 35/4, Theme Issue 35: Chinese Historiography in Comparative Perspective. 5-22

Salinas Mulder, Silvia, et all, 2000: Unethical Ethics? Reflections on Intercultural Research Practices. In: Reproductive Health Matters, 8/15, Reproductive Rights, Human Rights and Ethics. 104-112

T'ang Chün-I, 1964: The Individual and the World in Chinese Methodology. In: Philosophy East and West, 14/3-4. 293-310

Information

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentation (the structuring of an academic thesis) (40%), seminar work (essay) in German, English or Chinese (60%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The mastering of fundamental academic methods, methodological regulations and processes; an insight into formal and social functions of academic methodology; the understanding and the proper application of specific methodological features in sinological research

Examination topics

Lecture with PP presentation, group discussions, joint reading of simple Chinese texts, methodological exercises in small groups

Association in the course directory

GG 210

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