Universität Wien

230042 UE B7 Participatory Research (2024W)

Qualititative Research Methods: Consolidation (Exercise)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The first unit starts at 11:30 a.m. and is intended as an introduction.
The program for the respective units will be handed out in the first unit.

  • Thursday 03.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 17.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 31.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 28.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 12.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 09.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 23.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Goals:
The main goal of the course is to get to knowledge about the approaches of participatory research and central participatory techniques. Students also gain knowledge about the possibilities of participatory research approaches in sociology and learn about the role of Co-researchers. Participatory approaches aim to involve co-researchers in knowledge production at different levels of intensity and at different research stages in order to understand the social realities. Participation and knowledge-co-production can be implement when developing the research questions, the interview guidelines or in the analysis and dissemination phase.

Contents:
At first, the course introduces participatory research approaches (action research, participatory research, community-based research) and highlights parallels and differences to well-known approaches of qualitative social research.
In conjunction, the students use scientific texts and independent research references to develop important concepts of participatory research, such as the positionality of the researcher her-/himself, proximity and distance, the role of reflection, research principles and ethical considerations in participatory research. Examples of participatory techniques and methods in the field of childhood research (visual participatory methods such as children's drawings, concept cartoon discussions and reflexive photography) and urban research (spatial qualitative methods such as walking interviews and mental maps) are explained.

Methods:
Group working, individual reading of relevant references including discussion and statements in the course; presentations; written report;
The students read the literature independently. A participatory research concept is developed together in small groups and an example of a technique of this approach is carried out, and documented in writing and presented.

Assessment and permitted materials


- Active participation in the course with short presentations;
- Independent reading of the compulsory literature;
- Development of a participatory research concept in small groups;
- Presentation of this concept and application of a participatory method in practice;
- Preparation of a written report (including the compulsory literature) including reflection on the independent implementation in small groups

Important Grading Information:
All students who received a place in the course are assessed if they have not deregistered from the course in due time or if they have not credibly shown an important reason for their failure to deregister after the cause for this reason does no longer apply
Students who credibly show an important reason (e.g. a longer illness) for the withdrawal from a course with continuous assessment are not assessed.
Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer. The request for deregistration must be submitted immediately.
The positive assessment of all partial performances is a prerequisite for a positive assessment of the entire course, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
The plagiarism-detection service (Turnitin in Moodle) can be used in course of the grading.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the production of texts is only permitted if this is expressly requested by the lecturer (e.g. for individual work tasks).
In order to ensure good scientific practice, the lecturer can provide for a "grading-related discussion" of the written work submitted, which must be completed successfully.
If any requirement of the course has been fulfilled by fraudulent means, be it for example by cheating at an exam, plagiarizing parts of a written assignment or by faking signatures on an attendance sheet, the student's participation in the course will be discontinued, the entire course will be graded as "not assessed" and recorded accordingly.
You can find these and other provisions in the study law: https://satzung.univie.ac.at/studienrecht/.
In case you have received three negative assessments of a continuously assessed course and want to register for a fourth attempt, please make sure to contact the StudiesServiceUnit Sociology during the registration period (for more information see "third attempt for continuously assessed courses" https://soziologie.univie.ac.at/info/pruefungen/#c56313)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirement,:
- Attendance is compulsory, students may be absent for 1.5 units without excuse
- Written reflection report on the implementation of the participatory method (group task)

Assessment criteria
(1) Active participation during the course, reading the required literature and participating in the discussion about it through constructive comments (50 points)
(2) Developing and presenting of a participatory research concept in small groups (20 points)
(3) Application of a participatory method and preparation of a reflection report (30 points)

60 points are required for a positive assessment of the course:
1 (very good) 100-90 points | 2 (good) 89-81 points | 3 (satisfactory) 80-71 points | 4 (sufficient) 70-60 points | 5 (unsatisfactory) 59-0 points

Examination topics

All scientific inputs in the course, in particular the slides provided and the papers, that must be read (compulsory reading). Additional texts and references can be found on Moodle.

Reading list

Literatur (Auswahl):
Arnstein, S. (1969): A ladder of citizen participation, in: Journal of the American Institute of Planers, 4, 216-224.
Bergold, J.; Thomas, S. (2012): Partizipative Forschungsmethoden. Ein methodischer Ansatz in Bewegung, in: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung,
13(1).
Chambers, R. (2008): PRA, PLA and pluralism: Practice and theory, in: Reason, P., & Bradbury, H. (Eds.), The Sage handbook of action research. Participative inquiry and practice. London: Sage, 297-318.
Dangschat, J. S.; Kogler, R. (2022): Qualitative Raum- und Quartiersbeobachtung, in: Baur, N.; Blasius, J. (Hrsg.), Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. 3. Auflage; Wiesbaden: Springer, 1643-1651.
Eckardt, F. (2014): Partizipative Stadtforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Gallacher, L.; Gallagher, M. (2008): Methodological Immaturity in childhood research? Thinking through `participatory methods´, in: Childhood , 15(4); SAGE; 499-516.
Groundwater-Smith, S.; Dockett, S.; Bottrell, D. (2015): Participatory Research with Children and Young People. Sage: Los Angeles and London.
Johnson, V., & West, A. (2021): Approaches and creative research methods with children and youth, in: Burns, D.; Howard, J.; Ospina, S. (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry, SAGE , 306-320.
Kogler, R. (2018): Kinderräume erkunden. Partizipative Stadtforschung und -planung mit Kindern, in: Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (Hrsg), Informationen zur Raumentwicklung - Stadt(t)räume der Kinder. Kinderorientierte Stadtentwicklung, Heft 2/2018, 40-51.
Kogler, R.; Zartler, U.; Zuccato-Doutlik, M. (2021): Participatory Childhood Research with Concept Cartoons. In: Forum Qualitative Social Research, 22 (2).
Packard, J. (2008): `I´m gonna show you what it´s really like out here´. The power and limitation of participatory visual methods, in: Visual Studies, 23(1), 63-77.
Ross, K. (2017): Making Empowering Choices. How Methodology Matters for Empowering Research Participants, in: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 18(3).
Unger, H. von (2014): Partizipative Forschung. Einführung in die Forschungspraxis. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Waller, T.; Bitou, A. (2011): Research with children. Three challenges for participatory research in early childhood, in: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 19(1), 5-20.
Wansing, G.; Schäfers, M.; Köbsell, S. (Hrsg.) (2022): Teilhabeforschung. Konturen eines neuen Forschungsfeldes. Wiesbaden: Springer Nature.
Wöhrer, V., Arztmann, D., Wintrsteller, T., Harrasser, D., & Schneider, K. (2017). Partizipative Aktionsforschung mit Kindern und Jugendlichen. Von Schulsprachen, Liebesorten und anderen Forschungsdingen. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien.
Zartler, U.; Erben-Harter, S.; Parisot, V.; Kogler, R.; Zuccato-Doutlik, M. (2024): Concept Cartoons. Methodische Grundlagen und Umsetzung in der Familienforschung. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.

Association in the course directory

Im auslaufenden Bachelorstudiengang Soziologie: in Kombination mit "B7 UE Qualitative Methoden - Vertiefung" Äquivalent zu BA M3 SEUE Qualitative Methoden

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