230210 SE Ethnographic Methods (2010S)
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Die Lehrveranstaltung wird im Doktorat neu - Studienkennzahl 784 - mit nur 3 ECTS bewertet. Bei Rückfragen wenden Sie sich bitte an die zuständige Studienprogrammleitung.
Die Lehrveranstaltung wird im Doktorat neu - Studienkennzahl 784 - mit nur 3 ECTS bewertet. Bei Rückfragen wenden Sie sich bitte an die zuständige Studienprogrammleitung.
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 is open from Th 18.02.2010 20:00 to Fr 26.02.2010 20:00
- Registration is open from Th 04.03.2010 08:00 to Mo 08.03.2010 18:00
- Deregistration possible until We 31.03.2010 23:59
Details
max. 32 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
24.03.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
14.04.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
21.04.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
28.04.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
05.05.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
12.05.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
19.05.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
26.05.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
02.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
09.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
16.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
23.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Wednesday
30.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The seminar language is English and it is targeted on master and Ph.D students. Participants are expected to have basic knowledge of methodological and theoretical issues particular to social sciences. Active participation in the seminar is essential: attendance and participation in class discussions are expected from the students, and they are expected to read the mandatory texts, conduct their research rehearsals and write their research reports (in English).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
In addition to discussions and lecturing, relevant texts will be read during the seminar. Every participant, as a member of a sub-group, will conduct a field project (research rehearsal), offer a group presentation and write a final report that is related to the topic of the project.
Reading list
A SUPPLEMENTARY READING LISTAtkinson, Paul & Coffey, Amanda & Delamont, Sara & Lofland, John & Lofland, Lyn (eds.) 2001. Handbook of Ethnography. London: Sage Publications.Back, Les 1993. Gendered Participation: Masculinity and Fieldwork in a South London Adolescent Community. In Bell, D. & Caplan, P. & Karim, Wazir J., eds., Gendered Fields: Women, Men and Ethnography. London: Routledge.Bell, Diane, Caplan, Pat & Karim, Wazir Jahan (eds.) 1993. Gendered Fields: Women, Men and Ethnography. London: Routledge.Borneman, John & Hammoundi, Abdellah (eds.) 2009. Being There: The Fieldwork Encounter and the Making of Truth. Berkeley: University of California Press.Caplan, Pat (ed.) 2003. The Ethics of Anthropology: Debates and Dilemmas. London: Routledge.Davis Aull, Charlotte 2008. Reflexive Ethnography: A Guide to Researching Selves and Others. London: Routledge.Gobo, Giampietro 2008. Doing Ethnography. London: Sage Publications.O'Reilly, Karen 2005. Ethnographic Methods. London: Routledge.Pink, Sarah 2006. Doing Visual Ethnography: Images, Media and Representation in Research. London: Sage.Pink, Sarah 2009. Doing Sensory Ethnography. London: Sage Publications.Silverman, David 2005. Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. London: Sage Publications.Wassmann, Jurg 1995. The Final Requiem for the Omniscient Informant? An Interdisciplinary Approach to Everyday Cognition. Culture & Psychology 1 (2):167-201
Association in the course directory
in 905: MA Methoden oder MA EM
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:39
Text: Davies: Reflexive Ethnography (chapter 3)IV. The question of gender
Text: Back: Gendered Participation: Masculinity and Fieldwork in a South London Adolescent Community.V. Participation and observation
Text: O'Reilly: Ethnographic Methods (chapter 4)VI. Observation and participation
Text: Davies: Reflexive Ethnography (chapter 4)VII. Analysis of data
Text: Gabo: Doing Ethnography (chapter 13)VIII. How to conduct a field research?
Text: Wassman: The Final Requiem for the Omniscient Informant?IX. Group presentations and discussionsX. Group presentations and discussionsXI. Group presentations and discussionsXII. Group presentations and discussionsDESCRIPTION
Fieldwork tradition, based on ethnographic methods, has an important role to play in the history of social sciences, especially regarding the anthropological research - to such an extent that social and cultural anthropology seems to associate with the practice of fieldwork. However, it is not only the modern anthropology that has its roots in a fieldwork tradition, but the qualitative research in general. Briefly, the methodological framework and intellectual context that are relevant to scholars who favour qualitative approach is based, profoundly, on a fieldwork tradition and ethnographic methods.The intention of the seminar is to introduce a research process, based on fieldwork and ethnographic methods, to students. This would be done by lecturing and discussing the methodological issues with the participants of the seminar. Chosen texts, related to the topic of the seminar, would be read by the students and discussed during the seminar sessions. Furthermore, every student would carry out a research project as a member of a research team. That is to say, the seminar group would be divided into sub-groups of 4 students. Each sub-group would conduct a research project (a research rehearsal) by undertaking participant observation, keeping a field diary and interviewing informants, while in the field. Fieldworks would be conducted in an urban context. Visual data, such as photographs, could be used for gathering information and interpreting the findings. Every team would write a research report that would include a preliminary analysis of the data. One should emphasize that ethnographic methods offer a distinctive and reflexive approach to create, interpret and represent knowledge. The seminar would be divided into 4 parts:Part 1: Fieldwork tradition and ethnographic research
Part 2:The question of ethics, politics and gender
Part 3:The problem of data
Part 4:Field projects - to be conducted by chosen teams