Universität Wien

233050 SE Mapping in STS: concepts, practicalities, and alternatives (2024S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
Tu 21.05. 09:00-11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien

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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 05.03. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 19.03. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 16.04. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 23.04. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 30.04. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 07.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 14.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 28.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 04.06. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course explores various concepts of mapping and their application in STS research. More than methodological prompts, the seminar provides opportunities to reflect practically on the performativity of the methods we use to trace relations. The session revisits traditional notions of mapping and investigates ongoing efforts to broaden what mapping is and does in interdisciplinary and multimodal social research. Following these reflections, various practical exercises are carried out to help participants understand the possibilities and limitations of mapping in its various forms.

Although we draw on recent empirical and theoretical mapping work in anthropology, STS, and digital social sciences, our reflections, readings, and cases are not limited to these two fields.
Thereby, students are expected to actively engage in the readings of the course and the discussions, propose in groups a mapping project inspired by the contents of the course, and individually carry out a mapping exercise of personal preference. During some of the seminar sessions, students will also have the opportunity to participate in brief and concrete making-doing mini-workshops.

IMPORTANT: No prior knowledge of qualitative methods is required to take this course.

Assessment and permitted materials

To pass the seminar, students are expected to complete the following tasks:
● Active participation in seminars and group work. Students should be prepared to present and discuss
key points from the obligatory readings. Students will present the obligatory readings at the beginning of each session.
● Develop, as part of a group (of 3 students), a mapping mini-proposal drawing on the materials of the seminars.This mini-proposal must be presented in the last session (see dates in session information). A 3700-4000 words summary of the proposal must be submitted via Moodle.
● Submit a 3200-3500-word (plus images, videos, audios or interactive objects) individual assignment consisting of a mapping individual exercise carried out since the beginning of the seminar.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The grading scheme is based on a total of 100 points. These points will be awarded in relation to students’ performance in meeting the course learning aims in the different obligatory tasks.
The maximum number of points to be acquired for each task is:
Active seminar participation: 20 points assessed individually (feedback by lecturer)
Mapping Mini proposal: 30 points (assessed as group work feedback by lecturer and classmates)
Individual mapping exercise : 50 points (assessed individually feedback on request)

Minimum requirements
A minimum of 50 points is necessary to successfully complete the course. Failure to meet the attendance regulations, to deliver course assignments on time or to adhere to standards of academic work may result in a deduction of points.

Grades
100-89 points Excellent (1)
88-76 points Good (2)
75-63 points Satisfactory (3)
62-50 points Sufficient (4)
49-0 points Unsatisfactory (5) (fail)

The maximum number of points to be acquired for each task is:
Active seminar participation: 20 points assessed individually (feedback by lecturer)
Group mapping Mini- proposal: 30 points (assessed as group work feedback by lecturer and classmates)
Individual mapping: 50 points (assessed individually feedback on request)

Examination topics

Maps as objects: concern and care
Mapping issues, actors and controversies
Digital social mapping
Mapping and multimodality
Feminist mapping
Mapping and decoloniality?

Reading list

Association in the course directory

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