Universität Wien

240029 SE BM5 Ethnographic reading: Narrating Fieldwork (2024W)

Continuous assessment of course work

Participation at first session is obligatory!

The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
Mo 16.12. 11:30-13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock

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

  • Monday 07.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
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  • Monday 04.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 11.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 18.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 25.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 02.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 09.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 13.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
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Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

During this course, students will be reading two ethnographic monographs and two additional papers and writing academic papers about them to obtain deep knowledge about the relationship between anthropological theory and ethnographic research. The course has three learning objectives. First, students gain insight into the relationship between ethnographic descriptions and theoretical discussions in anthropology. Second, students learn to recognize and evaluate the structure, argumentation, and style of argumentation of ethnographic monographs. Third, students will develop their academic reading and writing skills, especially those necessary to analyze a monograph’s arguments and construct an original argument in response to it so that the text interests anthropologists and social scientists. The selected texts deal with how positioning influences fieldwork experiences and, ultimately, the writing of ethnography.

Learning goals
The following academic skills will be learned or further developed in this course:
• insight into the relationship between anthropological theory and ethnographic research;
• knowledge about anthropological theories and approaches regarding the theme of the course;
• analyzing and evaluating ethnographic monographs;
• recognizing an academic argument and developing an academic argument
• writing academic papers;
• applying academic norms of citation and referencing.

Assessment and permitted materials

Weekly participation and preparation of all classes is compulsory (to be evaluated as either “sufficient” or “not sufficient” at the end of the course). “Sufficient” participation includes a maximum of 2 missed classes, and evidence of active engagement with the compulsory study materials through participation in discussions or classroom tasks. Students who don't attend the first class will be deregistered.

The performance assessment consists of four (oral and written) components:
(a) active, discussion-based reading of the compulsory reading, written preparation of the discussion, and oral participation based on this (up to 25 points)
b) Weekly notes writing (10 points)
c) Writing a draft of 1500 words of the final paper to be submitted at U10 (25 points)
d) Preparation of a written term paper of 3000 words relating the monographs to the selected papers (up to 40 points, submission by February 7, 2025, 12:00)
Secondary literature is allowed as an aid. AI (especially ChatGPT) is only permitted for partial performances at the teacher's explicit request.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

For a positive overall grade, all components must be completed positively, and a total of at least 61 points must be achieved.
The highest score to be achieved is 100, which corresponds to a 1 (very good).
The quantity AND quality of participation are assessed in the oral work, while the time allocation, the structure and content of the presentation and the questions with discussion leader are assessed in the pre-structuring with discussion leader.
Written work is assessed according to the following criteria:
- Formalities [e.g. citation style, formatting],
- Selection and factually appropriate scope of the processed literature
- Accuracy of the reproduction of the sources/literature
- Structure and organization of the work
- Clarity of the argumentation and the execution of the thought
- Reflexivity/ability to deal with sources/literature
- Originality

Assessment standard:
- 91-100 points: 1 (very good)
- 81-90 points: 2 (good)
- 71-80 points: 3 (satisfactory)
- 61-70 points: 4 (sufficient)

The course instructor may invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial performances.
Plagiarized and fraudulent partial performances lead to the course not being graded (entry of an 'X' in the transcript of records). The plagiarism software ('Turnitin') is used for courses with examinations.

Examination topics

All content covered in the course

Reading list

Students read two monographs in the following order:
• Paul Rabinow, 2007 [1977], Reflection on Fieldwork in Morocco, University of California Press (30th Anniversary Edition). [187 pp]
• De Martino Ernesto, 2005, The land of remorse, translated by Dorothy Zinn, Free Association Books [limited to Part 1 and 2 -including the pictures, 87 pp]

Additional compulsory study materials for the homework assignments include:
• Reiter R. (ed.) 1975, Toward an Anthropology of Women, New York and London: Monthly Review Press. [Limited to the Introduction, 9 pp.].
• Olivier de Sardan, 2015, Epistemology, Fieldwork, and Anthropology, [Limited to chapter 4, 21 pp.]
• The KSA Writing Manual and KSA Paper Checklist

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 07.10.2024 13:06