240044 PR BM8 Ethnographic Field School (2023W)
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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.
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 Fr 01.09.2023 00:01 to Mo 25.09.2023 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 16.10.2023 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
The classes on October 17th and 24th will take place at the Weltmuseum. Please note that there will be no lecture on the 18th and the 25th of October.
This course won't continue with a SE Datenanalyse in summer semester and is mainly meant for MA students with supplemantary courses from the BA programme.
Wednesday
04.10.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Wednesday
11.10.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Tuesday
17.10.
13:15 - 16:30
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Wednesday
18.10.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
Tuesday
24.10.
13:15 - 16:30
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Wednesday
25.10.
11:30 - 14:45
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Wednesday
08.11.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Wednesday
22.11.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Monday
27.11.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
Wednesday
06.12.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Wednesday
13.12.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
Wednesday
10.01.
13:15 - 16:30
Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
Wednesday
17.01.
11:30 - 14:45
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The following performances are expected from the students:• Attendance of and active participation in the class sessions;
• Development and presentation of a small project in group work, including the literature review, the formulation of research questions, research design and field research at the exhibition and related sites, including digital ones;
• Implementation of the above during the field work sessions;
• Holding informal conversations and preparation of interviews, visits and observations;
• Conducting interviews at the field sites;
• Submission of research documentation including field notes and interview questionnaires and transcriptions, audio and visual documents, and any other material emerging from the group projects. In addition, time sheets documenting the work carried out must be submitted. The last possible submission date for all of the above documentation is February 15, 2024;
• Group presentations that will reflect on field research: these will be held during the last class of the semester (attendance is mandatory for all students);
• Submission of individual papers reflecting on the research experience and the student‘s own positioning in the field. The length consists of 5-7 standard pages (please use Times New Roman, font size 12 pt and line spacing 1.5). Individual papers must be submitted no later than March 1, 2024;
• The final paper will be evaluated within four weeks. Students will receive feedback with a suggested grade and will then have until the end of the legal grace period, April 30, 2024, to improve the paper.
AI tools are not accepted to prepare the exams, however they can be used to generate images and/or can be selected as research topic.
• Development and presentation of a small project in group work, including the literature review, the formulation of research questions, research design and field research at the exhibition and related sites, including digital ones;
• Implementation of the above during the field work sessions;
• Holding informal conversations and preparation of interviews, visits and observations;
• Conducting interviews at the field sites;
• Submission of research documentation including field notes and interview questionnaires and transcriptions, audio and visual documents, and any other material emerging from the group projects. In addition, time sheets documenting the work carried out must be submitted. The last possible submission date for all of the above documentation is February 15, 2024;
• Group presentations that will reflect on field research: these will be held during the last class of the semester (attendance is mandatory for all students);
• Submission of individual papers reflecting on the research experience and the student‘s own positioning in the field. The length consists of 5-7 standard pages (please use Times New Roman, font size 12 pt and line spacing 1.5). Individual papers must be submitted no later than March 1, 2024;
• The final paper will be evaluated within four weeks. Students will receive feedback with a suggested grade and will then have until the end of the legal grace period, April 30, 2024, to improve the paper.
AI tools are not accepted to prepare the exams, however they can be used to generate images and/or can be selected as research topic.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This course focuses on empirical data collection using a number of methods. The course comprises 10 ECTS credits, which corresponds to a workload of 250 hours per student. Of these, a maximum of 50 hours will be spent on attending classes, 100 hours in the field, and the remaining 100 hours on home and group work.Regular field work sessions are a requirement for the successful completion of the course. Class attendance is mandatory (students can miss up to two sessions).The costs for this ethnographic field internship concerns the purchase of a Weltmuseum annual ticket that is needed for multiple entries into the museum. 40% of these costs will be reimbursed by the University of Vienna.The overall grade for this course is composed of the following components:- Participation in the course sessions, examination of the compulsory literature, presentations and interim submissions (20%)- Work on the research project, including preparation of the research documentation with individual performance records and timely submission of assignments (60%)- Final paper (20%): the assessment is based on formal criteria (language, style, spelling and grammar) as well as content criteria (critical reflection taking into account the compulsory literature).The assessment can begin when all of the exam components have been handed in. A total of 100 points can be achieved. The evaluation is done according to the following scale:91 - 100 points = 1 (very good)
81 - 90 points = 2 (good)
71 - 80 points = 3 (satisfactory)
61 - 70 points = 4 (sufficient)
0 - 60 points = 5 (not sufficient)The course director reserves the right to invite students to a discussion about the grade of their performances. The software ‚Turnitin‘ is used to check for plagiarism. If plagiarized submissions or exam fraud are detected, the submitted materials will not be graded and an 'X' will be entered in the system.
81 - 90 points = 2 (good)
71 - 80 points = 3 (satisfactory)
61 - 70 points = 4 (sufficient)
0 - 60 points = 5 (not sufficient)The course director reserves the right to invite students to a discussion about the grade of their performances. The software ‚Turnitin‘ is used to check for plagiarism. If plagiarized submissions or exam fraud are detected, the submitted materials will not be graded and an 'X' will be entered in the system.
Examination topics
There will be no exam
Reading list
Literature on ethnographic methods:
____________________________________Agar, M.H. 1996. The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography. San Diego et al.: Academic Press.Ballestero, A. and B.R. Winthereik, eds. 2021. Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis. Durham und London: Duke University Press.Boellstorff, T., B. Nardi, C. Pearce, and T.L. Taylor. 2012. Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Dewalt, K.M. and B.R. De Walt. 2011. Participant Observation: A Guide for Fieldworkers. Lanham, MD: AltaMira.Emerson, R.M., R.I. Fretz and L.L. Shaw. 1995. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.Hammersley, M., and P. Atkinson. 2007. Ethnography: Principles in Practice. London: Routledge.Madden, R. 2017. Being Ethnographic: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.Okely, J. 2012. Anthropological Practice. Fieldwork and the Ethnographic Method. London: Berg.Literature on the topic (further literature must be researched by the students):
__________________________________________________________________________Appadurai, A., 2013. The Future as Cultural Fact: Essays on the Global Condition. London and New York: Verso.Bryant, R. and Knight, D.M., 2019. The Anthropology of the Future. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Salazar F.J., S. Pink, A. Irving and S. Sjöberg, eds. 2017. Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds. London and New York: RoutledgeValentine, D. and Hassoun, A., 2019. Uncommon Futures. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 48:243–60.
____________________________________Agar, M.H. 1996. The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography. San Diego et al.: Academic Press.Ballestero, A. and B.R. Winthereik, eds. 2021. Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis. Durham und London: Duke University Press.Boellstorff, T., B. Nardi, C. Pearce, and T.L. Taylor. 2012. Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Dewalt, K.M. and B.R. De Walt. 2011. Participant Observation: A Guide for Fieldworkers. Lanham, MD: AltaMira.Emerson, R.M., R.I. Fretz and L.L. Shaw. 1995. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.Hammersley, M., and P. Atkinson. 2007. Ethnography: Principles in Practice. London: Routledge.Madden, R. 2017. Being Ethnographic: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.Okely, J. 2012. Anthropological Practice. Fieldwork and the Ethnographic Method. London: Berg.Literature on the topic (further literature must be researched by the students):
__________________________________________________________________________Appadurai, A., 2013. The Future as Cultural Fact: Essays on the Global Condition. London and New York: Verso.Bryant, R. and Knight, D.M., 2019. The Anthropology of the Future. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Salazar F.J., S. Pink, A. Irving and S. Sjöberg, eds. 2017. Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds. London and New York: RoutledgeValentine, D. and Hassoun, A., 2019. Uncommon Futures. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 48:243–60.
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The aim of the field internships in the bachelor's program is to provide the students with a practical introduction to project-based ethnographic field research under supervision. Through an examination of ethnographic methods, the students are subsequently able to carry out the data collection for their bachelor thesis independently.Questions
How do we research the future, where, among whom, and why?
Who can speak about the future?
How do artists and exhibitions contribute towards our thinking about the future?Themes: Anthropology of the future, Art and anthropology, Anthropology of the contemporary, Museum Anthropology, Art and material cultureWithin the framework of the above research questions, students are taught how to plan and conduct ethnographic research projects. The learning objective is to gain experience in the development and implementation of a research project in the context of a given topic. The following steps will be covered: translating the topic into concrete research questions in small groups, selecting appropriate methods and conducting ethnographic research in the field. Through this project-based approach, students will gain practical insights into the research process and acquire ethnographic research skills.