240067 SE Ethnographic interviews (P1) (2012W)
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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 Sa 01.09.2012 00:01 to Su 23.09.2012 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 14.10.2012 23:59
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Friday
12.10.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Friday
19.10.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Friday
09.11.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Friday
16.11.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Friday
30.11.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Friday
11.01.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Friday
25.01.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
As students are faced with more and more difficulties regarding long-term ethnographic research based mainly on participant observation, in-depth interviews are becoming one of the preferred research methods. Yet a number of theoretical and practical issues are at stake about which students learn little before doing research for their thesis. This seminar is trying to address some of the most crucial ones.
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
In this seminar students will deepen their knowledge about different approaches to in-depth, ethnographic interviewing. We will deal with
• different ways of preparing and carrying out interviews,
• using visual and other material prompts,
• transcription methods,
• the advantages and disadvantages of mnemnonic devices (most importantly, note taking and recording)
• empirical consequences of ethical and theoretical considerations on communication, culture(s) and interviews,
• analysing interview transcripts.
• different ways of preparing and carrying out interviews,
• using visual and other material prompts,
• transcription methods,
• the advantages and disadvantages of mnemnonic devices (most importantly, note taking and recording)
• empirical consequences of ethical and theoretical considerations on communication, culture(s) and interviews,
• analysing interview transcripts.
Examination topics
We will discuss key texts, both from before and after the "postmodern turn" which at least temporarily influenced the ways interviews were approached and will critically assess the resurging trend of ethnomethodology.
Students will carry out a number of interviews in the course of the term in at least two languages, both individually and in pairs, sometimes using mnemnonic devices, sometimes not.
In class and in the final papers students will reflect on the theoretical and practical issues of interviewing.The seminar is highly interactive. We will shift between plenary sessions, work in small groups and individual work. The exact time schedule is communicated to the students at the beginning of the seminar.
Based on the premise that students and lecturer form a community of research and learning, a special focus is put on a) constructive criticism of each other’s work and b) on the evaluation of the seminar (reflective paper on one seminar session, short feedback sessions at the end of most seminars, final seminar evaluation).
Students will carry out a number of interviews in the course of the term in at least two languages, both individually and in pairs, sometimes using mnemnonic devices, sometimes not.
In class and in the final papers students will reflect on the theoretical and practical issues of interviewing.The seminar is highly interactive. We will shift between plenary sessions, work in small groups and individual work. The exact time schedule is communicated to the students at the beginning of the seminar.
Based on the premise that students and lecturer form a community of research and learning, a special focus is put on a) constructive criticism of each other’s work and b) on the evaluation of the seminar (reflective paper on one seminar session, short feedback sessions at the end of most seminars, final seminar evaluation).
Reading list
Atteslander Peter, 1971, Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.
Fontana Andrea, James H. Frey, 1994, "Interviewing. The Art of Science" in: Denzin Norman K., Yvonna S. Lincoln, Handbook of Qualitative Research, Sage: Thousand Oaks, 361-376.
Girtler Roland, 1984, Methoden der qualitativen Sozialforschung, Böhlau, Wien.
Knill Hildegard, "Hören, Hinhören, Zuhören", http://www.rhetorik.ch/Hoeren/Hoeren.html, 3.12.2007
Schensul Stephen L., Jean J. Schensul, Margaret Diane LeCompte, 1999, Essential Ethnographic Methods: Observations, Interviews and Questionnaires, Sage: Thousand Oaks.
Spradley James P., 1979, The Ethnographic Interview, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Fort Worth, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia.
Fontana Andrea, James H. Frey, 1994, "Interviewing. The Art of Science" in: Denzin Norman K., Yvonna S. Lincoln, Handbook of Qualitative Research, Sage: Thousand Oaks, 361-376.
Girtler Roland, 1984, Methoden der qualitativen Sozialforschung, Böhlau, Wien.
Knill Hildegard, "Hören, Hinhören, Zuhören", http://www.rhetorik.ch/Hoeren/Hoeren.html, 3.12.2007
Schensul Stephen L., Jean J. Schensul, Margaret Diane LeCompte, 1999, Essential Ethnographic Methods: Observations, Interviews and Questionnaires, Sage: Thousand Oaks.
Spradley James P., 1979, The Ethnographic Interview, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Fort Worth, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia.
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