Universität Wien

240145 PS Qualitative Research Methods (2013W)

10.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 09.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 16.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 23.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 30.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 06.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 13.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 20.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 27.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 04.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 11.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 18.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 08.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 15.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 22.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 29.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

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 methodological issues with participants of the seminar. Chosen texts, related to the topic of the seminar, would be read by students and discussed during seminar sessions. Furthermore, every student would carry out a research project as a member of a research team. In other words, the seminar group would be divided into sub-groups. 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 findings. Every team would write a research report that would include a preliminary analysis of the data. It should be emphasized that ethnographic methods offer a distinctive and reflexive approach to create, interpret and represent knowledge. However, it is not only the modern anthropology that has its roots in a fieldwork tradition and ethnographic approach, 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 ethnographic methods.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation in the seminar is essential: attendance and participation in class discussions are expected from students, and they are expected to read the mandatory texts, conduct the research rehearsals, give presentations and write their research reports as members of sub-groups.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Course outline

The seminar would be divided into 4 parts:
Part 1
Fieldwork tradition and ethnographic research
The field and the fieldworker

Part 2
The question of ethics and politics
The role of informants
The problem of gender

Part 3
How to conduct a field research?
Data collection: interviews and participation/observation
Analysis

Part 4
Group presentations

A more detailed course outline and the topic of research rehearsals would be given during first meetings.

Reading list

A supplementary reading list

Atkinson, Paul & Coffey, Amanda & Delamont, Sara & Lofland, John & Lofland, Lyn (eds.) 2001. Handbook of Ethnography. London: Sage Publications.

Bernard, H. Russell & Gery Ryan 2010. Analyzing Qualitative Data: Systematic Approaches. London: Sage Publication.

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.

Flick, Uwe 2006. An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London: Sage Publications.

Gobo, Giampietro 2008. Doing Ethnography. London: Sage Publications.

Madden, Raymond 2010. Being Ethnographic: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography. London: Sage.

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.

Beer, Bettina (Hg.) Methoden und Techniken der Feldforschung. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag 2003

Bernard, Harvey Russel: Research Methods in Anthropology. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Second Edition, Walnut Crekke, London, New Dehli 1995

Flick, Uwe: Qualitative Sozialforschung. Eine Einführung. Reinbeck bei Hamburg: Rowohlt 2002.

Mayring, Philipp: Einführung in die Qualitative Sozialforschung. Beltz: Weinheim-Basel 2002

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