Universität Wien

240197 SE Lifeworlds of Children and Young People (P4) (2012S)

anthropological research methods, research experiences and trends

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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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. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 08.03. 09:00 - 12:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 15.03. 09:00 - 12:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 29.03. 09:00 - 12:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 26.04. 09:00 - 12:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 31.05. 09:00 - 12:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 21.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 28.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course


Assessment:
The assessment of students’ work is based on their participation in class as well as on their project draft and their final paper.

References:
Amit-Talai Vered, Helena Wulff (Hg.), 1995, Youth Cultures. A cross-cultural perspective, Routledge, London.
Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen, 2004, Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. A cultural approach, Pearson, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey (2nd edition).
Contents
I will introduce the concept of „lifeworld“ as used in recent anthropological literature and will provide an overview of research methods especially suited for the study of children and young people (e.g. life story interviews, photo elicitation method, room touring and experience sampling method). We will also discuss topics such as family, friends and friendship, plays and games, informal and formal institutions of learning and teaching, work, politics, media and consumption which are all part of young people’s lifeworlds. Students will then form small teams and each group chooses a research focus of its own and collects empirical data in or around Vienna. In the seminar sessions we will present and discuss the milestones necessary for such a project: developing a research question and a project draft, contracting with research partners, applying the different research methods, analysing the empirical material, presenting the findings, linking them with relevant literature and writing up.

Assessment and permitted materials

The assessment of students' work is based on their participation in class as well as on their project draft and their final seminar paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Teaching Aims
In this seminar students will learn about
#the theoretical concept of „life world“
#current research in the anthropology of childhood and youth
#innovative methods for researching about and with children and young people

Examination topics

Students form small teams and each group chooses a research focus of its own and collects empirical data in or around Vienna. In the seminar sessions we will present and discuss the milestones necessary for such a project: developing a research question and a project draft, contracting with research partners, applying the different research methods, analysing the empirical material, presenting the findings, linking them with relevant literature and writing up.

Reading list

Amit-Talai Vered, Helena Wulff (Hg.), 1995, Youth Cultures. A cross-cultural perspective, Routledge, London.
Fog-Olwig Karen and Eva Gulløv, Children’s Places. Cross-cultural perspectives, Routledge, London & New York, 2003
Skelton Tracey and Gill Valentine, Cool Places. Geographies of Youth Cultures, Routledge, London, 1998.

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