240501 PR Fieldwork Philippines (2015W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Participation at first session is obligatory!
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 Tu 01.09.2015 00:01 to Su 27.09.2015 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 18.10.2015 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Feldaufenthalt von 4.1. bis 31.1.
Tuesday
13.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
People's socialities and subjectivities around the world have been formed and shaped through and as social relationships that transgress national borders since countries and states exist. Yet, with increased globalisation and its specific technologies of mobility and communication such social processes have taken on novel currents and new meanings.Starting from this state of affairs this course looks at socialities and subjectivities as they are shaped by connections between the Philippines and Austria. Within a general thematic frame connecting people across borders students will develop and carry out their own project, either as single researcher or in small research teams. Exemplary thematic fields may include, but are not restricted to, migrant health and care workers, disaster relief, interethnic marriage, medical tourism, or tourism in general. Preference will be given to topics related to the fields of medial anthropology, the anthropology of technology and the anthropology of the body.Ethnographic fieldwork is to be carried out either in both Austria and the Philippines or solely in the Philippines during January 2016.
Assessment and permitted materials
A maximum of 100 points is possible:- ethnographic fieldwork in Austria/the Philippines or solely in the Philippines- presentations of preliminary research results (10 points)- research log (10 points)- data collection (30 points)- final research report (50 points)Grading scale:91 - 100 points = 1 (sehr gut)81 - 90 points = 2 (gut)71 - 80 points = 3 (befriedigend)61 - 70 points = 4 (genügend)0 - 60 points = 5 (nicht genügend)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
In the course of a research project on a given theme and region, students will acquire practical skills in doing empirical anthropological research, in particular the development and implementation of ethnographic fieldwork. Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of ethnographic data. Students may further pursue the topic selected for their research project in their master thesis.
Examination topics
As individual researchers or in small teams students will actively engage in all activities related to anthropological research including doing a literature review, developing a research concept, conducting ethnographic fieldwork, as well as organising and analysing the collected data and writing research reports.
Reading list
To be announced in the course.
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