Universität Wien

240506 SE Local Solidarities (P1) (2022S)

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

The course can only be taken together with SE 240503 (10 ECTS) and you need to register for both courses.
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 for courses with continuous assessment.
Moodle

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).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.

  • Tuesday 22.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
  • Tuesday 05.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 03.05. 13:15 - 16:30 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 04.05. 13:15 - 16:30 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 27.06. 13:15 - 16:30 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 28.06. 13:15 - 16:30 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 29.06. 13:15 - 16:30 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The methods course can only be attended in combination with the fieldwork course of the same title. They take place in joint sessions. Both aim to provide students with the possibility to develop ethnographic skills within the framework of a joint 3 weeks field stay. Content-wise we will focus on aspects around local solidarities. Within this larger framework students will develop their individual research interest in small groups. Some topics might be offered by the teachers. Possible themes include care, charity, ethnic relations, household economies, education, youth, and new forms of agrarian production. Students develop their research concepts, collect ethnographic data and resent them in for of a research report. The research takes place is planned in two phases of two weeks and one week: June 3rd-19th, and one week August (date tba). Travel costs of students will be refunded by approx. 40% from the department. As by now the pandemic situations is still unclear, we expect willingness to support adequate measures to hinder infections.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance and during fieldwork is a requirement. We expect willingness to build access to field and actors, informal and qualitative interviews, participant observation.
The assessment is based on five parts:
1) Active reading and oral participation in the class (20 points)
2) Presentation of preliminary findings (10 points)
3) Data collection and documentation (20 points)
4) Final research report (50 points) to be submitted until the September, 15 (noon)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

All oral and written requirements are marked independently (see above) and must be completed positively. In order to complete the course successfully, participants need to obtain at least 61 points. Grades:
91-100 points: 1 (excellent)
81-90 points: 2 (good)
71-80 points: 3 (satisfactory)
61-70 points: 4 (sufficient)

Examination topics

participation in class and druing fieldwork, data gathering, documentation and interpretation

Reading list

For individual topics students do their own literature research. Joint obligatory readings will be announced in class and on moodle.
Selected Literature:
Breidenstein et al. Etnografie. Die Praxis der Feldforschung. UTB
Konopinski Natalie (ed), Doing Anthropological Research. London: Routledge, 118–143.

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