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240506 SE Before and After the Field School (P1) (2023S)

Preparing, analysing and and writing about research in Indonesia

Continuous assessment of course work

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.

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. 15 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course can only be taken together with PR 240501 (10 ECTS) and you need to register for both courses.

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

  • Monday 06.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 15.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
  • Monday 20.03. 09:45 - 13:00 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 27.03. 09:45 - 13:00 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 17.04. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
  • Monday 12.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 23.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

All students have to attend the Feldpraktikum in Indonesia during the summer semester 2023.

This course will be organised in two phases:
1) March and April 2023:
Preparation for the field school in Indonesia in May 2023: it includes
- Reading into the research subject
- Preparing the research methods
- Discussions with the Indonesian collaboration partners
- Participating in related workshops on various topics
- Acquire a basic understanding of the Indonesian language

2) June 2023:
Evaluation of the field school:
- Reflection about the research situation, collaboration and results
- Analysis and sorting of the compiled data and information
- Interpretation of the research results

Writing a seminar paper of approx. 4000 words.
Deadline for draft version: 15 July 2023
Deadline for final paper: 15 September 2023

Assessment and permitted materials

- Continuous participation
- Discussions
- Presentation
- Assignments

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation in the course units and workshops: 15%
Completion of required tasks and assignments: 45%
Final seminar paper: 40%

Total number of points: 100
00 – 20 points: 1 (sehr gut)
21 – 40 points: 2 (gut)
41 – 60 points: 3 (befriedigend)
61 – 80 points: 2 (gut)
81 – 100 points: 1 (sehr gut)

Examination topics

see above

Reading list

Methodology:
Beer, Bettina (ed.). 2003. Methoden ethnologischer Feldforschung. Berlin: Reimer.
Dewalt, Kathleen. M. und Billie R. De Walt. 2011. Participant Observation: A Guide for Fieldworkers. Lanham, MD: AltaMira.
Emerson, Robert M., Rachel I. Fretz und Linda L. Shaw. 1995. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press.
Konopinski, Natalie (ed.). 2014. Doing Anthropological Research: A Practical Guide. London: Routledge.
Madden, Raymond. 2010. Being Ethnographic: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage.
Robben, Antonius. 2012. Etnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader. Malden, Mass.; Wiley-Blackwell.

Indonesia:
Beatty, Andrew (1999). Varieties of Javanese religion: An anthropological account. Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press
Hefner, R. W. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Indonesia. London & New York: Routledge
Kersten, Carool (2017). A history of Islam in Indonesia: Unity in diversity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Koentjaraningrat. 1990. Javanese Culture. Singapore u.a.: Oxford University Press.
Magnis-Suseno, Franz. 1981. Javanische Weisheit und Ethik: Studie zu einer östlichen Moral. Berlin u.a.: Walter de Gruyter.
Mulder, Niels. 1996. Inside Indonesian Society: Cultural Change in Java. Amsterdam u.a.: Pepin.
Nas, Peter J.M. et al. (eds.). 2003. Framing Indonesian Realities: Essays in symbolic anthropology in honour of Reimar Schefold.
Pemberton, John. 2018. On the Subject of “Java”. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

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