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240507 VO Working with Narratives: Methodological and Theoretical Approaches (P2) (2021S)
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Language: English
Examination dates
Monday
28.06.2021
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Thursday
21.10.2021
09:00 - 10:30
Digital
Wednesday
01.12.2021
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Friday
14.01.2022
08:30 - 10:00
Digital
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
The course will be digital.
Monday
15.03.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Monday
12.04.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Monday
19.04.
11:30 - 14:45
Digital
Monday
26.04.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Monday
03.05.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Monday
10.05.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Monday
17.05.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Monday
31.05.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Monday
14.06.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Monday
21.06.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Narratives are central in the work of anthropologists. Anthropologists do not only encounter narratives but also elicit, study and (co-)create narratives, whether through ethnographic observation, by conducting interviews or through their analysis and writing of ethnographic accounts. The centrality of narratives in anthropological work asks for a closer methodological inquiry, as offered in this lecture series.Methodological considerations will include discussions of interdisciplinary approaches such as linguistic anthropology and oral history and will investigate different methodological frameworks (such as narrative interview or conversation analysis) as well as recent ethnographic interventions like memory-guided city walks and digital and visual narrative approaches. Moreover, we will critically discuss different theoretical approaches to narrative in anthropology and neighbouring disciplines (i.e. phenomenological, evolutionary, historical approaches). Themes such as narrative and identity, narrative and temporality, or ethnography, voice and the role of the anthropologist, will be explored in different ethnographic contexts (families, migration, refuge, development, city planning, place-making).The lecture consists of an input lecture on the core topics (supported by ethnographic and descriptive examples) and the discussion of compulsory readings. The lecture will be online throughout, using a video-conference platform (Zoom) together with the learning platform Moodle. Exact exams modalities and compulsory literature will be announced in due time and will be uploaded on Moodle. The texts below are key reference texts, they are not identical with the compulsory readings.
Assessment and permitted materials
Written exam at the end of the semester.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive evaluation 60 points or more of the 100 points need to be reached.
Examination topics
Content of the lecture series, including compulsory readings.
Reading list
Key texts:
Bruner, Jerome. 1986. Actual minds, possible worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Falconi, Elisabeth & Kathryn Graber. 2019. Storytelling as narrative practice: Ethnographic approaches to the tales we tell. Brill.
Goffman, Erving. 1959. The presentation of self in everyday life. New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday.
Linde, Charlotte. 1993. Life stories: the creation of coherence. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bruner, Jerome. 1986. Actual minds, possible worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Falconi, Elisabeth & Kathryn Graber. 2019. Storytelling as narrative practice: Ethnographic approaches to the tales we tell. Brill.
Goffman, Erving. 1959. The presentation of self in everyday life. New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday.
Linde, Charlotte. 1993. Life stories: the creation of coherence. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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