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400005 FK Engaged Research in the Social Sciences: Ethics, Politics and Methods (2025S)
Research Colloquium
Continuous assessment of course work
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max. 15 participants
Language: English
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Am 09.05. und 06.06. beginnt die LV um 9:45 Uhr
- N Friday 28.03. 09:45 - 14:15 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Friday 04.04. 09:45 - 14:15 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Friday 09.05. 08:00 - 14:15 Seminarraum 19, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
- Friday 23.05. 09:45 - 14:15 Seminarraum 11 Vernetzungsraum für Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
- Friday 06.06. 08:00 - 14:15 Seminarraum 19, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This course will address the ethics, politics and methods of engaged research in its multiple facets and with regard to different kinds of challenges and dilemmas. Questions may include: what challenges do researchers face when researching topics they closely identify with - e.g. through professional affiliation, activist commitment or as members of particular groups or communities? What methodological and analytical tools help tackle the complex power relations we encounter when working on political topics and/or with marginalised groups? What dilemmas arise when carrying out research that intervenes in current affairs? What issues come up when studying social movements? How to navigate the demands for both empathy and criticality when doing research? How does the positionality of the researcher matter? What challenges are there to using participatory methods? This seminar invites you to reflect on your own research practices and offers a supportive space for discussion on the challenges and dilemmas you might be facing in your own research, while we will also engage with key texts, theoretical and methodological debates in the social sciences, ranging from "public sociology", "community-engaged research" to "political ethnography" and beyond.
Assessment and permitted materials
In order to pass the course, participants will be required to submit a 10-page reflection on their own research practices in relation to the seminar discussions and the theories and approaches studied on the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
To fulfil the requirements of this seminar, you will be expected to read the required reading for each seminar and actively participate; be prepared to actively engage in group discussions on the theories, concepts, themes and perspectives raised in the readings and to convey your interpretations and perspectives on the readings to the group in short presentations where required. Criteria for the evaluation of written work:
1. Relevance of the chosen topic; clear communication; designation of own contribution.
2. Logical development and clear illustration of an argument and/or answer to a specific question.
3. Clear structure and appropriate presentation (introduction, main body and conclusion; clear structure, correct grammar and syntax).
4. Reference to academic literature covered in the seminar and correct citation style (Harvard or Chicago style); inclusion of bibliography.
You must submit and pass all assignments to pass the course. A grade of at least a "4" is required to pass.
Grading scale:
Very good 87,5% - 100
Good 75% - 87,49%
Satisfactory 62,5% - 74,99%
Pass 50% - 62,49%
Fail 0% - 49,99%
1. Relevance of the chosen topic; clear communication; designation of own contribution.
2. Logical development and clear illustration of an argument and/or answer to a specific question.
3. Clear structure and appropriate presentation (introduction, main body and conclusion; clear structure, correct grammar and syntax).
4. Reference to academic literature covered in the seminar and correct citation style (Harvard or Chicago style); inclusion of bibliography.
You must submit and pass all assignments to pass the course. A grade of at least a "4" is required to pass.
Grading scale:
Very good 87,5% - 100
Good 75% - 87,49%
Satisfactory 62,5% - 74,99%
Pass 50% - 62,49%
Fail 0% - 49,99%
Examination topics
tba
Reading list
Please note: The precise reading list to be decided together at the first seminar.
Burawoy, Michael (2021): Public Sociology. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Duneier, Mitchell (2000): Sidewalk. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Frampton, Caelie, Kinsman, Gary, Thompson, AK and Tileczek, Kate (2006): Sociology for Changing the World. Social Movements/Social Research. Halifax NS: Fernwood Publishing.
Goffman, Alice (2014): On the Run. Fugitive Life in an American City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Hall, Stuart, Critcher, Charles, Jefferson, Tony, Clarke, John, and Roberts, Brian (1978): Policing the Crisis. Mugging, the State, and Law and Order. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hochschild, Arlie (2019): Strangers in their Own Land. Anger and Mourning on the American Right. New York: The New Press.
Maeckelbergh, Marianne (2009):The Will of the Many. How the Alterglobalisation Movement is Changing the Face of Democracy. London: Pluto Press.
Smith, Dorothy (2005): Institutional Ethnography: A Sociology for People. Tucson AZ: AltaMira Press.
Burawoy, Michael (2021): Public Sociology. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Duneier, Mitchell (2000): Sidewalk. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Frampton, Caelie, Kinsman, Gary, Thompson, AK and Tileczek, Kate (2006): Sociology for Changing the World. Social Movements/Social Research. Halifax NS: Fernwood Publishing.
Goffman, Alice (2014): On the Run. Fugitive Life in an American City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Hall, Stuart, Critcher, Charles, Jefferson, Tony, Clarke, John, and Roberts, Brian (1978): Policing the Crisis. Mugging, the State, and Law and Order. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hochschild, Arlie (2019): Strangers in their Own Land. Anger and Mourning on the American Right. New York: The New Press.
Maeckelbergh, Marianne (2009):The Will of the Many. How the Alterglobalisation Movement is Changing the Face of Democracy. London: Pluto Press.
Smith, Dorothy (2005): Institutional Ethnography: A Sociology for People. Tucson AZ: AltaMira Press.
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