400008 SE Ethnographic methods (2023W)
Methods seminar
Continuous assessment of course work
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Participation at the first session is mandatory
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 Fr 01.09.2023 09:00 to We 20.09.2023 23:59
- Deregistration possible until We 20.09.2023 23:59
Details
max. 15 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Thursday
05.10.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum 17, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
Thursday
19.10.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum 11 Vernetzungsraum für Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Thursday
23.11.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday
07.12.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum 11 Vernetzungsraum für Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Thursday
14.12.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum 11 Vernetzungsraum für Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Thursday
11.01.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum 11 Vernetzungsraum für Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Thursday
18.01.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum 11 Vernetzungsraum für Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Wednesday
24.01.
13:15 - 16:15
Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar introduces doctoral students to key debates on ethnographic methods. The seminar is aimed - though not exclusively - to those who have not carried out their field research yet. It will cover the following: the decolonisation of anthropological knowledge, collaborations, digital ethnography, multimodality, graphic novels, and approaches to visual-material collections.The seminar offers a reading list on some of the most relevant interventions that have shaped the methodological landscape with regard to the above topics. As students attending this seminar usually work on a broad range of topics, they are encouraged to suggest additional readings that might be speaking more closely to their research interests for in class discussions.These discussions aim to help students solve challenges or impasses in their methodological approaches and are invited to present on those in order to take their dissertation projects further. Based on the experience from previous iterations of this seminar, feedback has always been generous and supportive. In the final assignment for this seminar, students are asked to bring together the learnings gained during the course and produce a paper that addresses the above challenges so that they are able to advance their projects.
Assessment and permitted materials
1) Regular attendance (up to 1 session may be missed)
2) Active and critical engagement with the assigned readings and participation in seminar discussions;
3) Presentation of individual doctoral research projects and their methodological approaches;
3) Presentation of a syllabus reading (the presentation will last for 15 minutes during which the student will introduce the selected reading’s author as well as her methods, theories and arguments and prepare a set of questions for in class discussion);
5) Submission of an exam paper (8-10 pages)
AI tools are not accepted to prepare the exams, however they can be used to generate images and/or can be selected as research topic.
2) Active and critical engagement with the assigned readings and participation in seminar discussions;
3) Presentation of individual doctoral research projects and their methodological approaches;
3) Presentation of a syllabus reading (the presentation will last for 15 minutes during which the student will introduce the selected reading’s author as well as her methods, theories and arguments and prepare a set of questions for in class discussion);
5) Submission of an exam paper (8-10 pages)
AI tools are not accepted to prepare the exams, however they can be used to generate images and/or can be selected as research topic.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive grade, 51 % is required90-100 %= 1
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5Written exams will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- language and style (spelling and grammar)
- understanding of the readings discussed in class
- use of the literature (choice of relevant readings, accuracy of the citations and arguments)
- clarity of arguments
- reflexivity
- critical thinking and originalityActive participation in the seminar discussions will be assessed both in terms of the quantity and quality of the students’ contributions.
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5Written exams will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- language and style (spelling and grammar)
- understanding of the readings discussed in class
- use of the literature (choice of relevant readings, accuracy of the citations and arguments)
- clarity of arguments
- reflexivity
- critical thinking and originalityActive participation in the seminar discussions will be assessed both in terms of the quantity and quality of the students’ contributions.
Examination topics
Presentations, written papers, and active participation in discussions.
Final essay due on 1st Aprile 2024.
Final essay due on 1st Aprile 2024.
Reading list
Thursday 05.10. 15:00 - 18:15Gupta A. and Stoolman J. 2022. Decolonizing US anthropology. Am. Anthropol. 124, 4, 778799Thursday 19.10. 15:00 - 18:15Bourdieu P. 2003. Participant objectivation. J. Roy. anthrop. Inst. (N.S.) 9, 281294Ciotti M. 2011. After subversion: Intimate encounters, the agency in and of representation, and the unfinished project of gender without sexuality in India. Cultural Dynamics 23, 2, 107126Thursday 23.11. 15:00-18:15Marcus G. 2011. Multi-sited ethnography: Five or six things I know about it now. In: S. Coleman and P. von Hellermann, eds. Multi-sited ethnography: Problems and possibilities in the translocation of research methods. New York, London: Routledge, 1632Ferguson J. 2011. Novelty and method: Reflections on global fieldwork.In: S. Coleman and P. von Hellermann, eds. Multi-sited ethnography: Problems and possibilities in the translocation of research methods. New York, London: Routledge, 194207Thursday 07.12 15:00 - 18:15Boyer D. and Marcus G. 2021. Introduction. Collaborative anthropology today: A collection of exceptions. In: D. Boyer, and G. Marcus, eds. Collaborative anthropology today: A collection of exceptions. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 121Rappaport J. 2008. Beyond participant observation: Collaborative ethnography as
theoretical innovation. Collaborative Anthropologies 1, 131Thursday 14.12 15:00 - 18:15
Postill J. 2017. Remote ethnography: Studying culture from afar. In: L. Hjorth,H.Horst, A.Galloway, andL. Bell, eds. The Routledge companion to digital ethnography.Abingdon: Routledge, 6169Gray PA 2016. Memory, body, and the online researcher: Following Russian street demonstrations via social media. American Ethnologist 43, 3, 500510Thursday 11.01 15:00 - 18:15Westmoreland MR. 2022. Multimodality: Reshaping anthropology. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 51, 17394Dicks B., Soyinka B. and Coffey A. 2006. Multimodal ethnography. Qualitative Research 6, 1, 7796Thursday 18.01 15:00 - 18:15Pollock S. 2023. The violence of collecting. American Anthropologist 125, 377389Navaro-Yashin Y. 2009. Affective spaces, melancholic objects: Ruination and the production of anthropological knowledge. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 15, 118
theoretical innovation. Collaborative Anthropologies 1, 131Thursday 14.12 15:00 - 18:15
Postill J. 2017. Remote ethnography: Studying culture from afar. In: L. Hjorth,H.Horst, A.Galloway, andL. Bell, eds. The Routledge companion to digital ethnography.Abingdon: Routledge, 6169Gray PA 2016. Memory, body, and the online researcher: Following Russian street demonstrations via social media. American Ethnologist 43, 3, 500510Thursday 11.01 15:00 - 18:15Westmoreland MR. 2022. Multimodality: Reshaping anthropology. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 51, 17394Dicks B., Soyinka B. and Coffey A. 2006. Multimodal ethnography. Qualitative Research 6, 1, 7796Thursday 18.01 15:00 - 18:15Pollock S. 2023. The violence of collecting. American Anthropologist 125, 377389Navaro-Yashin Y. 2009. Affective spaces, melancholic objects: Ruination and the production of anthropological knowledge. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 15, 118
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