Universität Wien

400008 SE Ethnographic Methods (2024W)

Methods seminar

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 40 - Doktoratsstudium Sozialwissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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We 27.11. 13:15-16:30 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien

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Details

max. 15 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 16.10. 13:15 - 16:30 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 23.10. 13:15 - 16:30 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 13.11. 13:15 - 16:30 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Thursday 14.11. 13:15 - 16:30 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 20.11. 14:15 - 16:30 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Thursday 05.12. 11:00 - 13:30 Sitzungs-/Prüfungszimmer, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Lehrende: Manuela Ciotti

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, multimodality and the anthropology of data among others.
The seminar offers a reading list on some of the most relevant interventions that have shaped
the methodological landscape regarding 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. Hence, they are invited to present on those 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 and advances 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 methods, theories and arguments and prepare
a set of questions for in class discussion);
5) Submission of an exam paper (8-10 pages)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive grade, 51 % is required
90-100 %= 1
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5
Written exams will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- language and style
- understanding of the readings discussed in class
- independent research
- clarity of arguments
- reflexivity
- critical thinking and originality
Active 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

Reading list

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Mazzarella W. 2019. The Anthropology of Populism: Beyond the Liberal Settlement. Annual
Review of Anthropology 48, 45_60
Myers F. 2006. We Are Not Alone: Anthropology in a World of Others. Ethnos 71, 2, 233_
264
Günel G. and Watanabe C. 2023. Patchwork Ethnography. American Ethnologist 1_9
Westmoreland M.R. 2022. Multimodality: Reshaping anthropology. Annual Review of
Anthropology 51, 173_94
Grimshaw A. 2022. Does Ethnographic Film (Still) Matter? Reflections on the Genre in a
World of Multimodality. Visual Anthropology 35, 2, 120-137
Boyer, 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, 1-21
Partridge J.D. 2021. What Would it Mean to Decolonize Detroit? How Does Anthropology
Figure? HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 11, 1, 299_308
Nakashima L. 2021. Pauses and Flow in Art Making and Ethnographic Research. HAU:
Journal of Ethnographic Theory 11, 3, 1101_1115
Tsing L.A. et Al. 2020. (ed). Feral Atlas: The MoreThan Human Anthropocene.
Stanford University Press. https://feralatlas.org.
Douglas Jones R. et Al. 2021. Introduction: Towards an Anthropology of Data. Journal of
the Royal Anthropological Institute 27, S1, 9_25

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