SAN302 Research Methods I: Fieldwork and Ethnography

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/1. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Klára Vomastková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D.
Division of Social Anthropology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:30 U33, Thu 12:00–13:30 P24
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SAN101 Soc. Anthropology-lectures && SAN301 Social Anthropology-tutorials
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course the students should be able to identify possible research topics out of everyday situations (conversations, media, personal experiences) and step by step go through a project proposal, including the selection of relevant theoretical literature in which to frame the research, as well as to identify the methods which could lead to desired discoveries. Much emphasis is placed upon the praxis - in field orientation and hands on research tools and methods.
Syllabus
  • Teaching is divided in between contact lessons and field work (alternatively). Six topics will be covered: 1) identification of research topics out of everyday situations, conversation and media 2) fieldwork methods - introduction 3)ethical problems, validity, reliability of the data 4) self-reflexivity of the researcher 5) field notes - taking, writing down, analysis 6) writing up field work proposal and its presentation
Literature
  • PINK, Sarah. Doing visual ethnography : images, media and representation in research. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2001, vii, 196. ISBN 0761960546. info
  • Handbook of ethnography. Edited by Paul Atkinson. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2001, xviii, 507. ISBN 076195824X. URL info
  • HACKNEY, Jennifer Kay and Carol A. B. WARREN. Gender issues in ethnography. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2000, xii, 75. ISBN 0761917179. info
  • Auto/ethnography : rewriting the self and the social. Edited by Deborah Reed-Danahay. New York: Berg, 1997, xiii, 277. ISBN 185973975X. URL info
  • HAMMERSLEY, Martyn and Paul ATKINSON. Ethnography : principles in practice. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 1997, 323 s. ISBN 0415086647. info
  • DENZIN, Norman K. Interpretive ethnography : ethnographic practices for the 21st century. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1997, xxiv, 325. ISBN 0803972997. info
  • CARSPECKEN, Phil Francis. Critical ethnography in educational research : a theoretical and practical guide. New York: Routledge, 1996, xiv, 223. ISBN 0415904935. info
  • Inside European identities : ethnography in Western Europe. Edited by Sharon Macdonald. Providence, RI: Berg, 1993, viii, 247. ISBN 0854968881. URL info
  • HAMMERSLEY, Martyn. What's wrong with ethnography? : methodological explorations. New York: Routledge, 1992, ix, 230. ISBN 041505477X. info
  • Explorations in the ethnography of speaking. Edited by Richard Bauman - Joel Sherzer. 1st pub. London: Cambridge University Press, 1974, vii, 501. ISBN 052120495X. info
Assessment methods
Homework for each lecture, handed in prior to the lesson, and preparation and presentation of independent research proposal, prepared and presented by each student.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
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