KSCB803 Fieldwork and interview-based research in Chinese studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mag. phil. Ute Wallenböck, Dr. phil. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mag. phil. Ute Wallenböck, Dr. phil.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mag. phil. Ute Wallenböck, Dr. phil.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 B2.44
Prerequisites
TYP_STUDIA(N)
None.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course to impart the skills and knowledge required for field research in China as well as among the Oversease Chinese communities.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to
- develop their own research project based on the methodological framework of ethnography
- evaluate and determine sources for their own project
- demonstrate their ability to compile, assess, and analyze information.
Syllabus
  • 1. theoretical framework of "ethnography"
  • 2. typs of interviews
  • 3. "field trip"
  • 4. development and writing of own research project design
  • 5. presentation of research design
Literature
    required literature
  • Doing fieldwork in China. Edited by Maria Heimer - Stig Thøgersen. First published. Copenhagen: NIAS, 2006, xi, 322. ISBN 9788791114977. info
Teaching methods
In the first part of the term, academic articles on ethnographic field work will be discussed to give the students theoretical background information on “ethnography”, as well as they will be introduced to the methodological basics of doing fieldwork. In the second part, the students become researchers themselves and develop their own small ethnographic research project – such as on food culture(s). The students will go together with the lecturer into the “field” to get a first-hand experience of conducting fieldwork. Students develop their own research which will be presented in the end of the term, a small internal “conference”.
Assessment methods
homework, active participation during discussions in class, presentations, submission of a research design; obligatory participation in the two “blocks” (fieldwork and “conference”)
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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