CMAa10 Anthropological Research

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Wed 10:00–11:40 P21a
Prerequisites
Students should have knowledge of major basic topics in social anthropology, as well as to know its basic theories and work ethic.
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 course introduces key tools of anthropological research, such as ethnography, participant observation, thick description, interviews and qualitative data analysis. It is anchored in active student participation, practically oriented towards being able to navigate oneself in the real world outside the university buildings, thinking through, designing, conducting, analysing and presenting primary research, with adequate ethical reflection and self-awareness.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course, the student has theoretical knowledge and research abilities to be able to identify important and interesting research topics in his own society and abroad. S/he is able to understand the nature of a qualitative research . S/he asks critical questions and searchers for answers through qualitative research. S/he is able to design a research project, to ground it theoretically in current literature, decide its timetable and budget, while realizing possible ethical problems which are linked to the project.
Syllabus
  • 1. Who Am I? Reflexivity of the Researcher
  • 2. Who is the Other? Prejudice and Stereotypes Encountered
  • 3. Exotic vs. the Ordinary: What Is To Be Seen in the Field?
  • 4. Designing the Research Project: Ethics, Budget, Reflexivity
  • 5. Seeing the Unseen: Observing Culture In Its Complexity
  • 6. Thick Description
  • 7. Field Notes and Field Diary Analysis
  • 8. Interviews: The Ability to See and to Hear
  • 9. Interview analysis
  • 10. When Do I have Enough? Data Saturation and Verification
  • 11. Research Presentation
Literature
    required literature
  • HAMMERSLEY, Martyn and Paul ATKINSON. Ethnography : principles in practice. Fourth edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019, xii, 280. ISBN 9781138504462. info
  • DENZIN, Norman K. Interpretive autoethnography. Second edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2014, xv, 107. ISBN 9781452299815. info
  • DEWALT, Kathleen Musante and Billie R. DEWALT. Participant observation : a guide for fieldworkers. Second edition. Lanham, Maryland: Altamira press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield publishers, Inc., 2011, xi, 278. ISBN 9780759119277. info
    recommended literature
  • GIBBS, Graham. Analyzing qualitative data. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2018, xviii, 210. ISBN 9781473915817. info
  • FLICK, Uwe. Designing qualitative research. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018, xvi, 180. ISBN 9781473911987. info
  • Qualitative methods in tourism research : theory and practice. Edited by Wendy Hillman - Kylie Radel. Bristol: Channel View Publications, 2018, xxvi, 293. ISBN 9781845416393. info
  • The Sage handbook of qualitative research. Edited by Norman K. Denzin - Yvonna S. Lincoln. Fifth edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018, xx, 968. ISBN 9781483349800. info
  • Handbook of autoethnography. Edited by Stacy Linn Holman Jones - Tony E. Adams - Carolyn Ellis. Abingdon: Routledge, 2016, 736 stran. ISBN 9781598746013. info
  • ATKINSON, Paul. For ethnography. London: Sage, 2015, 221 stran. ISBN 9781849206082. info
  • MALINOWSKI, Bronisław. Argonauts of the Western Pacific : an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of melanesian New Guinea. Enhanced ed. Long Grove, Ill.: Waveland Press, 2013, xxxi, 527. ISBN 9781478602095. info
  • JONES, Ian, Lorraine BROWN and Immy HOLLOWAY. Qualitative research in sport and physical activity. Los Angeles, Calif.: SAGE, 2013, xi, 226. ISBN 9781446207451. info
  • CHANG, Heewon. Autoethnography as method. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2008, 229 s. ISBN 9781598741230. info
  • Anthropologists in the field : cases in participant observation. Edited by Lynne Hume - Jane Mulcock. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, xxvii, 265. ISBN 9780231130042. info
  • ATKINSON, Paul. Understanding ethnographic texts. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1992, vii, 58. ISBN 080393937X. info
Teaching methods
Lecture (30 minutes), seminars (90 minutes), active participation in class discussions; individual as well as collective reading and presentation.
Assessment methods
Fieldnotes/fields diary and its assessment, presented orally (34%); Draft project and its written presentation (33%); Interviews,its transcript, coding and written analysis (33%)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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