Course: Seminar sociology and ethnography

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Course title Seminar sociology and ethnography
Course code KSS/SET
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Uncka Ladislav, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Sedlák Miroslav, Mgr. Bc. Ph.D.
Course content
1. ethnography - epistemological questions regarding ethnographical reserach and their impact of the reserach practice 2. technigues of data collection 3. the reserach question 4. enter into the field, reltionships in the field 5. ethics of the ethnographic research - practical examples of ethical questions and their potential solutions 6.-7. research design 8. participant oservation, fieldnotes 9.-10. analyzing fieldnotes 11. techniques of data coding and analysis of qualitative data 12.-13. interpreting qualitative data

Learning activities and teaching methods
Students' portfolio, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Individual study, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 16 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
describe and explain basic methods of sociology.
describe the formation of sociological perspectives in the use of sociological methods.
characterize basic knowledge resulting from empirical qualitative research.
enumerate and describe the basic developmental stages of the formation of qualitative methods.
Skills
create a formally acceptable professional output.
use foreign databases of professional journals actively.
interpret knowledge resulting from the application of sociological methods.
use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English.
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
rozlišit variabilitu etnografických metod.
explain different theoretical approaches and their impact on different versions of ethnography.
characterize different types of conflicts between ethnographic approaches.
enumerate and characterize key studies using ethnographic methods.
Skills
classify different types of methodological nuances in the application of ethnographic methods.
demonstrate specific conflicting approaches in application of individual versions of ethnographic methods.
evaluate ethnographic methods.
choose the appropriate theoretical-methodological approach when applying the ethnographic method.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Task-based study method
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Skills
Seminar
Task-based study method
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Competences
Seminar
Task-based study method
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Recommended literature
  • Clough, Patricia Ticineto. The end(s) of ethnography : from realism to social criticism. New York : Peter Lang, 1998. ISBN 0-8204-4038-8.
  • Denzin, Norman K.; Lincoln, Yvonna S. Collecting and interpreting qualitative materials. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2003. ISBN 0-7619-2687-9.
  • Denzin, Norman K.; Lincoln, Yvonna S. The SAGE handbook of qualitative research. Thousands Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2005. ISBN 0-7619-2757-3.
  • Ferrell, Jeff; Hamm, Mark S. Ethnography at the edge : crime, deviance, and field research. Boston : Northeastern University Press, 1998. ISBN 1-55553-340-X.
  • Goldthorpe, John H. On Sociology. Vol. 1, Critique and program. Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2007. ISBN 0-8047-4998-1.
  • Hammersley, Martyn; Atkinson, Paul. Ethnography : principles in practice. London ; Routledge, 1995. ISBN 0-415-08664-7.
  • Roth, W.-M. Auto/Biography and Auto/Ethnography : praxis of research method. Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, 2005. ISBN 90-77874-04-6.
  • ROUCH, J. Cine-ethnography. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003.
  • Warren, Carol A. B.; Hackney, Jennifer Kay. Gender issues in ethnography. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2000. ISBN 0-7619-1717-9.


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