Methods in Ethnography
General data
Course ID: | 3102-LMBE |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.7
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Course title: | Methods in Ethnography |
Name in Polish: | Metodyka badań etnograficznych |
Organizational unit: | Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology |
Course groups: | |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | obligatory courses |
Short description: |
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the specific of ethnological fieldwork. The classes will give opportunity to get practical knowledge and advices helpful during fieldwork, as well as to develop reflection on the significance of researcher in a field. |
Full description: |
The topics include: different ways of doing fieldwork; from the idea to formulation of problem; construction of questionnaire; strategies and techniques of managing the field; relation ethnographer - informants. |
Bibliography: |
Barley N., Niewinny antropolog, Warszawa 1997. Barley N., Plaga Gąsienic, Warszawa 1998. Barley N., Bezpieczny sport, Warszawa 2000. Hammerslay M., Atkinson P., Metody badań terenowych, Poznań 2000. Kopczyńska-Jaworska B., Wywiad etnograficzny, [w:] Metodyka etnograficznych badań terenowych, Warszawa 1971, s.59-82. Narracja jako sposób rozumienia świata, red. J. Trzebiński, Gdańsk 2002. Olędzki J., Murzynowo. Znaki istnienia i tożsamości kulturalnej mieszkańców wioski nadwiślańskiej XVII-XX, Warszawa 1991. Sztumski J., Badania terenowe [w:] Wstęp do metod i technik badań społecznych, 1999, s. 105-111. Turnbull C., Ikowie. Ludzie gór, Warszawa 1980. Wasilewski J.S., Pokaż mi swoje notatki..., „Polska Sztuka Ludowa. Konteksty”, nr 3-4, r. 1995, s. 32-33. Zawistowicz-Adamska K., Społeczność wiejska: wspomnienia i materiały z badań terenowych: Zaborów, 1937-38, Warszawa 1958. |
Learning outcomes: |
Having completed the course, students: - create projects of field research; - can conduct an ethnographic interview; - can conduct participant observation; - see the potential of visual research methods and risks connected with them; - are aware of ethical predicaments of fieldwork |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
written assessment (55%), project and presentation (35%), active participation (10%) |
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