Methodology of Social Sciences
General data
Course ID: | 3102-MMNS |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.7
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Course title: | Methodology of Social Sciences |
Name in Polish: | Metodologia nauk społecznych |
Organizational unit: | Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) I rok studiów magisterskich |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
6.00
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | obligatory courses |
Prerequisites (description): | (in Polish) Tytuł licencjata; znajomość języka angielskiego |
Short description: |
The course aims to present the fundamental issues concerning the formulation of research questions in anthropology. |
Full description: |
The topics will include: - formulation of research problems, as it determine methodology; - status of diverse sources in contemporary ethnography; - status of the declaration of the people researched; - relationship between the non-discoursive character of ethnographic fieldwork and the athropological text; - methodological individualism vs. holism; - researcher's identity as a determinant of anthroplogical reflection; - descrepancies of outcom in ethnographic research; - valuation and judgments in anthropology - the limits of engagement; - the potentiality of comparative reflection in anthropology; - methodological anarchism: Paul Feyerabend. |
Bibliography: |
Bochner A. P. 2002 Criteria against ourselves, [w:] The Qualitative Inquiry Reader, Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.), Thousand Oaks, s. 257-265. Bryman A. 2001 The Mead/Freeman Controversy: Some Implications for Qualitative Researchers, [w:] Alan Bryman (ed.), Ethnography, Vol. III, London, s. 409-428. Callaway H. 1995 Ethnography and experience. Gender implications in fieldwork and texts, [w:] Judith Okely, Helen Callaway (eds.), Anthropology and Autobiography, London. Cohen A.P. 1995 Self-conscious anthropology, [w] Judith Okely, Helen Callaway (eds.), Anthropology and Autobiography, London, s. 221-241. D'Andrade R. 1995 Moral Models in Anthropology, “Current Anthropology”, Vol. 36, No. 3, s. 399-408. Feyerabend P.K. 1996 Przeciw metodzie, Wrocław, s. 18-41, 218-251. Geertz C. 1961 Studies in Peasant Life: Community and Society, “Biennial Review of Anthropology”, vol. 2, pp 1-41. Gingrich A. 2002 When ethnic majorities are „dethroned”. Towards a methodology of self-reflexive, controlled macrocomparison, [w:] Anthropology, by Comparison, Andre Gingrich, Richard G. Fox (eds.), London, s. 225-248. Hastrup K. 2008 Droga do antropologii. Między doświadczeniem a teorią, Kraków. Kvale S. 2002 The Social Construction of Validity, [w:] The Qualitative Inquiry Reader, Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.), Thousand Oaks, s. 299-325. Rapport N., Overing J. 2000 Social and Cultural Anthropology. The Key Concepts, New York, s. 141-153, 245-257. Russell Bernard H. 1995 Research Methods in Anthropology, Walnut Creek, s. 23-43. Scheper-Hughes N. 1995 The Primacy of the Ethical Propositions for a Militant Anthropology, “Current Anthropology”, Vol. 36, No. 3, 409-440. Sokal A., Bricmont J. 2005 Modne bzdury. O nadużywaniu pojęć z zakresu nauk ścisłych przez postmodernistycznych intelektualistów, Warszawa, s. 59-109, 132-151. |
Learning outcomes: |
(in Polish) Rozumie problemy i specyfikę projektowania współczesnych badań społecznych. Zna różnice metodologiczne pomiędzy różnymi dyscyplinami badawczymi. Potrafi w sposób holistyczny korzystać z metodologii nauk społecznych. Jest przygotowany do diagnozowania złożonych problemów społecznych przy pomocy różnorodnych strategii metodologicznych. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
attendance, participation in discussions, written exam |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)
Time span: | 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26 |
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Type of class: |
Seminar, 30 hours
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Coordinators: | Iwa Kołodziejska | |
Group instructors: | Iwa Kołodziejska | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: | Grading |
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