6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1021435CER voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een gespecialiseerd bachelor niveau.

Semester
1e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Inschrijvingsvereisten
Students who want to enroll for this course, must have passed ‘Qualitative Research Methods’ and must have obtained at least 30 ECTS-credits on bachelor level.
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Politieke Wetenschappen
Externe partnerinstelling(en)
Universiteit Gent
Onderwijsteam
Karen Büscher (titularis)
Externe Docenten
Karen Büscher
Onderdelen en contacturen
22 contacturen Hoorcollege
2 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
126 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen
Inhoud

This is an introductory course to Political Ethnography. Through a series of lectures, practical exercises and case-studies, ethnography will be presented to the students as not only a scientific method, but also an epistemology and a way of social and political engagement.

This course introduces students to ethnography as an analytical and epistemological lens, methodological tool to investigate political processes and a political engagement. Through a series of lectures, practical exercises and case-studies, students will learn how to approach political concepts such as the state, governance, nationalism, conflict and democracy in an ethnographic way.

In a first, introductory part, a general introduction to ethnography is presented and how it has been applied in political science.
In a second part, students will be introduced to a number of practical ethnographic research tools (participatory observation, visual methods).
In a third part, a number of political concepts (such as the state, violence, democracy, development, nationalism, exile, policy-making) will be analysed in class, comparing a ‘classic’ political science approach to an ethnographic approach. These classes combine a theoretical part with a case-based illustration. Using specific ethnographic case studies, the added value of the ethnographic method for an understanding of politics will be discussed.
To familiarize students with ethnographic writing and reading, micro-teaching sessions will be organised, during which students will have to work in small groups to critically analyse ethnographic texts, step by step.
Finally, through an individual ethnographic observation exercise, students will also learn to apply the ethnographic research method themselves.

Studiemateriaal
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : All course material (readings, slides and course recording will be provided through the Ufora, UGent digital Digital course platform
Bijkomende info

Description of expected study load:

  • 11 lectures, combination of ex-cathedra + discussion 11x 2 hours = 22
  • Processing notes after class: 1h/class: 12 h
  • 1 micro-teaching seminar: 1 x 2 hours = 2 h
  • Preparing presentation for micro-teaching seminar: 1 day (8 h)
  • Reading in preparation of the classes: 2 hours x 11 = 22 h
  • Ethnographic exercise: 4h observation, + 3 days processing notes + 2 days writing ethnographic vignette =  44h independent work.
  • Preparing exam: 5 days (40 hours)
Leerresultaten

General Competences

General Competences:

  • Have insight in the key concepts and theories in political ethnography
  • Understanding the added value of ethnography as an epistemological, analytical and methodological approach.  
  • Situating concepts like state, power, democracy and nationalism within the ethnographic tradition
  • Familiarize with ethnographic academic writing
  • Reading and critically analysing political ethnographic texts.
  • Discussing ethnographic arguments.
  • Apply ethnographic techniques of participatory observation and ethnographic writing.

In terms of the learning outcomes of the BSc in Social Sciences:

LO7: possesses the methodological knowledge and practical skills of data selection and data processing that prevail within the domains of the social sciences.
LO16: can report, independently, on his/her research in both oral and written form.
LO: has awareness of the social role and function of social scientists.
LO5: knows and can explain the multilayered and complex character of social, political and media-related facts and phenomena.
LO15: can, with limited supervision, perform the necessary methodological steps (data selection, processing and management, and analysis) to answer a research question on a social sciences research topic.

 

 

 

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer

Examen Andere bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Written Exam met een wegingsfactor 100 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Participatory Observation met een wegingsfactor 70 en aldus 35% van het totale eindcijfer.

    Toelichting: Individual Participatory Observation + Paper
  • Micro-teaching met een wegingsfactor 30 en aldus 15% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Written Exam: 10/20

Individual Participatory Observation + Paper: 7/20

Micro-teaching: 3/20

Only the written exam and the individual observation + paper can be performed again during the second examination session.

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)