Course: Research methods

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Course title Research methods
Course code KSKA/MEVYH
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Retka Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Social sciences and their characteristics in scientific enquiry. Important historical moments of the qualitative research. Methodology of classic social/cultural anthropology. Changes in the approach of social/cultural anthropology. Ethics. Observation (participant observation,direct observation, indirect and hidden observation). Interview (structured interview, semi-structured, non-structured interview, informal). Focus group. Case study. Biographic method. Anchored theory. Data analysis.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to present the basic overview of anthropological methodology. Students will be introduced to the terminology, to the main sources of inspiration of current anthropology and to basic anthropological questions. They will acquire knowledge of basic anthropological methods and techniques of data collection and its processing. They will learn how to apply the basic methods and techniques of anthropological research.
Students will acquire practical experience with a process of an ethnographic fieldwork, epistemology, analysis and representation. While working on their research projects, students will adopt critical thinking and anthropological imagination.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KSKA/UAN1

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment

Attendance at the lectures is expected. Course will be concluded by a written exam. Attendance at the seminars is required, study of set texts and discussion and fulfilling set tasks.
Recommended literature
  • další doporučená ke stažení na STAGu.
  • BERGER, P.L., LUCKMANN, T. Sociální konstrukce reality. Pojednání o sociologii vědění. Praha, 1999.
  • BERNARD, H.R. Social Research Methods. London, 2000.
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, S., DANEŠ, F., SVĚTLÁ, J. Jak napsat odborný text, Praha. Praha, 1999.
  • DISMAN, M. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha, 1993.
  • ECO, U. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc, 1997.
  • FAJKUS, B. Současná filozofie a metodologie vědy. Praha, 1997.
  • FAY, B. Současná filosofie sociálních věd. Multikulturní přístup. Praha, 2002.
  • Geertz, C.:. Interpretace kultur: Vybrané eseje. Praha 2000..
  • GEERTZ, C. Works and Lives. The Anthropologist as Author. Stanford, 1988.
  • HENDL, J. Úvod do kvalitativního výzkumu. Praha, 1999.
  • HOLZBACHOVÁ, I. Filozofické a metodologické problémy vědy. Praha, 2000.
  • JAMES, A., JOCKEY, J., DAWSON, A. After Writing Culture. Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology. London, 1997.
  • KOTTAK, C. P. Antropology. The Exploration of Human Diversity, str. 19-35. New York, 1997.
  • Soukup, Martin. Terénní výzkum v sociální a kulturní antropologii. Praha: Karolinum, 2014.
  • Tereza Stöckelová a Yasar Abu Ghosh (eds.). Etnografie: improvizace v teorii a terénní praxi. Praha: SLON, 2013.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2016) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter