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Course: Methods of Fieldwork

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Course title Methods of Fieldwork
Course code KSKA/TVYZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
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)
  • Štěch Ondřej, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Samek Tomáš, Mgr. M.A., 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)
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.
After the course students will acquire knowledge of basic anthropological methods and techniques of data collection and its processing. They will know how to apply the basic methods and techniques of anthropological research.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KSKA/UAN1
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KSKA/USA

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Discussion

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. 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.


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