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Course title Research methods
Course code KSKA/MEVY
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
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 and methodology of classic social/cultural anthropology. Changes in the approach of social/cultural anthropology. Qualitative and quantitative methodology. Research Project. Ethics. Reflexivity of researcher. Observation (participant observation,direct observation, indirect and hidden observation). Interview (structured interview, semi-structured, non-structured interview, informal), biographic method. Case study, focus group, Anchored theory. Data analysis. Research report.

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.
After the course students will be able to describe elementary anthropological methods of data collection and processing. They will be able to choose appropriate steps of their own inquiry.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

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. 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. ISBN 978-80-246-2567-6.
  • 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): Social Anthropology (2015) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
University of Pardubice, date of update: 02.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2016/2017