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| SOCI0071-1 | Building a fieldwork methodology
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Alessandro Jedlowski, Benjamin Rubbers |
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| Coordinator : | N... |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This course will consist in accompanying students in a small ethnographic research in Liège. Students will first be asked to write a research project. Next, they will have to go into the field for the purpose of producing a case study, combining observations and interviews. During class meetings, they will present different aspects of their research (interviews, interpretation of data, and so on) with the purpose to listen to commentaries and suggestions from the group. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The main purpose is to place students in a situation that will help them develop the professional skills of a social science researcher. At the end of the course, students will be able to define a problematic, to write a research project, to conduct interviews and make observations, and to interpret the data produced in this way. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| To have the desire to do ethnographic fieldwork |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course will take the form of a seminar. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Students will have to find readings on the subject of their research. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Grading is based on the final paper, the intermediary reports and course participation. |
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| The teacher will be available to meet with students by appointment (a(brubbers@ulg.ac.be)jedlowski@ulg.ac.be). Office location: 2.52, bâtiment B.31, at Sart-Tilman |
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