Duration
12h Th, 30h SEM
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course of methodology is dedicated to the tasks of collecting and analysing qualitative data about social, political or institutional dimensions of environmental issues. It relates to managing and doing interviews.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Through the use of semi-structured interviews, students will be put in good condition for the elaboration of an investigation's strategy; to render them capable of the preparation, the management and the analysis of a survey on an environemental issue ; and finally to have a critical and reflexive assesment of it.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
It is useful to be fluent in French to follow this course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The fieldworks will be carried on a single issue. Interviews will be carried out by groups of students under the guidance of a supervisor. Critical discussions about the unfolding and the outputs of the interviews will be organized.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face to face - Team work (cfr schedule) - e-campus
Recommended or required readings
Compulsory readings subject to a reading form (portfolio - cfr e-campus):
- de Sardan, O. (1995). La politique du terrain. Sur la production des données en anthropologie. Enquête. Archives de la revue Enquête, (1), 71-109.
- Hughes, E. C. (1996). Le regard sociologique: essais choisis, textes rassemblés et présentés par J. M. Chapoulie, Paris, éditions de l'EHESS. Extraits choisis par les enseignants.
- Kaufmann J.-C., L'entretien compréhensif, Paris, Nathan, 1996
- Becker, H. S. (2000). L'enquête de terrain: quelques ficelles du métier. Sociétés contemporaines, 40(1), 151-164.
- Descola, P., & Charbonnier, P. (2014). La composition des mondes: Entretiens avec Pierre Charbonnier. Flammarion. Chapitre II
- Becker, H. S. (2012) Rendre la sociologie pertinente pour la société », SociologieS [En ligne], Débats, La situation actuelle de la sociologie, mis en ligne le 09 mai 2012, consulté le 12 septembre 2018. URL http://journals.openedition.org/sociologies/3961
To go further :
- Becker (Howard S.), Les ficelles du métier. Comment conduire sa recherche en sciences sociales ? , Paris, La Découverte, 2002
- Blanchet, A., & Gotman, A. (1992). L'enquête et ses méthodes: l'entretien. Paris: Nathan Université.
- de Singly F., L'enquête et ses méthodes : le questionnaire, Paris, Nathan, coll. « Sociologie 128 », 1992
- Peretz H. Les méthodes en sociologie. L'observation., Paris, La Découverte, 2002
- Ryan G., Russel B, "Techniques to Identify Themes", in Field Methods, Vol. 15, N°1, February 2003, p. 85-109
- Van Campenhoudt, L., Marquet, J., & Quivy, R. (2017). Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales-5e éd. Dunod.
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation of the qualitative part of the course is on the basis of a portolio including a personal synthesis of the course.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Active participation is imperative.
Important notice: the due participation at the practical activities of the course (interviews) are mandatory for the evaluation of the students.
Contacts
Semal Nathalie - n.semal@uliege.be