2020-2021 / GEOG2024-1

Territorial diagnosis workshops and qualitative methods

Part 1

Part 2

Duration

Part 1 : 15h Th, 25h Pr
Part 2 : 5h Th, 20h Pr, 6d FW

Number of credits

 Master in smart rurality (120 ECTS)5 crédits  
 Master in geography : general (120 ECTS)6 crédits  

Lecturer

Part 1 : Serge Schmitz
Part 2 : Serge Schmitz

Coordinator

Serge Schmitz

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Part 1

The course presents the main tools to collect and analyze information (Oral survey, observation, landscape analysis...) and tolls to assess the regional development and to foresight it are presented. A specail attention is given to participatory approaches. 
An important chapter is dedicated to Oral Surveys and Interviews technics, including the analysis tools. The students will conduct one survey. (Research questions, questionnaire, test, survey, coding, analysis, statistical tests and report).

Part 2

The course presents the main tools to collect and analyze information (Oral survey, observation, landscape analysis...) and tolls to assess the regional development and to foresight it are presented.
Fieldwork are based on a territorial diagnosis that will be realized during a week fieldworks in Puglia. The students are confronted with fieldworks methodological problems and with the relativity of the idea of development.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Part 1

1. Develop strategies to collect information with stakeholders                                                     2. Approriation of interview and survey techniques                                                                  . 3. Use of tools to help the diagnosic

Part 2

1. Confrontation with the difficulties of research abroad
2. Command of research methods of economic and social geography
3. Approriation of interview and survey techniques
4. Use of the geographical knowledge to realise a territorial diagnosis from a sustainable development viewpoint.
5. Use of tools to help the diagnosic
6. Reflexivity concerning general knowledge and regional development.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Part 1

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Part 2

Landscape analysis, Spatial analysis, cartography, rural and urban geography, and geomorphology.
Good physical condition, English

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Part 1

The lectures and the exercises present tools and prepare the students to construct and implement a survey. They are planned during one week of May. This fieldwork tends to be as close as possible of real condition of diagnostic. Students work in collaboration to the diagnostic.

Part 2

The lectures and the exercises present tools and prepare the students to the fieldworks. They are planned during one week of May. This fieldwork tends to be as close as possible of real condition of diagnostic. Students work in collaboration to the diagnostic.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Part 1

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Part 2

Lectures will be given on Wednesday morning to present the tools to collect and analyse information and  to prepare the fieldworks. Some evenings during the fieldworks are also dedicated to theory.
The work on the survey will be done every Friday morning.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Part 1

Nihil

Part 2

Nihil

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Part 1

Survey and report (50%) Oral exam (50%

Part 2

Fieldworks and report (50%) Oral exam (50%

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Part 1

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Part 2

Fieldworks will be organized in May in Croatia

Contacts

Part 1

Serge Schmitz Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Office: 1/41 - Tél. : 04/366.56.29  - E-mail : S.Schmitz@uliege.be
Lauriano Pepe, Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Office 1/44 lauriano.pepe@uliege.be Phone 043365265

Part 2

Serge Schmitz Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Office: 1/41 - Tél. : 04/366.56.29  - E-mail : S.Schmitz@uliege.be