Duration
30h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in communication (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in philosophy (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This seminar takes a look at the different approaches to or the practical implementation of investigation in humanities' subjects, especially philosophy, literature and language sciences.
It will demonstrate:
- the structuring role played by this epistemological motif of our subjects in the long term;
- the importance and recurrence today of this motif in the latest ideas in the sphere of the humanities (for instance, Ginzburg in social sciences, Bayard in literary theory, Latour in philosophy);
- the plasticity and richness of this motif, both from the point of view of the subjects it affects and the social uses it allows.
The working hypothesis of this seminar is that investigation provides the preferred means to develop and operationalize the different methods of analysis and creation of critical knowledge. According to this point of view, investigation can be defined as an intellectual approach in tune with a problematic field that seeks to document forms of complexity, focused on creating a narrative, which acts as a method to pluralize reality. As such, it is, in itself, an epistemological, aesthetic and political motif. Epistemological, because it touches on the conditions in which knowledge is produced; aesthetic, because it engages in a relationship that is sensitive to an environment and an attention to forms through which it develops and spreads; political, because it intends to produce concrete effects on the way in which communities organise their lives.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The seminar allows students to see where they stand in relation to the different uses and conceptualizations of the motif of investigation through the subjects of the humanities.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Have a good grounding in the Philosophy and Letters subjects.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Collegiate seminar, organised in the form of thematic sessions equivalent to approximately 3 h/month (schedule to be comunicated on the first-meeting date, on Wednesday 23th, 2PM, classroom A2/4/17).
Every session will be led by one or more members of the teaching team and/or an external guest.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Students will receive information on a selection of texts associated with each session.
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.
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
written work
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
The assessment will be based on a personal piece of work.
This work will consist of compiling a series of texts (that could potentially be very different), relating to the investigation as the motif, and drawing on the authors and paradigms presented during the seminar's sessions.
This collection will be physically handed in to the seminar leaders and should, in itself, be meaningful. In addition, it will be the subject of an oral presentation made to a collective jury comprised of the seminar leaders.
The assessment criteria are as follows:
- relevance and originality of the assembled texts
- formal completion of the work
- ability to comment orally on the work
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The seminar will be in the form of a 3 h session every month (approximately). Attendance is required. Everyone should have read the preparatory texts prior to each session.
Students will meet on Wednesday 23th September 2020 at 2PM (A2/4/17) for an introductory meeting, where they will be given all the information concerning the seminar's organisation.
Contacts
Julien Pieron
Julien.Pieron@uliege.be
François Provenzano
Centre de Rhétorique & Sémiologie
Place Cockerill, 3, bureau A2/4/4
Francois.Provenzano@ulg.ac.be
Tel. : 04/366.56.45
Available to receive students on: Wednesdays, 9:30-11:00 (as of 19/9)