KSCB210 Taiwan-Central Europe Summer Field Research

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/10/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Yu-Min Chang, MA (seminar tutor)
James Ter-hsing Cheng, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (deputy)
Yu-cheng Liu, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mag. phil. Ute Wallenböck, Dr. phil. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
KSCB210/MU: No timetable has been entered into IS.
KSCB210/SCU: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites
PROGRAM ( N - CS )
Good command of English and Chinese (both at least CEFR B1+).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to apply the skills and knowledge required for qualitative field research with focus on participant observation and conduction of interviews.
Learning outcomes
After completing this cross-cultural and transdisciplinary internship course, students will acquire first-hand fieldwork experiences, they will be able to develop their own research project based on the methodological framework of participant observation and conduction of interviews, evaluate, and determine sources for their own project, and demonstrate their ability to compile, assess, and analyze information.
Syllabus
  • For the MU group, by travelling together with a group of Taiwanese students from Soochow University through Central Europe (Budapest, Brno, Krakow, Prague, Dresden, Český Krumlov and Vienna) between July 17 and July 30, 2023, the students will one hand conduct their own research on the perception of Central Europe through the eyes of Taiwanese students, and on the other hand they will observe how Taiwanese students are conducting their fieldwork in Central Europe.
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  • For the SCU group, by traveling with a group of Central European (Czech and Slovak) students, the students do fieldwork on different topics and compare the new cultural setting with the culture of their origin (which is Taiwanese), in order to prepare the oral presentations and the written assignment.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • FLICK, Uwe. Doing interview research : the essential how to guide. Los Angeles: Sage, 2022, xxi, 421. ISBN 9781526464064. info
  • MAGNUSSON, Eva and Jeanne MARECEK. Doing interview-based qualitative research : a learner's guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015, 189 stran. ISBN 9781107674707. info
    not specified
  • Leavy, Patricia (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, Oxford Library of Psychology (2014; online edn, Oxford Academic, 4 Aug. 2014), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199811755.001.0001
Teaching methods
For the MU group, before the meeting of the Taiwanese students in Budapest, students will receive a brief online-training by Lu Wei-Lun and Ute Wallenböck, so the students are prepared for the fieldtrip.
In this internship course, students become researchers themselves and develop their own research project on the Taiwanese students’ perception of Central Europe. During the almost two-week long fieldtrip, the students will not only observe the Taiwanese students, but they will also conduct interviews in Chinese with them.
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For the SCU group, in addition to the two-week long fieldwork, the students remain in contact with lecturers at MU after the fieldwork, discussing the similarities and the differences of the cultures.
Assessment methods
For the MU group, students should keep a diary, based on which in the end of the course, a written report (1200 words) must be submitted. Moreover, the students need to help their Taiwanese partners with their assignments, such as the production of a video of their research.
The written report accounts for 100% of the final mark.
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For the SCU group, the students give a mid-term oral presentation 2 weeks after the completion of the fieldwork. 6 weeks after the completion, the students give the final oral presentation. 8 weeks after the completion of fieldwork, the students submit the final written report to the Information System.
For the SCU group, the following grading components apply: - Mid-term presentation (30%) - Final oral presentation (30%) - Final written presentation (40%)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: as a part of Taiwan Summer School (July - August).
Information on course enrolment limitations: The course is realized during July-August 2023 as a field research in collaboration with Soochow University..
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
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