SAN253 Research practice

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SAN223 Anthropology of Borders
Kurs je určen absolventům kursu Antropologie hranic, kteří se zúčastnili červencové terénní praxe + studentům podílejícím se Monitoringu situace romských komunit v České republice vedenem Katerinou Sidoropulu Janku a Irenou Kašparovou.
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
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Main objectives of the course are:
fieldtrip/ fieldwork;
to learn how to write and read fieldnotes;
to learn how to analyze date from the field;
to understand connctions between being in the field and writing about the field
Syllabus
  • The course does not have a given structure, the course is adjusted to needs and topics of everyone enrolled student.
Literature
  • AMIT, Vered. Constructing the field : ethnographic fieldwork in the contemporary world. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2000, vi, 199. ISBN 0415198305. info
  • EMERSON, Robert M., Rachel I. FRETZ and Linda L. SHAW. Writing ethnographic fieldnotes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995, xviii, 254. ISBN 0226206815. URL info
  • The SAGE handbook of fieldwork. Edited by Dick Hobbs - Richard Wright. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2006, xi, 399. ISBN 0761974458. URL info
Assessment methods
An article submitted to an academic journal or review; research report.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: V tomto předmětu je povinná docházka s maximální tolerovanou absencí 25%.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008.
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