KSCB803 Fieldwork and interview-based research in cultural studies

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2020

Předmět se v období jaro 2020 nevypisuje.

Rozsah
1/1/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Adina Zemanek, Ph.D. (přednášející), Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Seminář čínských studií – Centrum asijských studií – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Seminář čínských studií – Centrum asijských studií – Filozofická fakulta
Předpoklady
TYP_STUDIA ( N )
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This course will start from mapping cultural studies as a discipline by presenting its key concepts, the main spheres it takes into account and major theoretical frameworks and approaches. Its second part is intended as a practical guide to qualitative fieldwork-based research methods, with special emphasis on conducting research in China and Taiwan.
Výstupy z učení
After completing this course, students will be able to:
• choose their own research topics and formulate them according to the main postulates and theoretical frameworks of cultural studies as a discipline
• formulate research questions and claims, design research projects
• choose the appropriate research method from among the presented qualitative approaches
• conduct the various stages of research as described during the course
• code and analyze data, prepare research results for presentation
• appropriately handle fieldwork-related ethical issues
• take into account the characteristics of China and Taiwan as research environments when searching for topics, formulating projects and conducting fieldwork
Osnova
  • 1. Introduction to cultural studies as a discipline. Key concepts and central sites: • Culture, ideology, power • Meaning, language, discourse • Postmodernism and popular culture 2. Central sites of cultural studies - 2: • Gender, sex and the body • Economy, globalization and urban spaces • The state, politics and social movements 3. Central sites of cultural studies - 3: • Identity, ethnicity and nation • Subculture, youth, style and resistance • Media texts, producers and audiences 4. Qualitative research methods; practical issues 5. Working with texts; discourse analysis – texts and contexts; observing and collecting texts 6. Doing ethnographic research – introduction 7. Before fieldwork: designing research; problems, cases, samples; initial preparations 8. Gaining access to data; approaching the field 9. Doing fieldwork: qualitative interviewing - introduction 10. Doing fieldwork: interview techniques 11. Doing fieldwork: participant observation 12. After fieldwork: analysis. Transcripts, coding data, presentation of research results 13. Ethical issues
Literatura
  • BARKER, Chris. Cultural studies : theory and practice. Edited by Paul E. Willis. 3rd ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 2008, xxiv, 525. ISBN 9781412924160. info
  • The Routledge critical and cultural theory reader. Edited by Neil Badmington - Julia Thomas. London: Routledge, 2008, xii, 452. ISBN 9780415433082. info
  • HAMMERSLEY, Martyn a Paul ATKINSON. Ethnography : principles in practice. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2007, xi, 275. ISBN 9780415396042. info
Výukové metody
Lectures will be combined with class discussions based on reading assignments, case studies involving fieldwork and exercises regarding the expounded research methods.
Metody hodnocení
Course attendance is compulsory – no more than 2 absences are allowed. Final grades will consist of two parts: 40% assignments and class activity during the course, 60% written research project to be handed out one week after completion of the course. The research project should contain the following items: research topic; state of existing research; assessment of feasibility and approximate budget; research method; research plan; list of academic works on similar topics available to the student at present.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2020, podzim 2021, podzim 2022.