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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2024 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Johannes Schubert (jon.schubert@unibas.ch) |
| Inhalt | The course will be taught by our guest lecturer Dr. Ana Ivasiuc Qualitative research is becoming increasingly popular in social sciences, and the methodological inventories that different disciplines mobilize in research keep diversifying: from traditional participant observation, interviewing, and case studies to digital ethnography, countermapping, drawing, performing, or photo-stories. The seminar is aimed at doctoral candidates who either have applied, or consider applying qualitative research methods in their own projects. The seminar will open a space for students to discuss their own methodological quandaries about qualitative research methods, to learn from each other, and to explore through carefully chosen readings the principles, nuts and bolts, and limitations of various qualitative research methods. We will also explore readings that offer in depth reflections about various methods, and discuss issues of reflexivity, engagement, and ethics in qualitative research. We will think about methods in a decolonial way and decenter familiar ways of knowing to privilege creative research practices liberated from rigid academic canons. In the process, we will also explore the relationship between epistemologies and methodologies. Extensive attention will be given to ethnographic research methods, including experimental ones. We will use inspiring readings (that’s right - methodology doesn’t need to be boring, scary, or dry!), but also podcasts, videos, and websites as material, and the final list of materials will be selected according to the students’ interests. An important benefit of the course is the opportunity to receive individual feedback on each research project & its methodologies. |
| Lernziele | After this seminar, the participants will be able to: • Deepen their understanding of the principles of qualitative research in social sciences • Acquire methodological tools adaptable to their own research • Understand the principles of engaged qualitative research in social sciences • Understand the principles of ethnographic research • Apply critical reflexivity to their own methodologies • Assess ethical issues related to various methods of qualitative research |
| Literatur | Provisional readings (list to be finalized after the online session on 9 May 2024) [students can choose 2 readings for each of the sessions 2 to 5, according to their own interests] Ballestero, Andrea, and Brit Ross Winthereik. 2021. Experimenting with Ethnography. Durham (NC) and London: Duke University Press. (selected chapters) Boellstorff, Tom, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce, and T.L. Taylor. 2012. Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. (selected chapters) Browne, Kath, and Catherine J. Nash (eds.). 2016. Queer Methods and Methodologies: Intersecting Queer Theories and Social Science Research. London & New York: Routledge. (selected chapters) Criado, Tomás, and Adolfo Estalella (eds.). 2023. An Ethnographic Inventory: Field Devices for Anthropological Inquiry. London and New York: Routledge. (selected chapters) Dell, Kiri. 2021. Rongomatau – ‘sensing the knowing’: An Indigenous Methodology Utilising Sensed Knowledge from the Researcher. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 20: 1–13. Elliott, Denielle, and Dara Culhane (eds.). 2016. A Different Kind of Ethnography: Imaginative Practices and Creative Methodologies. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. (selected chapters) England, Kim. 1994. Getting Personal: Reflexivity, Positionality, and Feminist Research. Professional Geographer 46 (1): 80–89. Hampton, Keith N. 2017. Studying the Digital: Directions and Challenges for Digital Methods. Annual Review of Sociology 43: 167–188. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44863228 Milián Bernal, Dalia. 2023. Challenging methodologies: Deploying liberatory epistemologies to unlock creative research practices. Qualitative Research (online first). https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941231176938. Okely, Judith. 2020 (2012). Anthropological Practice: Fieldwork and the Ethnographic Method. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Chapter 6 Fieldwork Embodied, pp. 107–24. Tuhiwai Smith, Linda. 1999. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. London & New York: Zed Books. (selected chapters) Waterston, Alisse, and Barbara Rylko-Bauer. 2007. Out of the Shadows of History and Memory: Personal Family Narratives as Intimate Ethnography. In Athena McLean and Annette Leibing (eds.). The Shadow Side of Fieldwork: Exploring the Blurred Borders between Ethnography and Life. Malden (MA): Blackwell Publishing, pp. 31–55. Williams, Brackette F. 1996. Skinfolk, not Kinfolk: Comparative Reflections on the Identity of Participant Observation in Two Fieldwork Situations. In Diane Wolf (ed.). Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork. Boulder (CO): Westview Press, pp. 72–95. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | Siehe Einzeltermine | ||
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Donnerstag 09.05.2024 | 10.00-12.00 Uhr | Auffahrt |
| Donnerstag 30.05.2024 | 10.15-17.00 Uhr | Biozentrum, Seminarraum 02.054 |
| Freitag 31.05.2024 | 10.15-17.00 Uhr | Biozentrum, Seminarraum 02.094 |
| Montag 10.06.2024 | 10.15-17.00 Uhr | Biozentrum, Seminarraum 02.054 |
| Dienstag 11.06.2024 | 10.15-17.00 Uhr | Biozentrum, Seminarraum 02.094 |
| Module |
Doktorat Urban Studies: Empfehlungen (Promotionsfach: Urban Studies ) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Assessment will be based on: - a 4000 words paper on a methodological aspect of their research, explored in relation to the course material & class discussions (60%) - a 10-15 min presentation (30%) - participation in class discussions (10%) |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Urban Studies |