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27151-01 - Seminar: Reading Research Reports on Africa (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2011 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Elisio Macamo (elisio.macamo@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The purpose of this seminar is to help students improve their critical skills in the assessment of research reports. In order to achieve this goal students will be introduced to general issues in the methodology of the social sciences bearing on such fundamental questions as the nature and status of knowledge as well as warrants for knowledge claims in the context of research. On a more practical level the seminar will discuss the formal structure of a research report emphasizing in particular such elements as theory, hypotheses, fieldwork and analysis and how they relate to one another in the researcher’s efforts to produce coherent accounts. The seminar will draw on actual research on Africa from a broad range of disciplines (sociology, social anthropology, history, etc.) to illustrate the practical elements. Participants will be encouraged to carry out an individual analysis of a report research of their own choice in the field of African studies which will also form the backbone of the course assessment. |
| Lernziele | The Students - are able to interrogate knowledge claims against the background of foundational debates in the methodology of the social sciences, - have acquired skills in the identification of knowledge claims made by research reports and - are able to critically assess them with reference to the nature of the theory-data relationship. |
| Literatur | Rose, Gerry 1990: Deciphering Sociological Research. Macmillan. Rosenberg, Morris 1968: The Logic of Survey Analysis. Basic Books. Rosenberg, Alexander 2008: Philosophy of Social Science. Westview Press. Godfrey-Smith, Peter 2003: Theory and Reality: an introduction to the philosophy of science. University of Chicago Press. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | MA students and advanced BA students in the social sciences. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Anmeldung erforderlich unter: www.isis.unibas.ch |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| HörerInnen willkommen |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Ethnographie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Regionalthemen der Ethnologie (Master Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Social Anthropology (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Wirtschaft, Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Essay |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Institut für Soziologie |