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27151-01 - Seminar: Reading Research Reports on Africa (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2017 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| 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. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| HörerInnen willkommen |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Applied African Studies (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Basics: Sociology (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Culture and Society (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Ethnographie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Ethnographien (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Fields: Media and Imagination (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul History (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Interdisciplinary and Applied African Studies (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Regionalthemen der Ethnologie (Master Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Social Anthropology (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Theory and General Anthropology (Master Studienfach: Anthropology) Modul Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Wirtschaft, Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) |
| 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 | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Kompetenzzentrum Afrika |