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| Semester | fall semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Moniek Kuijpers (moniek.kuijpers@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | In the past decades interest has grown in scientific approaches to aesthetic artefacts, may they be literary texts, visual artworks, films or even performances. This interest stems from a desire to investigate these aesthetic objects in a more rigorous, scientific way. The results of such investigations help us cultivate a deeper understanding of aesthetic phenomena and, perhaps more importantly, what they mean to individuals and societies. This course is open for and aimed at BA and MA students from literary studies (or any specific language studies), theatre and film studies, visual arts, musicology and media and communication studies. Be advised that the course will be in English and that you will be asked to discuss, present and write in English. The course comprises 4 block seminars. The seminars take place on these days in the meeting room 04.007 at Spalenberg 65: - Friday 23.09.2022 09:00 – 13:00 - Friday 21.10.2022 09:00 – 13:00 - Friday 18.11.2022 09:00 – 13:00 - Friday 16.12.2022 09:00 – 13:00 In between seminars you will work on developing your own empirical research project in groups, read up on empirical papers assigned to the reading list, and listen to a few online lectures on the topic. You can make an appointment to come in during office hours (Tuesday between 13:00 and 15:00 or Thursday between 10:00 and 12:00) to discuss your research project. Students will give 3 presentations throughout the course, and provide peer feedback 3 times throughout the course. For each of these times, their participation in these activities will be assessed as either a pass or a fail, which at the end will be tallied up: a student needs at least 2 passes to pass the course. |
| Learning objectives | The overarching learning objective is to get acquainted with scientific methods for the humanities, to understand what makes a good empirical research question, a good experiment design, and what goes into designing and developing an empirical study on literature reception. To achieve this aim, students will read up on scientific papers covering a range of relevant topics in the field of empirical literary studies, they will discuss these papers in class, develop their own empirical study in groups, present their work in progress and give feedback to other students' works in progress, and finally present their research plan at the end of the course in a powerpoint presentation. |
| Bibliography | The reading list for this course will be made available 2 to 3 weeks before class. |
| Admission requirements | The language of the course is English. Students need to be aware that they will have to present in English. The number of participants is limited. In case of over-subscription, students of Digital Humanities will be admitted preferentially. |
| Course application | The maximum number of participants is 30. The first 30 students who registered in MoNa will be entered in the course. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | See individual dates | ||
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 23.09.2022 | 09.15-13.00 | Spalenberg 65, Sitzungszimmer 04.007 |
| Friday 21.10.2022 | 09.15-13.00 | Spalenberg 65, Sitzungszimmer 04.007 |
| Friday 18.11.2022 | 09.15-13.00 | Spalenberg 65, Sitzungszimmer 04.007 |
| Friday 16.12.2022 | 09.15-13.00 | Spalenberg 65, Sitzungszimmer 04.007 |
| Modules |
Modul: Creating, Analyzing and Visualizing of Data (Master's degree subject: Digital Humanities) Modul: Erweiterung Methodenkenntnisse MA (Master's degree subject: Science of Religion) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Latin Philology) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Italian Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: German Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Spanish Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Nordic Philology (Start of studies before 01.08.2022)) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Nordic Philology) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Digital Humanities Lab |