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240506 VU MM1 Forschungsethik und Reflexivität (2023W)

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Participation at first session is obligatory!

The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.

The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 02.10. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 09.10. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 16.10. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 30.10. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 06.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 13.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 20.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

In this course, students will be introduced to the central scientific debates regarding the ethical dimension and implications of anthropological research and knowledge production practices. Thus, students will develop a critical understanding of the need of reflexive thinking, positionality, and ethical concerns that must be present throughout research stages. With a focus on feminists, decolonial, and anti-racists debates, students will be able to understand the critical and political dimensions of anthropological knowledge production practices.

After course ends, the students will have the abilities to formulate the first concept for their master's thesis project.

Method:
The course is intended as a space for debate that arises from the careful reading of the material required for each week. Each session consists of a). Discussion of the literature, b). Presentation of a case study, c). class exercises. To enhance discussions, students are to present the literature meant for each session.

Students will submit one essays on the topics discussed in class.

Likewise, each student must handout an individually selected seminar paper on the topic of the course.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

For a positive completion of the course, the students must provide the following partial achievements:
• One written examination at the end. In the seminar, students must develop an argument and need to engage and discuss the literature discussed during the course (at least 3 references): 25 points each.
• Written document on the ethical considerations, and positionality for the Master’s thesis: 25 points.
• Presentation of the literature will be assessed and correspond to 25 points.
• Final reflexion: 25 points

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The course will be taught in English and the examinations will also be in English.
Prerequisites for a positive completion of the course are:
• Thorough reading of the literature
• Comprehensive presentation of the literature (in groups)
• Active and continuous participation during the sessions
• Participation in discussions and group work

For a positive grade, 51 % is required.
90-100 %= 1
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5

Prüfungsstoff

There will not be an exam

Literatur

Reading list (tentative):
Alcalde, Cristina. “Going Home: A Feminist Anthropologist’s Reflections on Dilemmas of Power and Positionality in the Field.” Meridians 7, no. 2 (2007): 143–62.
Alpa Shah, “Ethnography? Participation Observation, a Potentially Revolutionary Praxis,” in Hau 7(1):45-59 (2017) (http://dx.doi.org/10.14318/hau7.1.008)
Abu-Lughod L. 1991. Writing against culture. In Recapturing Anthropology: Working in the Present, ed. RG Fox, pp. 137–62. Santa Fe, NM: Sch. Am. Res. Press
Asad, Talal. 1979. ‘Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter’. In The Politics of Anthropology, 85–94. De Gruyter Mouton.
Fine, M., Weis, L., Weseen, S., & Wong, L. For whom?: qualitative research, representations, ans social responsabilities. Handbook of qualitative research, 2..
Ghanem-Yazbeck, Dalia. “Challenging Fieldwork: Researching Large-Scale Massacres in Algeria.” Anthropology Matters Journal 17, no. 2 (2017): 28–56
Haraway, D 1988 Situated Knowledges: The science question in feminism and the
privileged of partial perspective. Feminist studies 14 (3): 575-599
Krystalli, Roxani. “Feminist methodology.” In Gender Matters in Global Politics: A Feminist Introduction to International Relations, 3rd edition, edited by Laura J. Shepherd and Caitlin Hamilton.
Law, John, and John Urry. "Enacting the social." Economy and society 33, no. 3 (2004): 390-410.
Olarte-Sierra, María Fernanda. "Of flesh and bone: emotional and affective ethnography of forensic anthropology practices amidst an armed conflict." Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society 2, no. 1 (2019): 77-93.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mi 04.10.2023 11:28