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240069 PR Field Practice: Migrantion and its Impact on Armenia (P1) (2015S)

Continuous assessment of course work

Students who want who participate in the field practice are also requested to attend the preparatory seminar.
Introduction and admission to both field practice and seminar will take place on Tuesday, March 4th 2015 from 9.45 s.t. to 13.00 in SE-Raum D.
Participation in this first session is obligatory.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 04.03. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 17.03. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 05.05. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 23.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Monday 29.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The actual field practice is scheduled from May 28th to June 13th 2015.

As regular flights to and from Armenia are rather costly the decision was made to book a collective flight for all participants. In addition, one common accommodation will be organized. This, requests, however, to collect the expenses in advance. The organizers are applying for financial support for the field practice. The reimbursement will be organized after the field practice.
Please transfer the amount of 1.000 EUR on the university's bank account:

Universität Wien
Raiffeisenlandesbank NÖ-Wien
IBAN AT08 3200 0000 0067 5447
BIC RLNWATWW
Verwendungszweck: EX485000

The confirmation of payment has to be sent to marie-therese.filip@univie.ac.at latest until March 11, 2015.

Methodologically, the field practice will emphasize participant observation and interview techniques. Students will be expected to collect ethnographic data on previously outlined research questions. Throughout the field practice these research questions will be further developed and respective materials collected. Participants should also get acquainted to cooperate in smaller and larger teams, with research assistants and translators. In addition, students will be provided with inputs by the organizers and local scholars (links have been established with colleagues from the Chair of Archeology and Ethnography as well as the Migration Competence Center of Yerevan State University)

Assessment and permitted materials

paper of 12 -15 pages on a particular subject
one interview transcript
log book of field research
Deadline for submission of all course requirements paper and end of September 2015

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To develop research questions, to get more acquainted with various research methods in social anthropology and their application and the ways of analyzing research results.

Examination topics

Reading list


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