Theoretical and Methodological Seminar I - AXETTMS02E

• Title: Theoretical and Methodological Seminar I
• Guaranteed by: Department of Ethnology and Central European and Balkan Studies (21-UESEBS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 0
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, --- [HS]; summer s.:0/2, other [HS]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown); summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course is intended for doctoral students only; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; can be fulfilled in the future
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Petr Janeček, Ph.D.; prof. PhDr. Leoš Šatava, CSc.

Annotation

The seminar for doctoral students introduces basic theoretical (concepts, research topics and themes, research fields, subdisciplines) and methodological (methods, techniques, positionality in the field, questions of research ethics) aspects of ethnological and anthropological disciplines with an emphasis on the (Central) European context.

The aim of the subject is to specify and consolidate the theoretical and methodological background of the currently prepared dissertation projects of doctoral students. This goal is achieved both by means of their confrontation with the basic
procedures of academic work, as well as field-specific theory and methodology of ethnological and anthropological disciplines.
An integral part of the seminar is also a presentation of the basic principles of advanced academic work and a discussion on
concrete concepts and academic texts.

Part of the seminar is also collective reading of methodologically significant texts and a discussion of theoretical and methodological questions arising from the dissertation projects. For each student, it also includes a presentation of one basic concept related to their dissertation project and a brief methodological excursion: presentation of the main
methods and techniques used by him/her during research.

An additional part of the seminar are also irregularly organized debates with experts from other
Ethnological academic institutions, including international ones (Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Ethnographic Department of the Historical Museum of the National Museum, Institute of European Ethnology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University) and in case of advanced students, also presentation of the topics developed for the SDZK and a methodological discussion on them.

The seminar is held regularly once every 14 days.

Last update: Pastyříková Iveta, Mgr. (24.04.2024)

Course completion requirements

English

The conditions for completing the course are:

1) active participation during the seminar

2) presentation of one concept related to the dissertation project

3) presentation of the methodological background of the dissertation project

Last update: Pastyříková Iveta, Mgr. (24.04.2024)

Literature

• Abrams, L. Oral History Theory. New York: Routledge, 2010.
• Amit, V. Constructing the Field. London: Routledge, 2000.
• Bernard, Russel R.: Research Methods in Anthropology. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (6th edition). New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017.
• Clifford, J. - Marcus, G. (eds): Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.
• Denzin, N. K. - Lincoln, Y. S. (eds.): Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2003.
• Emerson, R. M. - Fretz, R. I. - Shaw, L. L: Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Last update: Pastyříková Iveta, Mgr. (24.04.2024)