Ethnographic Design: Planning and Modelling a Fieldwork Project

Description

Upon completion of this course, the student is able to: - (a) put together a project proposal of ethnographic field research, (b) present it in writing, in the form of a start report form, as well as (c) in oral communication; - substantiate the following essential components of an ethnographic project proposal: (1) the academic and societal problematique in which the project is embedded, (2) the empirical focus and the concrete setting (‘field’ or ‘site’) of the project, (3) the conceptual framework and theoretical perspective, (4) the research question(s), (5) key methodological issues such as ethnographic methods and techniques, the expected or intended forms of interaction (online or offline), anticipating reflections on relevant ethical questions, positionality of the student-researcher, as well as the form and degree of commitment and engagement in the field; - present such ethnographic project both in writing and in oral (interactive) form. These objectives will be communicated to the students at the start of the course.