Course description
This course aims to develop advanced knowledge in how to conduct an anthropological study and produce ethnographic materials. It includes both traditional and emerging ethnographic methods and discusses their scientific potential and limitations. The course covers how to select methods in relation to how a research problem is formulated and an aim defined. It also discusses experiences of collaboration with interlocutors, subjectivity and positionality.
Target group
The course is mandatory for PhD students in Social anthropology at SGS. The course is also open for PhD students in Social Anthropology at other universities in Sweden and in the Nordic countries.
Requirements and Selection
Entry requirements
General entrance requirements for studies in the third cycle.
Selection
The course has a limited number of participants, who are selected according to the following priorities:
1. PhD students at the School of Global studies, University of Gothenburg
2. PhD students in Social Anthropology at other Swedish or Nordic universities
3. PhD student in other disciplines who apply ethnographic methods. Applicants in this category need to submit a short document (max 1 page) where they motivate why they should be admitted to the course.
Other information
The course is taught through lectures, seminars and individual work. It may also be offered as a reading course comprising independent study with teaching taking the form of discussion and supervision.
Course syllabus
SFGS381
Department
School of Global Studies
Subject
Social Science
Type of course
Method course
Keywords
Ethnography, Etnografi, Anthropology, Antropologi, Methods, Metoder