Content of Learning Activity

The class is divided into 5 lessons. Lessons 1 to 4 consist in a tool box containing a series of i) concepts (culture, symbols and rituals, emic and etic approaches, structure and function, ...) ii) of positions typical of the exercise of the discipline (respect for the spokesperson, non-judgmental orientation, rejection of any type of instrumentalization, ... ) which the student will tame and later learn to manipulate simultaneously when he will acting "in the real" during future fieldwork.
In each lesson, a jump is made in history in order to understand how methodological tools have been used by our predecessors and what use one can make today of such past experiences.      
The plan is as follows:

Lesson 1: Spontaneous anthropology and empirical match
Lesson 2: Indigenous versus scientist discourses: lessons learned from evolutionist anthropologists
Lesson 3: The French school and British Social Anthropology. From observation to description: objectivist stance and contamination from ideology 
Lesson 4: Fieldwork and participatory observation: the conceptual and practical aspects of scientific research
Lesson 5: Methods and techniques for anthropological data gathering 

In addition, students will be required to read a series of articles (or article extracts): Cf. infra for which instructions will be given by the lecturer in due time as well as one monography (Cf. infra).

 

Required Learning Resources/Tools

The student will be required to read the following papers: instructions will be given by the lecturer in due time:
 Cf. Supra, field in french for bibliographic records


The student must read one case study, of his choice, amongst the following list (or outside the list, with prior approval from the lecturer):
Cf. Supra, field in french for bibliographic records
 

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

ALBARELLO, L.  2002, "Apprendre à chercher: l'acteur social et la recherche scientifique ", De Boeck, Bruxelles, 197 p. ATKINSON, P. 1992 Understanding Ethnographic Texts.  Sage Publications "Qualitative Research Methods Series" Nr. 25 BEAUD S. & Weber F. 1998, Guide de l'enquête de terrain : Produire et analyser des données ethnographiques Paris, la découverte BECKER H.S. 2002, " Les ficelles du métier : Comment conduire sa recherche en sciences sociales , Ed. La Découverte & Syros, Paris 2002 CARATINI, S.  2004  " Les non-dits de l'anthropologie ", Presses Universitaires de France, Paris Comment conduire sa recherche en sciences sociales , Ed. La Découverte & Syros, Paris 2002 FETTERMAN, D. 1998   "Ethnography : Step by Step", Applied Social Research Methods Series, Vol.17, SAGE Publications, London HOBBS, D. & MAY, T. (eds.), 1993  "Interpreting the Field: Accounts of Ethnography", Clarendon Press, Oxford MERCIER P. 1984, " Histoire de l'anthropologie ", Le sociologue, 5, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1984 OLIVIER DE SARDAN J-P 2008, " La rigueur du qualitatif : Les contraintes empiriques de l'interprétation socio-anthropologique " ? Editions Academia, Louvain la Neuve
POUPART J. 1997, " L'entretien de type qualitatif : considérations épistémologiques, théoriques et méthodologiques " in Gaëtan Morin (éd.), La recherche qualitative, enjeux épistémologiques, pptp.173-206. Montréal : Bibliothèque nationale du Québec. QUIVY R & VAN CAMPENHOUDT, L. 1995  " Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales ", Dunod ROSE, D. 1990  "Living the ethnographic life", London, SAGE, Qualitative Research Methods Nr. 23

Other Recommended Reading

Cf. supra, bibliographic references in field in French

Mode of delivery

• Face to face
• From a distance
• Mixed

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

• Cours magistraux

Evaluations

The assessment methods of the Learning Activity (AA) are specified in the course description of the corresponding Educational Component (UE)