Ä°LT773 - SEMINAR ON ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
SEMINAR ON ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH Ä°LT773 1st Semester 2 2 3 10
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
 
Instructor (s)Prof Dr. Suavi Aydın 
Course objectiveThe aim of the course is to help the students to practice the information and theoretical approaches that they encounter in the field of ethnography in Turkey through field researches and to provide them with the set of field research skills. 
Learning outcomes
  1. By the end of the course, the students will,
  2. -learn that questioning any social and cultural phenomenon is a hypothetical event.
  3. -experience the case of problematizing, in practice.
  4. -be able to interpret the relationship between theory and practice by the help of the qualitative research project that they are expected to prepare.
Course ContentThe content of this course is how to problematize the social and cultural phenomenons. 
ReferencesÖzbudun S, B. Şafak ve S. Altuntek (2007) Antropoloji: Kuramlar/Kuramcılar Ankara: Dipnot Yayınları.

Altuntek, S. (2010) Yerli?nin Bakışı (Etnografya: Kuram ve Yöntem). Ankara: Ütopya.

Yalcin-Heckmann, L. ve B. Grant B. (2008) Cacucasus Paradigm: Anthropologies, histories and Making of a World Area. Münster: Lit.

Yalcin-Heckmann, L. (1991) Tribe and Kinship among Kurds. Peter Lang.

Andrews, P. A. (1989) Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. L. Reichert.

Goodall, H. L. (2000) Writing the New Ethnography. AltaMira Press
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1General introductions of the course
Week 2The new ethnography I
Week 3The new ethnography II
Week 4Review of practices regarding the new ethnography
Week 5Ethnography of everyday life I
Week 6Ethnography of everyday life II
Week 7Review of practices regarding ethnography of everyday life
Week 8Monitoring the problems of ethnography in Turkey in field. I
Week 9Monitoring the problems of ethnography in Turkey in field. II
Week 10Field research and discussing
Week 11Field research and discussing
Week 12Report of the field research
Week 13Presentations
Week 14Presentations and general assessment of the course

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance1420
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments170
Presentation110
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam00
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes030
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes070
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)1410140
Presentation / Seminar Preparation14545
Project000
Homework assignment17373
Midterms (Study duration)000
Final Exam (Study duration) 000
Total Workload30131300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Commands knowledge about current and advanced approaches and concepts in communication sciences and has the ability to apply them in a research.  X  
2. Understands the interaction between communication sciences and other humanities fields, follows and evaluates debates.  X  
3. Contributes to scientific studies by carrying out original studies, programs or projects independently.    X
4. Converts the new knowledge produced by conducting original studies or bringing new interpretations to existing studies into national and international publications.    X
5. Develops new ideas, models and methods related to the field, supports the decision-making processes of people and organizations related to the studies on the solution of problems in the field.   X 
6. Recognizes national and international knowledge sources in the field and explains them to the people under his/her responsibility through theoretical and applied studies.    X
7. Uses computer software, information and communication technologies required by the field at an advanced level.    X
8. Creates projects and takes part in national and international projects.   X 
9. Analyzes and evaluates new and complex ideas and discussions created by the interaction of the field with other disciplines.   X 
10. Conducts leadership in environments that require solving original and interdisciplinary problems related to the field.  X  

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest