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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Diāna Kiščenko
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Social Anthropology
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Sociology; Social Anthropology

Objective

To gain practical skills for ethnographic fieldwork. During the course, students acquire skills in several methods and techniques that can be used in anthropology (e.g. field note-taking; coding of materials using specialised software). The content of the course is combined with the knowledge acquired in the course Anthropological Research Methods on the basic methodological principles and spectrum of methods of social anthropology.

Prerequisites

Prior basic knowledge of anthropology, basic principles thereof.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

The student is familiar with the central methods and approaches used in social anthropology.

Skills

The student is able to: conduct observation/participant observation; make fieldwork notes; develop interview guidelines; conduct a semi-structured qualitative interview; apply creative and experimental research methods; analyse the data obtained using software.

Competence

The student independently develops an ethnographic research design, selecting the necessary qualitative research methods, and analyses the empirical material.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Social Anthropology, SAM3Master’sRequiredDiāna Kiščenko, Agnese Bankovska, Klāvs Sedlenieks