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Field Work in Post-conflict Societies
DozentIn: Nadine Segadlo
Veranstaltungstyp: Blockseminar
Ort: 52/106: Mittwoch, 18.10.2023 16:00 - 18:00, 15/133: Freitag, 27.10.2023 09:00 - 17:00, Freitag, 10.11.2023 10:00 - 12:00, Freitag, 24.11.2023, Freitag, 15.12.2023 09:00 - 17:00, 15/113: Samstag, 13.01.2024 10:00 - 16:00
Zeiten: Termine am Mittwoch, 18.10.2023 16:00 - 18:00, Freitag, 27.10.2023 09:00 - 17:00, Freitag, 10.11.2023 10:00 - 12:00, Freitag, 24.11.2023, Freitag, 15.12.2023 09:00 - 17:00, Samstag, 13.01.2024 10:00 - 16:00, Ort: 52/106, 15/133, 15/113
Beschreibung: This seminar for M.A. students aims to provide an introduction to planning and conducting field work in post-conflict settings. This includes on the one hand critical reflections on prerequisites, aims and conditions of field work. On the other hand, it involves a familiarisation with selected methods often applied during field research. Thus, next to an engagement with research ethics and critical self-reflection in preparation for, during and after field research, this seminar places focus on qualitative interviewing, focus group discussions and quantitative survey design. These methods will be thoroughly discussed and practiced individually as well as in groups in the course of the seminar. More concretely, the seminar entails elements of blended learning. This means, there is content participants study independently and do assignments on. The block sessions then serve as room for exchange, feedback and discussion among students and with the lecturer.
Accordingly, the seminar is divided into two main parts: In the first part, the main foundational questions regarding field research are explored: what is field research? For what purposes is it used? What are benefits, challenges and problems? What aspects are particularly important when conducting field research in post-conflict contexts? These questions are reflected with particular emphasis on research ethics. In the second part, the focus is placed on selected methods commonly applied during field research in the social sciences. Here, students learn the foundations for qualitative interviewing, focus group discussions and survey design and practice the application of these methods. This is accompanied by critical discussions of opportunities and traps. To document their reflection process on the pros and cons of conducting field research during their studies, students will develop a portfolio that is going to be submitted towards the end of the semester.
