Duration
15h Th, 15h Pr, 30h FW
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims at learning and practising the skills that will allow the students to build their methodological approach and to develop all the stages of their research in anthropology based on ethnographic examples, texts and exercises.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The students will have a broader understanding of the different stages and components of anthropological research: from adopting a reflective stance to the immersive approach, from the construction of the subject in the field to developing a research question, from ethnographic description to documented and argued writing. They will be introduced to the requirements of participant observation and various methodological tools.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
ANTH0007-1 "Anthropology: approach and practice of fieldwork"
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Readings, exercises, discussions, ethnographic fieldwork (30h).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Face-to-face course.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège
Further information:
Articles wiil be proposed by the professors and other documents selected by the students for their work.
The reading portfolio will be available at the university press. The articles will also be uploaded on eCampus, along with the slideshows and other supplementary materials used in class.
See "Course materials".
Written work / report
Further information:
- Intermediate Assignment: 15%
- Final Assignment: 85%
See detailed instructions in the course materials on eCampus and/or in the reading portfolio available at the university press.
Evaluation Criteria for the Intermediate Assignment:
- State and describe an ethnographic "gaffe"
- Analyze this "gaffe"
- Explain the heuristic value of this "gaffe"
- (Reflexivity, creativity/originality)
- Translating the initial question into an anthropological problem and reflection. The transition from the initial question to the anthropological question must be clearly articulated, as well as the theoretical concepts or propositions used.
- Methodology: clarity and relevance of the presentation and references used.
- Exploration of the problem statement.
- Reinvestment of acquired knowledge (lectures, presentations, exercises, 3 texts from the reading portfolios of both methodology courses in anthropology taken).
- Use of bibliographic sources on the topic (at least 2 relevant anthropological references not included in the reading portfolios + a key concept correctly defined and referenced).
Submission deadline for the second session: 20/08/2025
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The class will take place during the first semester.
Contacts
Elodie Razy: elodie.razy@uliege.be
Office 2.36 (B31)
Léa Collard : lea.collard@uliege.be
Office 2.40 (B31)
Association of one or more MOOCs
There is no MOOC associated with this course.