Program Overview

AAU Modules

Ethnographic Methods

Content, Progress, and Pedagogy of the Module

Learning Objectives

Knowledge

• Explain selected anthropological and cultural theories as a basis for empirical studies of technology and culture.
• Present exemplary cases of techno-anthropological field studies.
• Explain ethnographic fieldwork as a mode of knowledge production.

Skills

• Compare methodological approaches within anthropology and ethnography.
• Conduct qualitative interviews and use different schemes for transcription and coding.
• Plan and carry out participant observation.
• Apply anthropological and cultural theories to reflect on and analyze cases and empirical material.

Competences

• Choose and justify the relevance of qualitative data collection methods in relation to a study of technology.
• Discuss and account for analytical opportunities and challenges in relation to social and cultural analysis of cases of scientific or technological development processes.

Type of Instruction

Lectures, classroom instructions, exercises, seminars, case analysis, teacher feedback, reflection or project-oriented study group.

Exam

Exams

• Name of exam: Ethnographic Methods
• Type of exam: Oral exam
• ECTS: 5
• Assessment: 7-point grading scale
• Type of grading: Internal examination
• Criteria of assessment: The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures.

Facts about the Module

• Danish title: Etnografiske metoder
• Module code: TBTANK20104
• Module type: Course
• Duration: 1 semester
• Semester: Autumn
• ECTS: 5
• Language of instruction: English
• Empty-place Scheme: Yes
• Location of the lecture: Campus Aalborg, Campus Copenhagen
• Responsible for the module: Lars Botin, Lars Bo Henriksen
• Used in: Curriculum for the Master's Programme in Techno-Anthropology, 2020, Copenhagen; Curriculum for the Master's Programme in Techno-Anthropology, 2020, Aalborg

Organisation

• Study Board: Study Board of Techno-Anthropology and Sustainable Design
• Department: Department of Sustainability and Planning
• Faculty: The Technical Faculty of IT and Design