Overordnede kursusmål:

The course objective is to hone the Ph.D. student’s skills in the reflexive engagement and treatment of his/her own empirical material vis-à-vis scoping and building of theory in the dissertation work.

The course’s focus is two-fold. First, on how theoretically informed methods and analytical devices may contribute toward an effective treatment of empirical material in the work of inquiry and synthesis in qualitative research. And secondly, how, the empirical insights thus gained, may, in turn, be directed toward further building of theory in the project at hand.

Course supervision will emphasize the individual participants’ Ph.D. projects, in relation to the course’s subject matter.

Læringsmål:

En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Work reflexively with his/her own empirical material in the scoping and building of theory.
• Take stock of ontological issues entailed in handling first-hand empirical material in terms of its gathering, treatment and dissemination.
• Invoke theoretical insights and analytical devices in the analytical treatment of empirical material.
• Engage analytical methods to frame issues under inquiry.
• Address processes of enrolling disparate, heterogeneous sources of knowledge.
• Consider his/her present framing of research questions, and possibilities for their further qualification and development through reframing.
• Communicate analytical challenges and methodological issues pertinent to one's realm of study.
• Actively engage the course contents to ongoing dissertation work.
• Discuss how one may position one’s work in relation to relevant scholarly and empirical fields.

Kursusindhold:

The course is intended for students with familiarity in STS, who are at a stage in their Ph.D. work, where the analysis of already gathered empirical materials is in focus. In the course the participant’s own Ph.D. projects will serve as the fulcrum for engaging with analytical challenges and methodological issues informed by theory.
The course addresses challenges and issues entailed in qualitative research, towards working reflexively with one's empirical material, and in the scoping and building of theory. This is done with basis in Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and engaging Science & Technology Studies (STS) more broadly.

Litteraturhenvisninger:

Kursuslitteratur

Bemærkninger:

The Ph.D. student should be at least a half-year into her/his Ph.D. studies at the time of enrolment in May.
Furthermore, prior to this, at least two-three months of empirical investigation must have been undertaken at the time of applying for the course.

Kursusansvarlig:

Yutaka Yoshinaka , Lyngby Campus, Bygning 372, Tlf. (+45) 4525 6065 , yosh@dtu.dk
Søsser Brodersen , sbro@plan.aau.dk