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 Science
& Technology Studies (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 to three months of
empirical investigation must have been conducted, at the time of
applying for the course.
Sidst opdateret
05. december, 2016
