K0SP 2005 - METHODE QUALITATIVE DE SCIENCES SOCIALES NIVEAU 1

Deux cours : un en français et un en anglais/Two courses: one in English and one in French.

Français :Le cours a pour objectif de présenter les principales méthodes qualitatives utilisées en sciences sociales. A partir notamment de la lecture et de la discussion de textes qui utilisent, présentent ou analysent ces méthodes, il permettra aux étudiants de s’initier aux différentes méthodologies et aux outils disponibles : entretiens, observation participante, ethnographie, travail d’archive, utilisation de sources visuelles. L’enseignement abordera également les enjeux relatifs à l’interprétation des données et à l’écriture en sciences sociales.

Anglais: The objective of this course is to provide students with an overview of how to advance their research while building on their own creative insights. Key questions addressed in the course will include the following: epistemological issues, research strategies, ethnographic observation, archival research, interviewing, digital ethnography, international comparisons/connections, as well as writing challenges. Students will become familiar with a diversity of sources and research methods, including visual and audio sources, sensory ethnography, and virtual sociology. They will increase their observation skills, devise original ways of interrogating and documenting specific topics, and learn how to reflect upon their daily environment. An additional purpose of the course is to allow students to historicize current discussions around research skills, knowledge, and the social uses of the social sciences.

This semester, the course will take place online, using Zoom technology. This setup will provide an opportunity to address several issues key to the understanding of today’s life: How do we relate to factuality online? How do we learn and through which media? What kinds of presence are crafted in physical absence? How do senses and perceptions adjust to this form of experience? Do we develop virtual attachments and if so, in what do they consist? How do we shuttle between online/offline worlds? Students will be asked to observe their own uses of digital technologies and practices within virtual worlds, and to apply these observations to their own research work. Most sessions will follow a bipartite format: 1. An introduction to a specific method/source; 2. A section devoted to what sociologist Howard Becker calls the “tricks of the trade” (building a case; writing an introduction/conclusion; making and using a table of contents, etc.). Throughout, a wide range of research themes will be covered (identities, violence, issues of gender/class/races, etc.). The readings have been selected so as to highlight the diversity of rhetorical styles, writing techniques, and ways of defining robust knowledge available in the literature.

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Seminaire de 2 heures par semaine.

Français :

Participation en classe 20 %

Lectures : 40 % Les textes à lire à chaque séance seront présentés et discutés par un groupe de 2 ou 3 étudiants (oral, 30 minutes maximum).

Travail écrit : 40% - Date de rendu : le 15 décembre 2021 au plus tard

La note finale sera obtenue en pondérant de la manière suivante les trois exercices :

• Participation 20%
• Lectures 40%
• Travail écrit 40%

Anglais :

Students will be assessed based on the quality of their Zoom oral presentation, their final paper, and their individual participation in class discussions. The presentations should not exceed 15 minutes. The use of PowerPoint presentations is welcome. In addition, each student will be asked to formulate a research project focusing on methodological issues, and write a final assignment (10 pages, TNR 12, single spaced, plus interview transcripts and/or appendixes). The research project will account for 40% of the grade. By week 7 students are expected to submit a preliminary topic for their research paper by email. The final draft will be due one week after the end of the semester.

Français : Réalisation de deux entretiens (préparation, conduite, transcription de l’un des deux et commentaire/analyse d’environ 10 pages portant sur la méthode). Les entretiens peuvent être menés sur une thématique qui sera définie en lien avec le cours de méthode qualitatives S2 ou sur une thématique en lien avec le projet de mémoire le cas échéant.

Anglais : The final grades will be obtained in the following way:

• Oral presentation (of the readings or sources) 40%
• Final paper 40%
• Participation in Zoom discussions 20%