BMET 25A10 - Qualitative methods workshop

BMET 25A10 · Semestre d'automne 2026-2027

Langue d'enseignement
English
Type d'enseignement
Atelier
Nombre d'heures
24
Crédits
5 · 3

Informations

Descriptif

This course examines qualitative methods in the social sciences. Students will explore a range of techniques—including ethnographic observation, interviews, visual analysis, and creative academic writing—and engage with key epistemological issues such as research design, refl exivity, and positionality. Particular attention will be paid to how researchers navigate fi eldwork in unequal or contested environments. Throughout the course, students will critically analyse selected studies and collaboratively develop their own research designs, applying qualitative methods in individual and collective research projects

Pré-requis

No prior knowledge is required. The course includes two readings per week. In addition to individual and collective research projects, students will complete a weekly creative writing exercise and study a list of paintings to be memorized throughout the semester.

Format pédagogique

In-person

Mode de validation

Oral presentation and vocabulary sheet (15% of the grade)

Film ethnographic quiz (10% of the grade)

Cocktail vernissage in class (20% of the grade)

“Paris is your oyster, go undercover” (25% of the grade)

Collective final paper (30% of the grade):

Lectures

Lectures principales 5

  1. Edelman, Murray Jacob. “From art to politics : how artistic creations shape political conceptions.” Chicago, Ill : University of Chicago Press, 1995.

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  2. Geertz, Clifford. “The Interpretation of Cultures,” New York, Basic Books, 1973.

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  3. Oliphant, Elayne. “The Privilege of Being Banal: Art, Secularism, and Catholicism in Paris,” University of Chicago Press, 2021.

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  4. Robert Emerson, Rachel Fretz and Linda Shaw. “Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes,” Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1995.

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  5. Weiss, Robert. “Learning from Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies,” New York, Simon and Schuster, 1995.

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Unités pédagogiques

N° d'UPType d'UP Unités pédagogiquesEnseignants Nombre d'heuresCrédits
15249Atelier Qualitative methods workshop Maria Katrina Bianca CORTEZ245
17990Report note année antérieure Qualitative methods workshop —243

Enseignants

  • Maria Katrina Bianca CORTEZ

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Contacts et ressources

Contact pédagogique
NICOULEAU Svetlana