Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- explain theories about contested knowledge, public knowledge
controversies and controversy mapping
- explain theories about the learning potentials and democratic
potentials of controversies
Skills
- apply a range of digital/qualitative research tools such as web
crawls or bibliometric surveys to trace out the way in which issues
become controversial
- use dynamic visualisation tools to map controversies in an
accessible manner
- produce a website or a similar digital product that enables
participants in a controversy to ‘navigate’ the complexities of the
issue
- work collaboratively with large amounts of heterogeneous
data
- conduct visual network analysis
Competences
- approach the interplay between science and politics from a
practical perspective
- provide a navigational instrument to the participants in a
controversy
- develop and provide a narrative account of the results of the
controversy mapping
Type of instruction
Lectures, classroom instructions, exercises, seminars, case
analysis, teacher feedback, reflection.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Mapping Controversies |
Type of exam | Oral exam
Oral examination in which visualisations of controversies
(homepages) are presented and defended. |
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 |