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