Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• explain selected anthropological and cultural theories as a basis for empirical studies of technology and culture.
• present exemplary cases of techno-anthropological field studies
• explain ethnographic fieldwork as a mode of knowledge production

Skills

• compare methodological approaches within anthropology and ethnography
• conduct qualitative interviews and use different schemes for transcription and coding
• plan and carry out participant observation
• apply anthropological and cultural theories to reflect on and analyze cases and empirical material

Competences

• choose and justify the relevance of qualitative data collection methods in relation to a study of technology
• discuss and account for analytical opportunities and challenges in relation to social and cultural analysis of cases of scientific or technological development processes.

Type of instruction

Lectures, classroom instructions, exercises, seminars, case analysis, teacher feedback, reflection or project-oriented study group.

Exam

Exams