From the research workshop: inspirations and methodological debates 1600-SZD-N-ZWB-SOC

Knowledge (W; in Polish: “wiedza”) (the graduate knows and understands)
WG_01 to the extent enabling the revision of existing paradigms - the world’s achievements relating to theoretical
foundations as well as general and selected specific issues - relevant to a particular discipline within the social
sciences
WG_03 the methodology of scientific research in the field of the social sciences
WK_02 the economic, legal, ethical and other essential conditions of conducting scientific research in the field of the
social sciences
Skills (U; in Polish: “umiejętności”) (the graduate is able to)
UW_01 Take advantage of knowledge from different academic fields, in particular the social sciences to creatively
identify, formulate and innovatively solve complex problems or perform research tasks, especially:
− define the aim and subject of scientific research in the field of the social sciences, formulate a research
hypothesis,
− develop research methods, techniques and tools and use them creatively,
− Draw conclusions on the basis of research results
UW_02 critically analysing and evaluating the research results within the social sciences, of expert activities and other
creative work and their contribution to the development of knowledge
Social competences (K; in Polish” “kompetencje społeczne”) (the graduate is ready to)
KK_01 critically evaluate achievements within a given scientific discipline in the field of the social sciences
KK_02 critically assess one's own contribution to the development of a scientific discipline
KR_01 sustaining and developing the ethos of the research and artistic communities, including:
− conducting research in an independent manner,
− respecting the principle of the public ownership of scientific results, taking into account intellectual
property rights.

Other:
Deepening of methodological (self-)awareness, also concerning the social and political dimension of scientific research, first decisions about methodological approach

Description of requirements related to participation in classes, including the permitted number of explained absences: attendance, participation in discussions,
Principles for passing the classes and the subject (including resit session): as above
Methods for the verification of learning outcomes: as above,
Evaluation criteria: pass/fail

1/ David Henige, “Being Fair to the Hounds: The Function and Practice of Annotation”, History in Africa, 28 (2001), 95-127; Joseph Bensman, “The Aesthetics and Politics of Footnoting”, Politics, Culture, and Society, 3 (Spring 1988), 443-469; Betsy Hilbert, “Elegy for Excursus: The Descent of the Footnote”, College English, 4 (Apr., 1989), 400-404.
2/ Georges Didi-Huberman, Images in Spite of All: Four Photographs from Auschwitz, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2008 (or in Polish: Georges Didi-Huberman, Obrazy mimo wszystko, Kraków 2012).
3/ Diane P. Freedman, Olivia Frey (eds), Autobiographical writing across the disciplines: a reader, Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. [And in Polish: Maria Reimann „Opowiadanie niepełnosprawności. Esej autoetnograficzny”, Studia de Cultura 1 (2018); Małgorzata Melchior „Wymiary złożonej tożsamości jednostkowej. Kategorie teoretyczne na przykładzie osób słabowidzących” in: Janusz Mucha, Bożena Pactwa (eds), Status mniejszościowy i ambiwalencja tożsamości w społeczeństwach wielokulturowych, Tychy 2008; Michał Mokrzyn „Dziesięć wyznań albo krępujący chiazm: od etnografii neoliberalizmu do neoliberalnej etnografii”, Kultura i społeczeństwo 1 (2017); Katarzyna Kaniowska, „Krótko o źródłach autoetnografii”, Kultura i społeczeństwo 1 (2017)]
4/ George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”; Hannah Arendt, “Truth and Politics”
5/ Carlo Ginzburg, “Clues: Roots of an Evidential Paradigm”, in: Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method, transl. J. and A.C. Tedeschi, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989, p. 96-125 (or in Polish: “Tropy. Korzenie paradygmatu poszlakowego”, tłum. T. Sierotowicz, Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce 39 [2006], 8-65); Carlo Ginzburg, The Cheese and the Worms (Preface to the Italian Edition), transl. J. and A. Tedeschi, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992, p. xiii-xxvi (or in Polish: Ser i robaki [Wstęp], tłum. R, Kłos, Warszawa: PIW, 1989, s. 7-24).
6/ Carlo Ginzburg, „Just One Witness”, in: Threads and Traces. True, False, Fictive, transl. A.C. and J. Tedeschi, Berkeley: University of California Press 2012, p. 165-179; selected essays in: Sybille Krämer, Sigrid Weigel (eds), Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture, London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017; additional reading: Aurélia Kalisky, „D’une Catastrophe épistémologique. La catastrophe comme négation de la mémoire”, in: Thomas Klinkert, Günther Oesterle (Hg.), Katastrophe und Gedächtnis, Berlin/New York: De Gruyter, 2013, p. 18-74.
7/ Pierre Bourdieu et al., The Weight of the World. Social Suffering in Contemporary Society, transl. P. Parkhurst Ferguson et al., Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999, p. 1-22; Devi Sacchetto, Emiliana Armano, Steve Wright, “Coresearch and Counter-Research: Romano Alquati’s Itinerary Within and Beyond Italian Radical Political Thought”, Viewpoint Magazine online: https://viewpointmag.com/2013/09/27/coresearch-and-counter-research-romano-alquatis-itinerary-within-and-beyond-italian-radical-political-thought/

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