Interpretation and critique of research results 3402-10SIIKWB

https://www.badamykulture.pl

Topics covered:
1) Variable criteria for the "scientificity" of research: from positivism to Feyerabend's methodological anarchism

2) Where and how to learn interpretation + discussion of a selected example.

3) Researcher's scientific and non-scientific competencies useful in the interpretation process.

4) Minimum principles of scientific research (transparency of technique and reliability of method); Exercise:
Examples of application and violation of the principles.

5) Principles of creating descriptions in the social sciences. Discussion of selected examples.

6) Does research investigate what it was intended to investigate – and how to verify this – group analysis of tools, e.g., methods and specific questions.

7) Styles of scientific criticism – clean and dirty, explicit and implicit games in the world of scientists.

8) Critical analysis of quantitative research results – what raw data tell the researcher.

9) Critical Analysis of Quantitative Research Results – Data in the Research Report

10) Critical Analysis of Qualitative Research Results – Raw Data: Why the So-Called Illustrative Method Is Not a Scientific Method

11) Critical Analysis of Qualitative Research – Data in the Research Report

12) General and Specific Principles of Inference in the Social Sciences

13) General and Specific Principles of Justifying Results

14) Basic and Common Errors in Data Description and Interpretation

15) Model Interpretation (Several Classic Examples)

Type of course

elective courses
obligatory courses
general courses

Mode

Blended learning
Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Participants' completion of basic courses in social research methods is not required, but is encouraged. A prerequisite: an interest in empirical research and theories in sociology, anthropology, and other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. This course is designed to support the development of interpretive skills (which we de facto consider an art). We assume that the difficult art of interpretation is needed by those designing socio-cultural research, those analyzing and drawing conclusions from empirical materials, and also by those who want to learn the essential skill of properly critiquing theory, methodology, and research results themselves. The classes are also intended for those with a more practical mindset, as our work also includes projects for socio-cultural activities. In particular, we focus on analyzing errors and failures. In our opinion, the most effective method of working during classes is team analysis of existing communications, reports, and other research accounts.

Course coordinators

Barbara Fatyga
Aleksandra Zalewska-Królak

Learning outcomes

We assume that the classes will contribute to:
1) the development of socio-cultural imagination
2) the development of the ability to carefully observe and analyze the socio-cultural world
3) the development of independent, critical thinking skills
4) the development of teamwork skills, both on research results and on the design of socio-cultural activities

Assessment criteria

The following will be assessed:
1) active participation in classes;
2) a final paper consisting of a comprehensive review of a selected research project or socio-cultural activity project.

Practical placement

They are not expected for this subject.

Bibliography

1) Michael Scriven, Poglądy na naturę człowieka, (w:) T.V. Wann (red.), Behawioryzm i fenomenologia, Kraków: WUJ, 2002.

2) Paul Feyerabend, Przeciw metodzie, Wrocław: Siedmioróg, 1996, minimum – skrót – tezy z początku.

3) Katarzyna Kaniowska, Opis. Klucz do rozumienia kultury. Łódź: PTL – „Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne”, t. 39, 1999.

4) Paul Ricoeur, Teoria interpretacji: dyskurs i nadwyżka znaczenia, (w:) tegoż, Język, tekst, interpretacja, Warszawa: PIW, 1989.

5) Stefan Nowak, pojęcia i wskaźniki, rodzaje twierdzeń, uzasadnianie twierdzeń; empiryczna kontrola hipotez, wyjaśnianie zdarzeń, budowa teorii, (w:) tegoż, Metodologia badań socjologicznych, Warszawa: PWN, 1970.

6) Adam Podgórecki, O wynikach badań socjologicznych dotyczących niektórych zagadnień z pogranicza prawa i moralności, (w:) Etyka 1, 73-88 1966.

7) Antoni Sułek, Ogród metodologii socjologicznej, Warszawa: Scholar, 2002, roz. 3 i 5 (od s. 118), roz. 6.

8) Witold Bobiński, Mówił polonista z fizykiem, ale jakim językiem? Pokusy i zagrożenia zawłaszczania przez humanistów pojęć z nauk ścisłych, (w:) K.Bakuła, D. Heck, Efekt motyla.
Humaniści wobec teorii chaosu, Wrocław: Wyd. UWr., 2006.

9) Iwona Loewe, Laminarna i turbulentna historia autora i jego tekstu. Perspektywa kulturowo-lingwistyczna, (w:) K.Bakuła, D. Heck, Efekt motyla. Humaniści wobec teorii chaosu, Wrocław: Wyd. UWr., 2006.

10) Marcin Brocki, Antropologia społeczna i kulturowa w przestrzeni publicznej. Problemy, dylematy, kontrowersje, Kraków: WUJ, 2013, ss.60-111.

11) Henryk Rogacki, Problemy interpretacji wyników metod badawczych stosowanych w geografii społeczno-ekonomicznej i gospodarce przestrzennej, Poznań, WN Bogucki, 2003, ss. 11-21,31-42,135-142.

12) Adam Kuper, Kultura. Model Antropologiczny, Kraków:WUJ, 2005, roz. Cliford Geertz: kultura jako religia i jako wielka opera.

13) David Silverman, Interpretacja danych jakościowych, Warszawa: PWN, 2007, roz. Wiarygodność badań jakościowych.

14) Thomas S. Kuhn, Metafora w nauce, (w:) tegoż, Droga po strukturze, Warszawa: Sic!, 2003, ss.181-190.

15) Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont, Modne bzdury. O nadużywaniu pojęć z zakresu nauk ścisłych przez postmodernistycznych intelektualistów, Warszawa: Prószyński i Ska, 1998, rozdziały: Bruno Latour, Jean Baudrillard.

16) Agnieszka Kolasa-Nowak, Socjologia w badaniu przeszłości. Koncepcja socjologii historycznej Charlesa Tilly’ego, Lublin: UMCS, 2001, ss.40-56; 64-78.

FOR THE WORKSHOP PART: current research reports from CBOS, NCK and other companies and portals as well as examples of our research projects.

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