2023_24
Educational guide 
Faculty of Legal Sciences
A A 
english 
Bachelor's Degree in Social Work (2009)
 Subjects
  QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUES
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Topic 1: Introduction: anthropology and research The research process: ethnography, ethnology and anthropology - Emic and etic research perspectives - Covert and uncovered research - Qualitative and quantitative methodologies - Ethnography applied to social research - The ethnographic method and field work - Main qualitative techniques research - Data management: its analysis and presentation (write, translate, explain and interpret) - Cases and examples.
Topic 2: Design of a research project Reference guidelines for the preparation of a research project - Structure and essential contents of a research project: the different parts and processes - The applied perspective.
Topic 3: The observation and the participant observation The practice of observation and participation - Observational research: participant observation and non-participant observation - The attitude on the ground and the rapport - The observation record. the field diary - The participant experience in the context of field work: cases and examples.
Topic 4: Interview in depth Ethnographic interviews and their different types - Interview guide and types of questions - Recording and transcription - Cases and examples.
Topic 5: Biographical orientation interviews and life histories Oral sources and the biographical method in ethnographic research: life stories - Collection of oral stories and narratives - The procedure for preparing a life story - Cases and examples.
Topic 6: Other techniques: group interviews, audiovisual and digital techniques, and so on Group interviews - Current possibilities of digital technology for field work and ethnographic research: visual anthropology, network analysis, photography, digital technologies, postcards, paintings, etc. - Cases and examples.