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SVF-3903 From Fieldwork Experience to Ethnographic Film and Text - 60 stp


The course is administrated by

Institutt for samfunnsvitenskap

Type of course

The course is compulsory for students admitted to the Master's programme in Visual Anthropology. It may not be taken as a singular course.

Course overlap

SVF-3905 From fieldwork experiences to ethnographic film 30 stp

Course contents

The course aims to give the students basic research skills for utilising film and text as different means in the production and mediation of ethnographic research. During the course the students will produce a film and a written thesis.                             

Returning from fieldwork, the students will start to prepare the writing of their exam paper and the editing of their exam film. In the analysis of their fieldwork material, the course aims at utilizing images and texts as different modalities for producing anthropological knowledge. The film footage will be utilized for ethnographic descriptions and analysis, where film and text mutually inform and inspire each other. During the autumn term, the students will work on systematizing their empirical material for film and text purposes, and present a first draft of their thesis by the end of term. In the spring term the students will edit their exam film and finalize their written dissertation. Exam film and paper must be ready for evaluation by the end of May.


Objective of the course

Students who successfully complete this course should have achieved the following learning outcomes:

 Knowledge

 Skills

General competence


Language of instruction

All lectures, readings, assignments, seminar discussions and the final examination are conducted in English.

Teaching methods

Part of the teaching is organised in 'Film and text seminars' (approx. 40 hours), combined with lectures (approx. 35 hours).

The students present work-in-progress, both film and texts, in compulsory seminars. Students receive individual supervision throughout the film and text-making process. 


Assessment

Coursework requirements

Students shall complete and submit all the following coursework requirements to gain access to the final examination. 

Course attendance is compulsory, i.e. only valid absences will be approved. A minimum presence of 80 % is required.

Students shall have individual debrief discussions about their fieldwork.

During the autumn semester students shall submit:

During the spring semester students shall submit following:

The final examination is composed of three parts: Film (max. 30 minutes duration) Master's thesis (approx. 50 pages)

Oral examination (Approx. 60 minutes) The film and the thesis will count equally towards the final grade, the oral examination may confirm or adjust the evaluation.