Læringsutbytte

After completing the course, the candidate should

• Have been introduced into Philosophy of Science and research methodology,
• Have been introduced into various “knowledge landscapes” of heterogeneous character within practice based research,
• Have been introduced into Culture Studies with emphasis on «making» aspects as a common object of studies.
• Have the ability to position one’s own research project within the “landscapes” and to have strengthened his/her initial epistemological competence and intellectual self-confidence, especially of those who have their background in practice-based fields.

Innhold

The course is organized as a pre-conference to MAKING – an International Conference on Materiality and Knowledge in Notodden 24^th – 27^th September. The pre-conference course will consist of two main parts.

Part 1, beginning on the 1^st of September 2012:

• required reading of Course Literature
• writing a pre-course assignment.
• participation in the pre-conference on-site course 17^th to 21^st September, lectures and individual and group work during the pre-conference course.

The following issues will be raised in part 1:

• Introduction to the history of science
• Epistemology
• Methodology
• Humanities, Making Professions, and the aesthetic disciplines as sub-fields of Culture Studies
• Introduction to the ethics of research

Part 2, beginning on the 24^th of September 2012

• participation in the conference
• reading the texts suggested by the keynote speakers,
• writing of an academic article under the guidance a supervisor.

Arbeids- og læringsformer

This course will be built on the principle that new knowledge has to be read about, used and related to in one’s own text, presented orally and visually, and discussed by peers and tutors.

Peer-learning in teams of 2 and 3, will be used. This mode of learning is supposed to strengthen the PhD students’ competence in critical thinking, approaching demanding texts, in managing complex interdisciplinary assignments and projects, in communicating research and development work, and in participating in debates in the field in the broad field of Culture Studies in an international context.

In addition to these methods, regular lectures will be given.

Vurderingsformer

Part 1

Reading of Course Literature and writing a pre-course assignment.

Assessment scale: Pass / Fail

Participation in the pre-conference on-site course 17^th to 21^st September.

Assessment scale: Pass / Fail

Part 2

Participation in the conference,

Assessment scale: Pass / Fail

Academic article.

Assessment scale: Pass / Fail

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