Lab: Applied Qualitative Research
A.Y. 2026/2027
Learning objectives
Undefined
Expected learning outcomes
Undefined
Lesson period: Third trimester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Third trimester
Course syllabus
Lesson 1 Introduction to qualitative research: Research question and research design
Lesson 2 Doing fieldwork: definition, access to the field, research ethics
Lesson 3 Ethnography and participant observation 1: theory and practice
Lesson 4 Ethnography and participant observation 2: presenting results/ethnographic writing
Lesson 5 Interviewing: different types of interviews, planning and conducting interviews
Lesson 6 Mock interview session
Lesson 7 Focus groups
Lesson 8 Analysis and presentation of interview and focus group material
Lesson 9 Best practices, triangulation, other issues
Lesson 10 Student presentations, lab recap
Lesson 2 Doing fieldwork: definition, access to the field, research ethics
Lesson 3 Ethnography and participant observation 1: theory and practice
Lesson 4 Ethnography and participant observation 2: presenting results/ethnographic writing
Lesson 5 Interviewing: different types of interviews, planning and conducting interviews
Lesson 6 Mock interview session
Lesson 7 Focus groups
Lesson 8 Analysis and presentation of interview and focus group material
Lesson 9 Best practices, triangulation, other issues
Lesson 10 Student presentations, lab recap
Prerequisites for admission
The Lab is open to all students.
Teaching methods
The Lab alternates frontal lessons with practical exercises. There will be individual and group activities and student presentations.
Teaching Resources
Slides will be used and made available to students.
All readings are facultative.
· Moravcsik, A. (2014). Transparency: The revolution in qualitative research. PS: Political Science & Politics, 47(1), 48-53.
· Gonzalez-Ocantos, E., & Masullo, J. (2024). Aligning interviewing with process tracing. Sociological Methods & Research, 00491241241258229.
· Geertz, C. (2008). Thick description: Toward an interpretive theory of culture. In The cultural geography reader (pp. 41-51). Routledge.
· Kelemen, R. D., & Pavone, T. (2023). Where have the guardians gone? Law enforcement and the politics of supranational forbearance in the European Union. World Politics, 75(4), 779-825.
· Fox, J. E. (2013). The uses of racism: whitewashing new Europeans in the UK. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36(11), 1871-1889.
All readings are facultative.
· Moravcsik, A. (2014). Transparency: The revolution in qualitative research. PS: Political Science & Politics, 47(1), 48-53.
· Gonzalez-Ocantos, E., & Masullo, J. (2024). Aligning interviewing with process tracing. Sociological Methods & Research, 00491241241258229.
· Geertz, C. (2008). Thick description: Toward an interpretive theory of culture. In The cultural geography reader (pp. 41-51). Routledge.
· Kelemen, R. D., & Pavone, T. (2023). Where have the guardians gone? Law enforcement and the politics of supranational forbearance in the European Union. World Politics, 75(4), 779-825.
· Fox, J. E. (2013). The uses of racism: whitewashing new Europeans in the UK. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36(11), 1871-1889.
Assessment methods and Criteria
To obtain the 3 ECTS associated to the Lab, students have to participate in at least 80% of the Lab (16 hours out of twenty) and do the in-class activities and assignments.
There will be no final exam.
There will be no final exam.
GSPS-04/A - History and Institutions of the Americas - University credits: 3
Laboratories: 20 hours
Professor:
Kyriazi Anna
Shifts:
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