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Ethnography and Visualisation

Semester
E2022
Subject
Geography * / Plan, Town and Process * / Spatial Designs and Society * / By og Plan
Activitytype
master course
Teaching language
English
Registration

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Detailed description of content

The course is organized around the use of photography, observations and GIS in applied ethnography. The course consists of lectures and student exercises in photography, map-making and visualization at Roskilde University and self-organised fieldwork. The fieldwork is based upon a commercial case brief by Rødovre Municipality.

Lectures, workshops and presentations (subject to change):

1) Intro, consultancy work/ visualization/writing (Jonas Larsen 2 hours) 2) Visit to Rødovre Municipality and presentation of brief by head of planning Jesper Pagh (Jonas and Esbern 2 hours) 3) Visual ethnography and photography theories, approaches and tips (Jonas 2 hours) 4) Photography workshop based on own produced photographs from the fieldwork in Rødovre (Jonas 3 hours) 5) Ethnographic mapping (Esbern 4 hours) 6) Ethnographic mapping workshop (4 hours) based on own fieldwork (Esbern 4 hours) 7) Consultancy writing, presentation and visualization (lecture and workshop based on own writing (Jonas and Esbern 4 hours) 8) Student presentations at Rødovre Municipality (Esbern and Jonas 2 hours)

Prior to the course, students will have the possibility to take two course sessions in In-Design and Photoshop, if relevant for the student.

Expected work effort (ECTS-declaration)

Lectures: 21 Presentations in Rødovre: 4 Fieldwork: 19 Preparation and processing of fieldwork: 18 Preparation of power-point: 8 Exam: 27 hours (72 hours) Reading: 36 hours (6 hours for each of the 6 lectures) All together: 135 hours.

Course material and Reading list

More to be added

Pink, S. (2007). Doing visual ethnography. London: Sage. Chapter (3) Photography in Ethnographic Research

Ladner, S. (2016). Practical ethnography: A guide to doing ethnography in the private sector. Routledge.

Brennan-Horley, C., & Gibson, C. (2009). Where is creativity in the city? Integrating qualitative and GIS methods. Environment and Planning A, 41(11), 2595-2614. http://epn.sagepub.com/content/41/11/2595.abstract (Remember to open via RUC or VPN)

Boschmann, E. E., & Cubbon, E. (2014). Sketch maps and qualitative GIS: using cartographies of individual spatial narratives in geographic research. The Professional Geographer, 66(2), 236-248. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00330124.2013.781490 (Remember to open via RUC or VPN)

Kirk, A., Timms, S., Rininsland, Ǯ., & Teller, S. (2016). Data Visualization: Representing Information on Modern Web. Packt Publishing Ltd. Chapter 5

Krygier, J., & Wood, D. (2016). Making maps: a visual guide to map design for GIS. Guilford Publications. Chapter 2 and 6.

Evaluation- and feedback forms

the course will be evaluted at the end and students will receive oral feedback on their exam product

Administration of exams
IMT Studieadministration (imt-studieadministration@ruc.dk)
Responsible for the activity
Jonas Larsen (jonaslar@ruc.dk)
Jeremy Hektor Payne-Frank (jhpf@ruc.dk)
ECTS
5
Learning outcomes and assessment criteria
  • Knowledge and understanding:

  • Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of course methods

  • Skills:

  • Advanced use of ethnography, spatial analysis and visualisation

  • Able to assess and choose among the methods in a specific context

  • Able to reflect on data production

  • Proficiency in producing advanced visual presentations, graphics and communication

  • Competences:

  • Competence to organise, carry out and visualise own field studies at a high level based on a presentation from a company or organisation

Overall content

Ethnography and visualisation are progressions of the Ethnography and Special Analysis course in module 1. It provides advanced knowledge and understanding of and competences in representing and visualising various kinds of fieldwork through GIS-based maps and illustrations. Students learn consultancy work and to carry out fieldwork for companies or organisations.

Prerequisites for participation in the exam

Active, satisfactory and regular attendance. Active, satisfactory and regular attendance means

Attendance in at least 80% of lectures. Participation in fieldwork.

Participation in the teaching, which involves practical exercises, cannot be replaced by an exam.

Accordingly, the above cannot be replaced by a re-examination.

Teaching and working methods

Lectures, group work, exercises, student presentations and essay feedback.

Type of activity

Mandatory

Form of examination
Individual written take-home assignment given by the lecturer. The assignment must contain minimum 5 and maximum 15 self-produced visual presentations.

The character limit of the assignment is: 4,800-9,600 characters, including spaces.
The character limit includes the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices.

The duration of the take-home assignment is 3 days and may include weekends and public holidays.


Assessment: 7-point grading scale.
Form of Re-examination
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
Exam code(s)
Exam code(s) : U26752
Last changed 19/05/2022

lecture list:

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Friday 09-09-2022 08:15 - 09-09-2022 12:00 in week 36
Ethnography and visualisation (SDS)

Friday 16-09-2022 08:15 - 16-09-2022 12:00 in week 37
Ethnography and visualisation (SDS)

Friday 23-09-2022 08:15 - 23-09-2022 12:00 in week 38
Ethnography and visualisation (SDS)

Friday 30-09-2022 14:15 - 30-09-2022 18:00 in week 39
Ethnography and visualisation (SDS)

Friday 14-10-2022 08:15 - 14-10-2022 12:00 in week 41
Ethnography and visualisation (SDS)

Friday 21-10-2022 08:15 - 21-10-2022 12:00 in week 42
Ethnography and visualisation (SDS)

Friday 28-10-2022 08:15 - 28-10-2022 12:00 in week 43
Ethnography and visualisation (SDS)

Friday 04-11-2022 08:15 - 04-11-2022 12:00 in week 44
Ethnography and visualisation (SDS)

Friday 11-11-2022 08:15 - 11-11-2022 12:00 in week 45
Ethnography and visualisation (SDS)

Monday 14-11-2022 10:00 - Thursday 17-11-2022 10:00 in week 46
Ethnography and Visualisation - Written examination (SDS)

Tuesday 07-02-2023 10:00 - Friday 10-02-2023 10:00 in week 06
Ethnography and Visualisation - Written reexamination (SDS)