Научно-исследовательский семинар "Экономика города: этнографические исследования" (2024/2025 учебный год)

Бакалавриат 2024/2025

Статус: Курс по выбору (Социология и социальная информатика)

Направление: 39.03.01. Социология

Где читается: Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук

Когда читается: 4-й курс, 1-3 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Балацюк Елизавета Сергеевна, Епанова Юлия Валентиновна, Кресникова Елизавета Витальевна, Крупец Яна Николаевна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

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Abstract

The following research seminar is focused on the sociological study of everyday economic practices and sites that you can find in a modern city (for example, different types and sites of consumption, practices of the informal economy, creative economic projects, etc.). In this course we would like to combine two research areas: economic sociology and urban studies. The course is aimed, on the one hand, at analyzing the modern urban economy, and on the other hand, at mastering the skills of conducting ethnographic research. The first module will focus on reading key texts from the field of sociological studies of urban economics. The second module will discuss in detail the specifics of ethnographic research methodology. Modules three and four will focus on an empirical research project.

Learning Objectives

The aim of the course is to enhance students' knowledge in the field of economic sociology and urban studies, as well as to develop their skills in ethnographic research of economic practices in a modern metropolis.

Expected Learning Outcomes

The student knows the basics of the sociological approach to studying the economy in the city
The student knows how to properly conduct ethnographic research
The student can organize and conduct fieldwork - collect empirical data and create a database
The student is able to analyze qualitative data
The student can write an analytical report
The student is able to present the results of the analysis

Course Contents

1. Reading club
2. Urban ethnography
3. Fieldwork
4. Analysis

Assessment Elements

Reading
Reading key texts on the relevant topics and creating content maps/diagrams of the sources
Research Design
The students in small research teams develop the design of the ethnographic research
Data collection
The collection of the empirical data and the formation of the data set.
Data Analysis
To conduct the analysis of the data, to prepare the report and the presentation of the results

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 3rd module
0.3 * Data Analysis + 0.3 * Data collection + 0.2 * Reading + 0.2 * Research Design

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Aspers, P., & Dodd, N. (2015). Re-Imagining Economic Sociology. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1200997
Doing ethnography, Gobo, G., 2010
Duneier, M., Kasinitz, P., & Murphy, A. K. (2014). The Urban Ethnography Reader. New York City: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=675768
Elliot, A., Norum, R., & Salazar, N. B. (2017). Methodologies of Mobility : Ethnography and Experiment. New York: Berghahn Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1369588
Hammersley, M., & Atkinson, P. (2019). Ethnography : Principles in Practice (Vol. Fourth edition). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2102503
Rukmini, S. (2017). Academic Research Writing: An Overview and Process. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.7CED46CD
The Sage handbook of new urban studies, , 2017
The SAGE handbook of new urban studies. (2017). Sage. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.pure.buas.nl.publications.39995f50.7d44.4ea4.b4d6.bab1adbd77be
van Nes, A. and Yamu, C., 2021. Introduction to Space Syntax in Urban Studies. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Beckert, J., & Dewey, M. (2017). The Architecture of Illegal Markets : Towards an Economic Sociology of Illegality in the Economy. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1561435
Ethnography and virtual worlds : a handbook of method, Boellstorff, T., 2012
Imbroscio, D. L., & Davies, J. S. (2010). Critical Urban Studies : New Directions. Albany: State University of New York Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=343793
International encyclopedia of economic sociology, , 2006
Robin M. Boylorn, & Mark P. Orbe. (2014). Critical Autoethnography : Intersecting Cultural Identities in Everyday Life. Routledge.
The economic sociology of capitalism, , 2005
The Handbook of economic sociology, , 2005
Tittenbrun, J. (2011). Economy in Society : Economic Sociology Revisited. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=524366

Authors

EPANOVA YULIYA VALENTINOVNA
KRUPETS Iana NIKOLAEVNA
Ильина Мария Ивановна

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