SOSM5 Research Methods in Social Sciences (5 credits)

PhD Methods Course, Doctoral Program in Social Sciences (5 credits)

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Discursive Psychology and Membership Categorization Analysis

Teacher: Professor Elizabeth Stokoe, University of Loughborough

Time: Monday March 31st & Wednesday April 2nd, 9:15 – 16:00

Place: Linna, room 6017

The aim of this course is to introduce two related methods for analysing talk and text: Discursive Psychology (DP) and Membership  Categorisation Analysis (MCA).The course will be organized around  lectures and practical exercises, with all the data supplied.

On  completing this course, students will be able to:
analysing talk and text: Discursive Psychology (DP) and Membership  Categorisation Analysis (MCA).

The course will be organized around lectures and practical exercises, with all the data supplied.

On completing this course, students will be able to:
·  Understand the development and basis of DP and MCA
·  Identify and use some of DP’s and MCA’s analytic objects
·  Understand the relationship between DP, MCA and other methods of analysis, including conversation analysis
·  Develop research questions using DP and MCA
·  Conduct DP and MCA on different types of discourse data.

In order to gain 5 credits the students will take part in both course days and return an exercise/essay on the course subjects. You can also take part in lectures only, in which case no credits are given.

More information: johanna.ruusuvuori@uta.fi

For MA students: Registration for the course in NettiOpsu, deadline 21.3.

Kurssia suositellaan opiskelijoille, jotka käyttävät tai harkitsevat käyttävänsä pro gradu -työssään tai väitöskirjassaan diskursiivisia/jäsenyyskategorisointiin perustuvia menetelmiä.