See the information published on the web page of the course of Social Research Methodology (all valid also for the Laboratory of Social Research Methodology).
teacher profile teaching materials
THE COURSE AIMS AT DEALING WITH FOUR MAIN SUBJECTS: A) THE GNOSEOLOGICAL AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ITS SOCIAL CONDITIONINGS; B) THE STANDARD RESEARCH APPROACH IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, THAT IS THE “METHOD OF THE ASSOCIATION”. IN THIS PHASE VARIOUS TOPICS WILL BE EXAMINED: E.G., SAMPLE, PROPERTY, OPERATIVE DEFINITION, VARIABLES, INDICATORS, ETC.; C) IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUE, THE COURSE WILL IN PARTICULAR CONSIDER THE QUALITATIVE UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW, THE ANALYSIS OF WRITTEN TEXTS AND EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS, THE OBSERVATION, THE STUDY OF THE VISUAL DATA; D) SOME APPLICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES OF VISUAL RESEARCH IN SOCIOLOGY (E.G., THE VIDEO-RECORDING).
-Requirements:
NONE.
-Teaching methods:
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF CLASSROOM LECTURES. IN SOME OCCASIONS, EXPERTS IN A PARTICULAR TOPIC WILL BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN LESSONS DEALING WITH A SPECIFIC SUBJECT, IN ORDER TO OFFER STUDENTS USEFUL IN-DEPTH TEACHING.
-Assessments:
IN THE PRESENCE DURING THE LECTURES. FINAL ORAL EXAMINATIONS AT THE END OF THE COURSE WILL TAKE PLACE DURING PLANNED REGULAR SESSIONS IN JUNE-JULY, SEPTEMBER, JANUARY-FEBRUARY AND SO ON, IN THE DATES, HOURS AND LOCATIONS PUBLISHED ON THE ELECTRONIC PAGE OF PROF. SPREAFICO. THE POSSIBILITY AND FORMS OF AN INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION WILL BE DECIDED DURING THE COURSE.
-Further information:
FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING OFFICE CONSULTING HOURS FOR STUDENTS, OFFICE LOCATION, EXAMINATION DATES AND LOCATIONS, AND NEWS, PLEASE VISIT PROF. SPREAFICO ACADEMIC WEB PAGE ON THE FOLLOWING LINK: http://www.formazione.uniroma3.it/BachecaDocente.aspx?code=015551 .
2) DAVID SILVERMAN, “MANUALE DI RICERCA SOCIALE E QUALITATIVA”, CAROCCI, ROME, 2008. ITALIAN EDITION BY GIAMPIETRO GOBO (CHAPTERS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).
3) FRANCO CRESPI, “CONOSCENZA E SOCIETÀ”, CAROCCI, ROME, 2007 (all the text).
4) as an alternative:
or °ANDREA SPREAFICO, "TRACCE DI ' SE' ' E PRATICHE SOCIALI. UN CAMPO D'APPLICAZIONE PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA SITUATA E VISUALE DELLE INTERAZIONI INCARNATE", ARMANDO EDITORE, ROME, 2016 (all the text);
or °ANDREA SPREAFICO, MARINA CIAMPI, BARBARA PENTIMALLI and FRANCESCO SACCHETTI (EDS.) (2016), “SOCIOLOGIA, IMMAGINI E RICERCA VISUALE”, in “SOCIETÀMUTAMENTOPOLITICA. RIVISTA ITALIANA DI SOCIOLOGIA”, 7, 14 (from p. 1 to p. 314, except chapters by Sormani and Harper), available for free download at: http://www.fupress.net/index.php/smp/issue/archive .
or °FRANCESCO SACCHETTI and ANDREA SPREAFICO (EDS.) (2017), "DIMENSIONI VISUALI DELLA PRATICA SOCIOLOGICA", EDIZIONI ALTRAVISTA, BRONI-PAVIA (all the text).
Programme
-Contents (subject):THE COURSE AIMS AT DEALING WITH FOUR MAIN SUBJECTS: A) THE GNOSEOLOGICAL AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ITS SOCIAL CONDITIONINGS; B) THE STANDARD RESEARCH APPROACH IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, THAT IS THE “METHOD OF THE ASSOCIATION”. IN THIS PHASE VARIOUS TOPICS WILL BE EXAMINED: E.G., SAMPLE, PROPERTY, OPERATIVE DEFINITION, VARIABLES, INDICATORS, ETC.; C) IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUE, THE COURSE WILL IN PARTICULAR CONSIDER THE QUALITATIVE UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW, THE ANALYSIS OF WRITTEN TEXTS AND EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS, THE OBSERVATION, THE STUDY OF THE VISUAL DATA; D) SOME APPLICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES OF VISUAL RESEARCH IN SOCIOLOGY (E.G., THE VIDEO-RECORDING).
-Requirements:
NONE.
-Teaching methods:
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF CLASSROOM LECTURES. IN SOME OCCASIONS, EXPERTS IN A PARTICULAR TOPIC WILL BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN LESSONS DEALING WITH A SPECIFIC SUBJECT, IN ORDER TO OFFER STUDENTS USEFUL IN-DEPTH TEACHING.
-Assessments:
IN THE PRESENCE DURING THE LECTURES. FINAL ORAL EXAMINATIONS AT THE END OF THE COURSE WILL TAKE PLACE DURING PLANNED REGULAR SESSIONS IN JUNE-JULY, SEPTEMBER, JANUARY-FEBRUARY AND SO ON, IN THE DATES, HOURS AND LOCATIONS PUBLISHED ON THE ELECTRONIC PAGE OF PROF. SPREAFICO. THE POSSIBILITY AND FORMS OF AN INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION WILL BE DECIDED DURING THE COURSE.
-Further information:
FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING OFFICE CONSULTING HOURS FOR STUDENTS, OFFICE LOCATION, EXAMINATION DATES AND LOCATIONS, AND NEWS, PLEASE VISIT PROF. SPREAFICO ACADEMIC WEB PAGE ON THE FOLLOWING LINK: http://www.formazione.uniroma3.it/BachecaDocente.aspx?code=015551 .
Core Documentation
1) ALBERTO MARRADI, “METODOLOGIA DELLE SCIENZE SOCIALI”, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2007. EDITED BY RITA PAVSIC AND MARIA CONCETTA PITRONE (CHAPTERS: I, II, IV[PARAGRAPHS 3, 4 AND 5], V, VI, VII, VIII, X).2) DAVID SILVERMAN, “MANUALE DI RICERCA SOCIALE E QUALITATIVA”, CAROCCI, ROME, 2008. ITALIAN EDITION BY GIAMPIETRO GOBO (CHAPTERS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).
3) FRANCO CRESPI, “CONOSCENZA E SOCIETÀ”, CAROCCI, ROME, 2007 (all the text).
4) as an alternative:
or °ANDREA SPREAFICO, "TRACCE DI ' SE' ' E PRATICHE SOCIALI. UN CAMPO D'APPLICAZIONE PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA SITUATA E VISUALE DELLE INTERAZIONI INCARNATE", ARMANDO EDITORE, ROME, 2016 (all the text);
or °ANDREA SPREAFICO, MARINA CIAMPI, BARBARA PENTIMALLI and FRANCESCO SACCHETTI (EDS.) (2016), “SOCIOLOGIA, IMMAGINI E RICERCA VISUALE”, in “SOCIETÀMUTAMENTOPOLITICA. RIVISTA ITALIANA DI SOCIOLOGIA”, 7, 14 (from p. 1 to p. 314, except chapters by Sormani and Harper), available for free download at: http://www.fupress.net/index.php/smp/issue/archive .
or °FRANCESCO SACCHETTI and ANDREA SPREAFICO (EDS.) (2017), "DIMENSIONI VISUALI DELLA PRATICA SOCIOLOGICA", EDIZIONI ALTRAVISTA, BRONI-PAVIA (all the text).
Reference Bibliography
-Supplementary optional reading materials: - Harvey Sacks (Eds. Enrico Caniglia, Andrea Spreafico, Federico Zanettin) (2017), "Fare sociologia", Altravista, Broni (PV), series Teoria e ricerca sociale e politica. - Andrea Spreafico and Tommaso Visone, “Categorie, significati e contesti. Una questione rilevante per gli studi sull’uomo”, Mimesis, Milan, 2014. - Enrico Caniglia, “Devianza e interazione sociale”, Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN), 2016. - Alberto Marradi (Ed.), "Oltre il complesso d'inferiorità. Un’epistemologia per le scienze sociali", Franco Angeli, Milan, 2016. - Piergiorgio Corbetta, “La ricerca sociale: metodologia e tecniche. Vol. I: I paradigmi di riferimento”, il Mulino, Bologna, 2015 (new edition). - Silvia Doria, “La sicurezza in costruzione. Etnografia di un cantiere: uno sguardo pratico sulla sicurezza sul lavoro”, Carocci, Rome, 2014. - Martyn Hammersley, “Il mito dell’evidence-based. Per un uso critico della ricerca sociale applicata”, Raffaello Cortina, Milan, 2016.Type of delivery of the course
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF CLASSROOM LECTURES. IN SOME OCCASIONS, EXPERTS IN A PARTICULAR TOPIC WILL BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN LESSONS DEALING WITH A SPECIFIC SUBJECT, IN ORDER TO OFFER STUDENTS USEFUL IN-DEPTH TEACHING.Attendance
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF CLASSROOM LECTURES. IN SOME OCCASIONS, EXPERTS IN A PARTICULAR TOPIC WILL BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN LESSONS DEALING WITH A SPECIFIC SUBJECT, IN ORDER TO OFFER STUDENTS USEFUL IN-DEPTH TEACHING.Type of evaluation
Final oral examination in scheduled summer, autumn and winter exam sessions.