Università Roma Tre

-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 .

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).

-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 .

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).