Università Roma Tre

TEACHING PROGRAM:
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).
EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
The teaching aims to provide student with knowledge and skill to be able to orient himself in the landscape of the epistemological assumptions of social research, of the ways, conditioning and constraints of the knowledge of social reality, of the method and techniques used by different social research approaches, of the criticisms that can be levelled at the most widespread sociological research instruments, and of the possible available alternative options.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, students:
- Have become acquainted with basic concepts and terminology of different sociological research approaches.
- Are able to orient themselves critically amongst the different research methodologies proposed by the sociology.
- Have increased their awareness of the constraints and of the forms of the sociological knowledge.
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: https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/smp/issue/view/457 ;
or °FRANCESCO SACCHETTI and ANDREA SPREAFICO (EDS.), "DIMENSIONI VISUALI DELLA PRATICA SOCIOLOGICA", EDIZIONI ALTRAVISTA, BRONI-PAVIA, 2017 (all the text).

TEACHING PROGRAM:
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).
EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
The teaching aims to provide student with knowledge and skill to be able to orient himself in the landscape of the epistemological assumptions of social research, of the ways, conditioning and constraints of the knowledge of social reality, of the method and techniques used by different social research approaches, of the criticisms that can be levelled at the most widespread sociological research instruments, and of the possible available alternative options.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, students:
- Have become acquainted with basic concepts and terminology of different sociological research approaches.
- Are able to orient themselves critically amongst the different research methodologies proposed by the sociology.
- Have increased their awareness of the constraints and of the forms of the sociological knowledge.
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: https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/smp/issue/view/457 ;
or °FRANCESCO SACCHETTI and ANDREA SPREAFICO (EDS.), "DIMENSIONI VISUALI DELLA PRATICA SOCIOLOGICA", EDIZIONI ALTRAVISTA, BRONI-PAVIA, 2017 (all the text).