Cultural mapping and oral history: methodologies for community study
Peter Spearritt and Gwenda Davey
8 points
* One two-hour seminar per week
* First semester
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Clayton
Objectives This subject should enable students to carry out field projects both large and small within Australian communities and develop an understanding of the concepts of community and communitas (Victor Turner) as a guide to field research, appreciate both physical and psychological boundaries of community, and develop an understanding of the powers and limitations of oral history as evidence. Students will also acquire skills in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies for community study, including the use of census and related data, including Commonwealth and State archives and acquire specific skills in folkloric fieldwork and in constructing basic folklife archives.
Synopsis This subject will enable students to carry out field projects both large and small within selected Australian communities, and to acquire skills in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies for community study. Oral history will be regarded as a key methodology within this subject, and students will be expected to develop an understanding of the powers and limitations of oral history as evidence. Students will acquire skills in basic folkloric fieldwork and archiving methods. Fieldwork will require an average of two hours per week.
Assessment (8 points) Class paper of 1500 words: 25%
* Field project
of 1500 words: 25%
* Research essay/project of 4000 words: 50%
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