AANB11078U MASCOT - Mapping of Scientific Controversies
BA/MA Elective course
Course package (MSc 2015): Knowledge, organisation and politics
Today, addressing societal challenges often relies on complicated technological and scientific knowledge about which experts are not always in agreement. For example, genetically manipulated foods, energy supplies, climate change, environmental risk assessments, stem cells, vaccines or pharmaceuticals are often surrounded by unsettled scientific debate and discussion. Moreover, expert disagreement can also shape social and cultural issues such as heritage, multiculturalism, economic forecasts, or legal norms.
The aim of Mapping Scientific Controversies is to enable students to map, analyse and graphically visualize these kinds of technological and/or scientific controversies, primarily through the use of digital methods and tools (such as NaviCrawler and Gephi). In doing so, students will gain essential competences for navigating in global knowledge and risk societies
Through the course students will achieve – by acquiring relevant analytical knowledge and methodological skills that will allow them to design and carry out a mapping of a scientific controversy – competencies that will allow them to:
A) Search for, collect and process large quantities of data in order to document in detail and map out a multi-dimensional social phenomenon (in the form of a controversy)
B) Carry out an analysis of a self-chosen technological and/or scientific topic on the basis of a controversy’s temporal and spatial dynamics, as well as its networks and actors
C) Use and show aptitude for a range of tools and visualization techniques which are used to communicate and publish a self-chosen controversy in the form of a website.
D) Locate a technological and/or scientific controversy within contemporary social, cultural and political dynamics by using key social scientific concepts
Students enrolled at Department of Anthropology:
7,5 ECTS
BSc, international and credit students: 500 Pages
MSc students: 500 Pages + 200 Pages chosen by students
Students enrolled at Department of Sociology:
7,5 ECTS
BSc, international and credit students: 600-700 Pages
MSc students: 600-700 Pages
10 ECTS
BSc, international and credit students: 800 Pages
MSc students: 800 Pages
Literature chosen by students must be relevant to the course’s subject matter.
Exam Preparation: 34
Project Work: 130
Seminar: 50
Course Preparation: 61
Total: 275 hours
- Category
- Hours
- Course Preparation
- 43
- Exam Preparation
- 16
- Project work
- 105
- Seminar
- 42
- Total
- 206
International- and credit students; read about application
here:
International
students/Credit
students
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 under invigilationOral exam:
Project groups are expected to develop a website on which to present and visualise the self-chosen technological and/or scientific controversy. A hyperlink to the website must be uploaded via the Digital Exam system prior to the specified course deadline. Oral exams will be held with each group on the basis of the website. Examiners will ask questions related to the mapped controversy, course literature and digital methods - Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Re-exam
1. re-exam:
A new exam must be submitted at the announced date. The students must sign up for the 1. re-exam.
2. re-exam:
A new exam must be submitted at the announced date next semester. The students must sign up for the 2. re-exam.
Criteria for exam assesment
See learning outcome
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 under invigilationOral exam:
Project groups are expected to develop a website on which to present and visualise the self-chosen technological and/or scientific controversy. A hyperlink to the website must be uploaded via the Digital Exam system prior to the specified course deadline. Oral exams will be held with each group on the basis of the website. Examiners will ask questions related to the mapped controversy, course literature and digital methods - Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Re-exam
1. re-exam:
A new exam must be submitted at the announced date. The students must sign up for the 1. re-exam.
2. re-exam:
A new exam must be submitted at the announced date next semester. The students must sign up for the 2. re-exam.
Criteria for exam assesment
See learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- AANB11078U
- Credit
- See exam description
- Level
- BachelorBachelor choice,Full Degree Master,Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
- Placement
- Spring And Block 3
- Schedule
- See timetable
- Study board
- Department of Anthropology, Study Council
Contracting departments
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
Course responsibles
- Ayo Wahlberg (12-647c72317a646b6f6568756a436471776b7572316e7831676e)
- Anders Blok (3-64656f43767266316e7831676e)