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An advanced course in social scientific methodology aims to equip students to competently select and apply a given method for the collection, treatment and analysis of data, for the purpose of illuminating an academic problem. The course enables students to argue for the applicability and relevance of the method to the problem, and to master the techniques of the method at a professional level.

The topic of the course is discourse analysis as a tool to study and understand politics and governance. The aim of the course is twofold: (A) to take stock of discourse analysis as a tool to study politics and governance and especially (B) to supply guidelines for carrying out discourse analysis to advance our understanding of politics and governance. This course equips students to apply discourse analysis including the collection, treatment and analysis of data, for the purpose of illuminating an academic problem. The course enables students to argue for the applicability and relevance of discourse analysis to the problem, and to master the techniques of discourse analysis at a professional level.

In this course, students will learn empirical methods for studying language use in various institutional contexts.

1. What is discourse and what is discourse analysis: introduces key concepts in discourse analysis.
2. Discuss the main approaches to discourse analysis
3. Approach hands-on how to design and carry out a discourse analysis.

The students will learn to apply discourse analysis and critical reflect on the practices of discourse analysis.

The topic of the course is discourse analysis as a tool to study and understand politics and governance. The aim of the course is twofold: (A) to take stock of discourse analysis as a tool to study politics and governance and especially (B) to supply guidelines for carrying out discourse analysis to advance our understanding of politics and governance. The interest in discourse analytical approaches to politics has grown considerably since the 1990s in Europe and beyond. While much ground has been covered conceptually, empirically, and to some extent in terms of the development of analytical frameworks, there are still significant challenges to discourse analysis as an approach to the study of governance and politics. This includes how discourse analytical approaches ‘speak’ to other types of theoretical and analytical frameworks directed at the study of politics and governance, how we can further develop our research designs and ultimately improve our understanding of politics and governance. These are the foci of this course. The course takes a hands-on approach to analysing discourse. In addition to brief presentations by the lecturers, the course is largely based on class and group discussions, exercises and student presentations. This course equips students with skills to enable them to apply discourse analysis as a methodological tool kit including the collection, treatment and analysis of data, for the purpose of illuminating an academic/real-life problem. The course enables students to argue for the applicability and relevance of discourse analysis to the problem, and to master the techniques of discourse analysis at a professional level.

Course material consists primarily of academic articles.

Class teaching: 20 hours.

Other: 25 hours including peer review/presentations/exercises.

Preparation: 50 hours (5 hours per session).

Examination: 40 hours including repetition of all the literature and preparation of written exam.

Total: 135 hours.

Campus

This study activity is not part of ISE's evaluation rotation this semester, so it is not evaluated by the ISE Admin (by questionnaire).

1 Introduction /Kennet Lynggaard

2 Critical Discourse Analysis /Allan Dreyer Hansen

3 Hegemony Analysis /Allan Dreyer Hansen

4 Genealogical Analysis /Peter Triantafillou

5 Governmentality Analysis /Peter Triantafillou

6 Student Presentations /Kennet Lynggaard

7 Analysing Policy Discourse /Kennet Lynggaard

8 Analysing Emotional Discourse /Kennet Lynggaard

9 Narrative Analysis /Kennet Lynggaard

10 Visual Discourse / Kennet Lynggaard

At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to:

• Explain and assess, using appropriate terminology, the advantages and disadvantages of collecting and analysing data using the given methodology

• Apply the given method confidently and independently to a specific academic issue

• Reflect on research ethical issues relating to the method

• Communicate the results obtained through the application of the method in an academically precise manner.

Explain and assess, using appropriate terminology, the advantages and disadvantages of collecting and analysing data using the given methodology

Apply the given method confidently and independently to specific analytical and real world issues

Reflect on research ethical issues relating to the method of discourse analysis

Communicate the results obtained through the application of the method in an academically coherent manner.