Using Foucault’s Methods
Date:
16/04/2018 - 30/04/2018
Organised by:
University of Liverpool
Presenter:
Dr Nicole Vitellone
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Leah Linton at lintonl@liverpool.ac.uk
Map:
View in Google Maps (L69 7ZQ)
Venue:
Seminar Room 4, Rendall Building
Bedford Street South, Liverpool
Description:
Michel Foucault’s work has been influential in a wide range of disciplines. This module introduces students to the uses of Foucault’s theory and method in the social sciences.
The module is structured over three sessions to provide insight into the ways Foucault’s technique and method have been taken up in sociology and applied to social research. Focusing on discourse as a cornerstone of Foucault’s methods, our aim is to reconsider the status of ‘reality’ in the social sciences.
Covering his key texts we address Foucault's method as an important device for studying power and society. In so doing the module seeks to engage students with the uses of Foucault's method for social science research and social inquiry.
Cost:
£100 (audit) or £150 (accredited)
Website and registration:
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/engage/events/2017-2018/social-research-methods/using,foucaults-methods/
Region:
North West
Keywords:
Epistemology, Discourse Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Theory and Methods of Inference, Regression Methods
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Epistemology
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Descriptive Statistics
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Regression Methods