(28/11) Emmanuel Pannier and the Investigation Approach and Techniques through a PhD Thesis

Topic:Research approach and techniques: Data construction process in a doctoral dissertation on social networks in rural areas of the Northern Delta, Vietnam.

Time9:00 AM, Friday, November 28, 2008

LocationMultimedia Room, Museum of Anthropology, 3rd Floor, Building D, 336 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi.

Presenter:Emmanuel PANNIER- Master's degree, PhD candidate at IRSEA (Research Institute on South-East Asia)/Université de Provence, Aix-Marseille, France.

SummaryThe author hopes this presentation will be a discussion with you about the principles and research methods of anthropology and the social sciences. Through the case of a doctoral dissertation topic that the author is currently working on, the author wants to discuss the approaches, research methods, and concepts applied in a specific topic, aiming to discuss the research process and methods of an anthropologist in understanding and analyzing social reality.

The presentation consists of three parts. First, the author presents the selection of research methods and techniques for the dissertation topic. Next, the author provides specific examples of how these methods and techniques were used in the field. Finally, the most important part of the presentation is the author's reflections on the process of building the data for the dissertation. These reflections are based on several theories in sociology and anthropology, such as 'social network analysis', 'anthropology of relationships, gifts and interdependence', 'holistic approach', 'mediation approach', etc. Through specific illustrative examples, the author hopes to provoke our reflection on the unique characteristics of anthropology in particular, and social sciences in general, which, in my opinion, are deeply embedded in the precision of the research methodology.