IBSO4200 – Digital approaches to Ibsen Studies

Course content

This course will introduce you to selected digital approaches that are used and being developed in Ibsen Studies. The Centre for Ibsen Studies is a world-leading institution in developing digital methods for research in the Humanities. We look at a wide range of methods in the course of a semester, including text interrogation, data visualisation, mapping, network analysis, and using virtual reality technology in theatre research. We will be engaging with the digital archives, databases and models hosted by the Virtual Ibsen Centre, including HISe, IbsenStage and the VR model of Komediehuset. The theoretical and methodological focuses may vary from semester to semester.

Learning outcome

Upon completing the course, the student should be able to

  • discuss the common digital methods used in Ibsen Studies and Humanities in general;
  • curate, clean, organize data and generate visualizations that can support a research argument
  • write basic codes and queries relevant to Ibsen studies;
  • interpret Ibsen’s works, the adaptations of his works and their use world-wide through data interrogation and visualization;
  • analyze, assess and critique others’ use of digital methods in humanities research;
  • apply the different digital methods in one’s own research projects;

Admission to the course

To be eligible for this course, you must be enrolled in the following master`s program:

Ibsen studies online (programme option)

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If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

A fundamental knowledge of Ibsen’s works and their adaptations in other media.

Overlapping courses

Teaching

This course consists of three modules, amounting to approximately 14 weeks of work. Each module has specific focuses on different themes. The form of teaching combines video lectures, video interviews, podcasts, written instructions, video or written feedback from the teacher, group discussions on Canvas, peer reviews, and group projects.

Each module has an obligatory assignment, which the student should submit before moving on to the next module.

Approved obligatory activities are valid for the next two semesters.

Examination

Each module has an obligatory assignment, which the student should submit before moving on to the next module. Revisions of these assignments are then submitted in a portfolio as the final exam. In other words, this course has portfolio exam as the form of its final exam.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

More about examinations at UiO

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Facts about this course

Level
Master
Credits
10
Teaching
Spring
Offered for the first time spring 2027
Examination
Spring
Teaching language
English

Contact

Centre for Ibsen Studies