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Sociology 624, Fall 2015 Professor: Kathryn Henderson

Office: Rm. 415 Academic Bldg. (845-9706) [email protected]

Soci 624 Qualitative MethodsRequired Texts:

Emerson Cont empo rary Field Research (research) 2nd

EdEmerson, Fretz, Shaw Writ ing Ethnog raphic Fieldno tes (fieldnotes)- any Ed.Denzin, Norman K Interpretive Interactionism

Adele E. Clarke Situat ional Analysis: ….. After the Postmodern Turn Kathy Charmaz Constructing Grounded Theory

eRP electronic Readings Packet in e-Campus

Recommended (distributed presentation in class)Whyte Street Corner Society - any ed.Burawoy, Blum, George, Gille, Gowan, Haney, Klawiter, Lopez, O'Riain & Thayer

Global Ethnog raphy MacLeod Ain 't No Makin' It - any ed.

Luker Dubiou s Conception s: Poli t ics of Teenage Pregnancy

Duneier Sidewalk

Recommended Reference Works:

Marshall & Rossman Designing Qualitative Research - any ed.Howard

Becker Writing for Social Scientists

Denzin & Lincoln Handbook of Qualitative Research (HQR)

Denzin, Lincoln, Tihiwa Smith Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies

WEEK 1: Introduction and Orientation (Wed. Sept. 2)

READ IN CLASS:Miner: "Body Ritual among the Nacerima"Naryayan: "Participant Observation" from Women Writing Culture

READ:Emerson: (Research) Preface, Introduction, Part 1 intro, ch 1-Geertz Denzin: ch 1, "Interpretive Criteria in the Seventh Moment",

ch 2, "The Interpretive Point of View" Clarke: ch 1: Pushing and Being Pulled Around the Postmodern Turn

WEEK 2: Ethnography of Qualitative Work (Wed. Sept 9) * journal assignment- a day in your life- due

* IRB training certificate:

* ONLY those working on thesis, dissertation, publication, sensitive subject. (Sensitive subject matter

allowable for thesis/ dissertation, only): Submit IRB approval or IRB application

READ: Emerson (Research) ch 3-Atkinson Emerson et al: (Fieldnotes) preface & ch. 1 & 2Denzin: ch. 6: "Thick Description"Clarke Ch 2:” From Chicago Ecologies to Situational Analysis.” Charmaz: Constructing Grounded Theory ch.1.

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WEEK 3: (Wed. Sept. 16) Ethics, alliances and politics *silent observation due

READ:

From texts:Emerson, (Research), Ch. 6 Baca Zinn, Ch.12 LeoEmerson et al (Fieldnotes ) ch. 5

From electronic Reading Pack in eCampus (eRP)Battiste. 2008. “ Research Ethics for Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage:

Institutional and Researcher Responsibilities,” in Denzin, Lincoln, Tihiwa SmithHandbook of Cri tical and I ndigenous Methodologies (henceforth HCIM)

Cannella and Manuelito, 2008. “Feminism From Unthought Locations: Indigenous Worldviews,Marginalized Feminisms, and Revisioning an Anticolonial Social Science,” in Denzin,Lincoln, Tihiwa Smith (HCIM above).

Denzin, "The Sixth Moment" (especially Feminist Communitarian Ethics)

Blee & Currier. 2011.“Ethics Beyond the IRB”, introduction in Qualitative Sociology, Special Issue on

Ethics Beyond the IRB. 34: 401-413 (and selected articles). Available through “articles” at TAMU Library Website: http://library.tamu.edu

ASA Code of Ethics [reference] (ASA web page) (recommended) http://www.asanet.org/documents/teaching/pdfs/Quick_Tips_for_ASA_Style.pdf

WEEK 4: (Wed. Sept. 23) Observation, Power, and Access: developing an identity &

place in the field site*genealogy due

Field study topic DUE READ:

Emerson (Research) Ch 2 Wieder, ch. 9 Warren, ch. 11 Emerson & PollnerEmerson et al (Fieldnotes ) ch. 3

Denzin: ch. 3 “Securing Biographical Experience” & Ch 4 “The Interpretive Process” eRP: Dunbar , 2008. “Critical Race Theory and Indigenous Methodologies,”

in Denzin, Lincoln, Tihiwa Smith (HCIM above).Fine, Tuck & Seller Berkman. 2008. “Do You Believe in Geneva? Methods & Ethics at the

Global-Local Nexis,” in Denzin, Lincoln, Tuhiwa Smith (HCIM above)

WEEK 5: (Wed. Sept 30) Interviews in Context*exploratory interview due

READ:

Emerson (Research) ch. 4: Hammersley, ch.5: Goffman, ch.8: Kondo, ch.10: Thorne

Emerson et al (Fieldnotes ) ch. 4 Denzin: ch 5: "Situating Interpretations"eRP: Weiss, Learning from Strangers, ch. 4

Ellis, Kiesinger, Tillmann-Healy: “Interactive Interviewing”Krog, Mpolweni-Zanysi, Ratele. 2008. “The South African Truth and Reconciliation

Commission (TRC): Ways of Knowing Mrs Konile” in Denzin, Lincoln,Tihiwa Smith (HCIM above).

Fontana & Frey, “Interviewing...” ch 22 HQR (recommended)

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WEEK 6: (Wed. Oct. 7) Learning from Exemplary Studies I: critique of a classic* field site access progress report due, (1 page statement)AND your consent formREAD:

Whyte, Street Corner Society (chapter presentations dispersed throughout class)

eRP: Street Corner Society Revisited (Jrnl. of Contemporary. Ethnography in

WEEK 7: (Tues Oct. 14) Analyzing Data I, Grounded TheoryREAD:

Charmaz: Constructing Grounded Theory chs. 3-6Emerson et al (Fieldnotes ) ch. 6

eRP: Strauss and Corbin, Grounded Theory (selections)From Strauss & Corbin, Grounded Theory in Practice:

Charmaz: "Identity Dilemmas of Chronically Ill Men"Star & Bowker: "Of Lungs & Lungers: Classification: Tuberculosis"

WEEK 8: (Wed. Oct. 21) Analyzing Data II, Epistemology and Alternatives 1

st set field notes from your study site due

READ:

Emerson: Becker: "The Epistemology of Qualitative Research &"Tricks of the Trade"Denzin: ch. 7: "Doing Interpretation"

ch 8: "Conclusion: On Interpretive Interactionism"eRP: Tomaselli, Dyll, & Francis, 2008. “’Self’ and ‘Other’: Auto-Reflexive and Indigenous

Ethnography” in Denzin, Lincoln, Tihiwa Smith (HCIM above). Adams and Holman Jones, 2008 “Autoethnography is Queer” in Denzin, Lincoln,

Tihiwa Smith (HCIM above).Recommended Barton, Bernadette. 2011. “My Auto/Ethnographic Dilemma: Who Owns the Story”

in Qualitative Sociology, Special Issue on Ethics Beyond the IRB. 34: 431-445.

Available through “articles” at TAMU Library Website. http://library.tamu.edu

WEEK 9: (Wed. Oct.28) New Turns in Theory and Methods I:

Situated Knowledge & Discourse READ: Clarke: from Situational Analysis: Grounded Theory after the Postmodern Turn

ch 3: “Situational Maps & Analysis”

ch 4: “Turning to Discourse(s) eRP: Haraway: "Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism

and the Privilege of Partial Perspective"Clarke, Friese, Washburn, eds. 2015. Situational Analysis in Practice: Mapping Research

with Grounded Theory-introductory chapters Marshall & Rossman, Designing Qual. Research, handout to inform writing grant proposal







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WEEK 10: New Turns in Theory and Methods II:

Situational Analysis and Issues in Mixed Methods (Nov. 4)2

nd set Fieldnotes for individual projects due with initial coding

*Grant Proposal methods section for your project DUE eRP:

Clarke, Friese, Washburn, eds. 2015. Situational Analysis in Practice: Mapping Research

with Grounded Theory-exemplary chapters Denzin, Moments, Mixed Methods, and Paradigm Dialogs Qualitative Inquiry 2010 16:

419 originally published online 23 March 2010

Learning from Exemplary Studies II: methods/ theory comparisonsREAD: selectively, choose one to report to class

(readings will be distributed among class members, covered collectively)Burawoy, Blum, George, Gille, Gowan, Haney,Klawiter, Lopez, O'Riain ,Thayer Global Ethnography OR

MacCleod, Ain't No Makin' It OR

Luker Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy OR

Duneier Sidewalk

WEEK 11: (Nov. 11) New Turns in Theory and Methods II:

Visual Discourses, Methods plus Artifacts3

rd set of fieldnotes from your study site with coding due READ: Clarke: from Situational Analysis: Grounded Theory after the Postmodern Turn

ch 6: “Mapping Visual Discourses”

eRP: Henderson: “The Political Career of a Prototype” Winner, “Can Artifacts Have Politics?”Fallows: "The American Army and the M-16 Rifle"

Recommended: Harper, “...Visual Methods” Ch. 25 from HQR

Week 12: (Nov 18) Student presentations in class start (Nov. 18)

DUE: Rough outline of project paper based on major themes, thus far, supported with field

dataBe prepared to present your findings orally in class from here out: may be informal work- in-progress; should cover major themes found with supporting observations or quotations shared in a

handout or power point.

Thinking about closure and writingREAD:

Charmaz: Constructing Grounded Theory chs.7 & 8Emerson et al (Fieldnotes) ch. 7 & 8

eRP: Coffey: "Romancing (read 'leaving") the field" & "Writing the Self"Rossman & Rolls: "Presenting the Learnings” ch. 8Jones with Jenkins. 2008. “Rethinking Collaboration: Working the Indigene-Colonizer

Hyphen,” in Denzin, Lincoln, Tihiwa Smith (HCIM above)



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Week 13: Nov 25 - Reading Day, no classes: work on themes, oral presentation, paper

Nov. 26 _ Thanksgiving

WEEKs 14 & 15: Dec. 2 & Dec. 9 Student Presentations continue

Due Monday Dec. 14, date of assigned final: Final Draft of paper.

(Degree candidates, paper due Friday Dec. 11)

Grading: Grade Scale

Participation in discussion/reading presentation 10% A 90 – 100% Exercises 20% B 80 -- 89%

Proposal 10% C 70 -- 79%

Fieldnotes 25% D 60 -- 69%

Research Paper 35% F 59% &below

100% The sum of the parts is more

than the sum of the whole – Everything is important

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