Associate Professor - UWO Geography
Geography 9108 - Qualitative Methods in Social Geography
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Qualitative Methods in Social Geography - (Graduate Course)
3
lecture hours, half course, Winter
Jan.14/13 Presentation signup - Please check that I put you in the right spot in the meetings table.
Jan.10/13 Getting to know you... - We will do an icebreaker in class, but I find a survey also helps. The idea is to get your thoughts and expectations about the course. You need to register with a UWO username.
Dec. 27/12 Students outside Geography and Sociology - I have 16 students from Geography and Sociology in the course, and the cap is 18 so I can only take two from the waiting list. I have already emailed the first two people on the waiting list. I appreciate the interest in the course. There is the off chance that somebody already signed up is intending to audit (and I do not allow audits given the demand for the course) but, if I have not emailed you today - I suggest you make other plans for Winter 2013. I will be offering it again at least once next Fall or Winter.
No audits - Al students must take this course for grades. If you are only interested in an audit, please withdraw from the course, thanks.
Dec. 17/12 Geographers and Sociologists- I am opening up the course to those on the waiting list starting this Thurs. Dec. 20. If you are taking the course sign up online immediately.
Nov. 25/11 Can you enroll? - (this post is from 2011, but is typical of the last few years) At this point it looks doubtful if you have not already been given permisison to enroll. I have 18 spots and I have given permission to 17 students already. The course is open to Geographers first, then Sociologists, then first-come-first-served campus wide. I am waiting to confirm numbers from the Geography and Sociology grad admins. As you likely know you cannot self-register for courses online until Dec 5. so it is difficult to confirm if students will follow through with their intentions to take the course even if I have given them permission to enroll. That is, if you have not yet been given permisison to take the course there is a glimmer of hope. Given this situation, there will be no audits. I will post a message soon letting those of you outside Geography and Sociology still awating permission to take the course know your status.
Description
This course
introduces students to epistemological issues that distinguish
qualitative from
quantitative methods and provides an overview of several of the main
types of
qualitative research methods. It also considers ethical issues and data
analysis and management challenges that are associated with qualitative
research. Students will use the knowledge that they gain in this course
to
write a research paper.
May I take this course? Cap is 18 students.
Due
to an arrangement between Geography and Sociology - students from those
departments are allowed to sign up first (until about mid Dec.) then
the course is open to those who have approached me asking for
permission to take the course. If you are a Geographer or
Sociologist, please sign up as soon as you can. If you are
interested in the course and are outside of these two departments
contact me and ask me to put you on the waiting list. Check the news section for updates on this topic.
Format
Classes are led by student facilitators each
week and are based on the assigned readings. The group of
facilitators can organize the class discussion any way they like which
might include: a formal summary of the readings, a
Powerpoint or similar presentation, a handout, and excercise, questions
to stimulate discussion.
| Instructor | Room | |
| Jamie Baxter | SSC 1407 | jamie.baxter@uwo.ca |
Timetable
| Lect/Lab | Day | Duration | Start Time | End Time | Room | Instructor |
| Lect 001 | 3 hours | Baxter |
| Component | Weight |
| Paper | 45% |
| Seminar Presentation | 30% |
| Participation/weekly assignments | 25% |
Text: Nagy
Hesse-Biber, S. and Leavy, P. 2004. Approaches to
Qualitative
Research: A reader on Theory and Practice. Oxford
University Press. (available through online sellers)
Additional readings: Some sessions will include additional readings (see schedule below). Most of these readings are available through journals to which UWO has free on-line subscriptions.
Substitute readings?: If you have a reading you would like to substitute into your session, please contact me to discuss at least a week ahead of your session. I think we would prefer to replace an existing reading, rather than add more...
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| W | Date | Topic | Reading | Student Seminar Facilitator/Leaders |
| 1 | Organizational Class Meeting | please fill out this survey | students will select a presentation session | |
| 2 | Paradigms | P1 Opener Ch1, Ch2 |
Evan, Brennan |
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| 3 | Feminist Approaches/Standpoint Methodology | Ch3, readings | Lucie, Elizabeth |
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| 4 | Mixed Methods | Ch4, Ch5 | Godfred, Faith |
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| 5 | In-Depth Interviewing | Ch9, Ch10 | Fatih, Wes |
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| 6 | Participatory Action Research | readings | Cindy |
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| 7 | READING WEEK | |||
| 8 | Ethnography and Grounded Theory | Ch20, Ch23, Prus 1997 | Andrea, Johnathan |
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| 9 | Discourse and Text Analysis | P3 Opener, Ch15, reading |
Jeanette, Krista |
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| 10 | Qualitative Rigour and the Role for "Counting"? | readings | Emily |
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| 11 | Interpretation, Coding and Computer-Assisted Data Analysis | Ch25, reading | Sarah, Leanne |
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| 12 | Ethics | Ch24, readings | Natahnee, Laura |
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| No lecture Jan 31, 2013. | ||||
