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
Mar. 24/14 NVivo software demo - Here is the link to register if you want to follow along on your laptop in class. There will be opportunity to type or verbally ask questions too: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/121530906
Mar. 16/14 Rigour and Counting Critique Circles - We will lead off the session this week with critique circles. You will read each others' pieces on the "culture of Tim's" to assess quality. Though you should read as many as possible, I have assigned you to groups, so focus on the two in your group first (jot down some notes, or mark up the piece with track changes and comments). The groups are as follows (alphabetical order): 1) Emily A, Houda, Kaitlyn 2) Michael, Cliff, Jen; 3) James, Brittany, Sarah; 4) Mark, Emily M., Van; 5) Lydia, Caren, Jonathan, Germaine. You do NOT need to upload a formal critique, just be prepared to discuss within your group.
Mar. 14/14 Readings update - As I indicated in class yesterday, I have changed the readings for next week. Specifically, I have removed three (they are now in strikethrough font) and I inserted the one about "new biker" culture, from the mini-ethnography assignment. You MUST, ABSOLUTELY read ALL of the material and write the mini ethnography, described here. High quality conversation depends on you reading the material. We have two empirical pieces to discuss next week, and the purpose is to think about them in terms of trustworthiness/quality/rigour. Likewise, you should be thinking about such issues as you write your mini ethnography. What makes it good?
Mar. 7/14 Roll your own - We are all going to write an ethnography or grounded theory of Tim Hortons. Brittany and Emily's ethnography activity sparked some good discussion about what makes for good enthnography and we agreed to extend this into an improptu assignment in lieu of a future critical appraisal. The details are here.
Jan. 2/14 Welcome - Currently we have 13 registered for the course - a nice sized group for this course.
First Class - is Jan 9, 2014 and is mainly organizational. Be prepared to sign up for your presentation topic in this session.
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 opens up further to those from other departments.
If you are a Geographer or
Sociologist, please sign up as soon as possible so I know the course
enrolment. 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, but we will have space in the Resources section of Owl to share these readings too.
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. In terms of the amount of reading each week, I think we would prefer in most instances 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 |
Cliff, Lydia |
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| 3 | NO CLASS - use time to pick a paper topic? | |||
| 4 | Feminist Approaches/Standpoint Methodology | Ch3, readings | Van, Houda |
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| 5 | Mixed Methods | Ch4, Ch5 | Mark, Emily A |
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| 6 | In-Depth Interviewing | Ch9, readings | Caren, Michael |
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| 7 | READING WEEK | |||
| 8 | Participatory Action Research | readings | Kate, Jen |
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| 9 | Ethnography and Grounded Theory | Ch20, Ch23, Prus 1997 | Emily M, Brittany |
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| 10 | Discourse and Text Analysis | P3 Opener, Ch15, reading |
John, James |
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| 11 | Qualitative Rigour and the
Role for "Counting"? (YES, you still need to do the readings for this week!) |
readings (new assignment inlieu of weekly critical summary) |
Jamie |
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| 12 | Interpretation, Coding and Computer-Assisted Data Analysis | Ch25, reading | Jamie |
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| 13 | Ethics | Ch24, readings | Sarah, Germaine |
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| No lecture Jan 31, 2013. | ||||
