Jamie Baxter   Jamie Baxter
Associate Professor - UWO Geography


Geography 9108 - Qualitative Methods in Social Geography
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GEOGRAPHY 9108
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Qualitative Methods in Social Geography - (Graduate Course)

3 lecture hours, half course, Winter

News

Mar. 30/12 Ethics readings- two readings have been added and uploaded to Owl.

Mar. 7/12 Ethnography-GT session additional reading-
a bonus reading by Prus has been uploaded to Owl.  No need to include this in your critical summary, but be prepared to discuss it.

Feb. 22/12 PAR session readings-
I changed the readings for the PAR session.  I have a few notes that Kemmis and McTaggert (one of the old readings) was "low value added" to what we have already read so far. Overall, I removed two and added two.  See the link below in the meetings table to the list of readings.

Jan. 13/12 Owl -
I have activated webctowl for the class and there is a link to the login in the menu on the left.

Jan. 12/12
Survey - those of you are registered in the course (and if you have not yet done so, please do, since there is a waiting list to get into the course) please fill out this survey about your research and expectations in the course.  Those of you who are also in the Design class, can do some copying and pasting (wink) - (please fill out both surveys).

Nov. 30/11 Course Full -
If somebody does not enroll or show up for class I will contact those of you who are on the waiting list.  If you are not one of the four I contacted indicating where you sit on the waiting list -  I doubt space will free up; I am not even sure how likely it is for the four on the list.

Nov. 25/11 Can you enroll?
- 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.


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.

Contact Information

Instructor Room Email
Jamie Baxter SSC 1407 jamie.baxter@uwo.ca

Timetable

Lect/Lab Day Duration Start Time End Time Room Instructor
Lect 001   3 hours       Baxter

Evaluation

Component Weight
Paper 45%
Seminar Presentation 30%
Participation/weekly assignments 25%

Readings

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...

Meeting Schedule

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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
Erin, Frederick
3   Feminist Approaches/Standpoint Methodology Ch3, readings Emmanuel, Maya
4   Mixed Methods  Ch4, Ch5 May, Liliana
5   In-Depth Interviewing Ch9, Ch10 Shenika, Jane
6 Participatory Action Research  readings Steve, Kun
7   READING WEEK 
8   Ethnography and Grounded Theory  Ch20, Ch23, Prus 1997 Dan, Jason
9   Discourse and Text Analysis P3 Opener,
Ch15, reading
Catherine, Nocole
10   Qualitative Rigour and the Role for "Counting"? readings Amanda, Collette
11   Interpretation, Coding and Computer-Assisted Data Analysis Ch25, reading Jamie
12   Ethics Ch24, readings Sarah
No lecture Jan 26, 2012.
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