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An introduction to participant observation and in-depth interviewing techniques along with a very brief overview of qualitative (grounded theory) and quantitative (content analysis) text analysis methods.
Topics
Topics
Ethnography and participant observation
Text analysis: (a) Grounded theory and (b) Content analysis
Coding & measurement
Required Reading
Required Reading
Borgatti. Introduction to Grounded Theory [html]
Borgatti. Participant Observation [html]
Borgatti. Coding [html]
Borgatti. What to look for when open-coding text [html]
Goodwin, Charles (1994). "Professional Vision." A merican Anthropologist 96(3):606-633 [pdf]
James Spradley. The Ethnographic Interview. Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch College Publishers. 0-03-044496-9 (whole book)
Wenger, E. Vignette 1. Communities of Practice. Cambridge. [htm]
Wenger, E. Vignette 2. Communities of practice. [pdf]
Discussion Points
Discussion Points
when to use grounded theory vs content analysis?
"coding is a tool used in studying how people code the world" -- discuss
what does Wenger's vignette approach accomplish?
discuss points of commonality between grounded theory and Spradlerian interviewing
the ethnographic sandwich
Additional Reading
Additional Reading
Flanagan, JC 1954. The critical incident technique. Pych Bull 51: 28-35. [pdf]
Borgatti. Notes on Spradley
American Anthropological Association. Statement on Ethnography and IRBs.
Strauss & Corbin. Basics of of Qualitative Research (whole book)
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