OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 12
OCTOBER
1 Continue with Spradley - Catch-up and review
3 Starting data collection
--Interviewing: Spradley - Step 2 (pp 55-77)
5 Spradley, pp 78-119
8 Spradley, pp 120-184
10 In-class interviews (finish pp 120-184)
12 No Class - ICA student Prison tour to Angola
15 No Class - ICA student Prison tour to Angola
17 Coding lecture: Spradley - pp 185-203
19 TBA
22 Complete Spradley (review and catch-up)
24 Conceptual analysis lecture
26 PAPER #3 DUE (TBA)
29 Building on concepts and themes
31 Building on concepts and themes (con't)
NOVEMBER
2 Lecture: Dramaturgy
5 --In-class consultations
7 --In class consultations
9 --NO CLASS - Field trip
12 Goffman & "expression gaming"
14 Goffman - presentation of self 16
16 In-class consultations
19 (draft of PAPER #4 due (for those wanting comments over break)
21 & 23 = no class: Thanksgiving
26 Paper #4 due (the required time): Lecture: Intro to grounded theory
28 Grounded theory (con't)
30 In-class consultations and review
DECEMBER
3 --Grounded theory (conclusion);--Paper #5 (OPTIONAL) due
5 --Lecture: Conceptual summary
7 --NO CLASS: WORK ON YOUR PAPERS
10 --FINAL EXAM - 12 to 1:50
FINAL PAPERS DUE at noon sharp
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ASSIGNMENTS: AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 30
AUGUST
27 --Introduction to Ethnography & Ethics
29 --Kirk & Miller (Validity/Reliability): Pp 9-41
31 --Kirk & Miller (Validity/Reliability): Remainder (pp 42-73)
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SEPTEMBER
3 --NO CLASS -- LABOR DAY
5 --Ethics & research: Three Studies: Are they ethical?" - be prepared
to answer the
questions at the end in class discussion on Wednesday
--Also read: Read "Dirty Data"
--Suggested background reading: IRBs, Ethics, and field research
7 --Begin Spradley (Part I: pages 3-39)
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10 --Summary of ethnography; Introduction to data-gathering and methods
Read "The man who would not die."
12 --Spradley: Pp 45-77 (up to Step 4)
14 --Review (Paper #1 due)
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17 Chosing a research method
19 Getting started: READ Spradley, pp 17-54
21 NO CLASS - start working on paper #2
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24 NO CLASS - KEEP WORKING ON YOUR PAPERS
26 NO CLASS - INVEST TIME IN KEEP WORKING ON YOUR PAPERS
28 -- PAPER #2 due!
--Discussion of papers
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OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
The assignments for October and November will be put up
about Sept 10 after we have a sense of course progression,
because after October 1 we will focus heavily on data
collection and analysis, making sure everybody is caught up,
and we will be doing less reading and more class interaction
in discussing your papers and data.
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