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SOCI 5113

Qualitative Methods

0.5 credits · Graduate

Fall 2024 · Qualitative Methods / Special Topics

Topics

  • § Develop our perspectives on epistemology, ontology and methodology
  • § Understand ethics and self-reflexivity in qualitative research
  • § Explore links between methodology and the construction of theory
  • § Understand distinct methods employed in qualitative research design
  • § Query social justice as an ontological commitment in research
  • § Learn design elements of a qualitative research proposal
  • § Develop university-level research, analytical and writing skills

Readings

  • Required: 1. Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches, 4th E. (2018), by John W. Creswell and Cheryl N. Poth.
  • Required: 2. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, 3rd E. (2021), by Linda Tuhiwai Smith (or earlier edition).
  • Required: 3. Qualitative Research in Action: A Canadian Primer, 4th Ed. (2021), by Deborah K. van den Hoonaard and Lisa Jo van den Scott.
  • 3. Carter, S. M., & M. Little (2007). Justifying Method, Taking Action: Epistemologies, Methodologies and Methods in Qualitative Research. Qualitative Health Research 17(10): 1316
  • 1. Parker, B. (2023) Anti-colonial praxis in community-based research in feminist food studies, The Research Handbook on Intersectionality, Mary Romero and Reshawna Chapple (Eds)
  • 2. Finlay, L., (2002). Outing the Researcher: The Provenance, Process and Practice of Reflexivity. Qualitative Health Research, 12(4): 531-45.
  • 3. Berger, R. (2015). Now I see it, Now I don't: researcher's position and reflexivity in qualitative research, Qualitative Research, 15(2): 219-234.
  • 1. Doucet, A. & Mauthner, N. S., (2002). Knowing Responsibility: Linking Ethics, Research Practice and Epistemology. In Ethics in Qualitative Research, edited by M. Mauthner, M. Birch, J. Jesop & T. Miller, pgs. 123-145.
  • Gover, R,M.S. (2008). Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Implications for Participatory Research and
  • 2. DeVault, M. L., (2004). Talking and Listening from Women’s Standpoint: Feminist strategies for Interviewing and Analysis, in Feminist Perspectives on Social Research, edited by S. Nagy Hesse-Biber & M. L. Yaiser, pgs. 227-250.
  • 3. Carpiano, R.M. (2009). Come take a walk with me: The go-along interview as a novel method for studying the implications of place for health and well-being, in Health & Place, 15: 263-272.
  • 4. Deakin H. and K. Wakefield. (2014). Skype Interviewing: reflections of two PhD researchers, Qualitative Research. 14(5): 603-616.
  • 1. Martin, D. (2012). Two-eyed seeing: a framework for understanding indigenous and non- indigenous approaches to indigenous health research. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 44(2): 20-42.
  • 5. Graveline, F. J., (2000). Circle as methodology: Enacting an Aboriginal paradigm, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 13:4, 361-370.
  • 2. Pope, C., Ziebland, S., and Mays, N. (2000). Analyzing Qualitative Data. British Medical Journal, 320: 114-116.
  • 3. Hsieh, H, F., and Shanon, S. E., (2005). Three Approaches to Qualitative Health Research, Qualitative Health Research. 15(9): 1277-1288.
  • 2. Frank, A. (2004). After Methods, the Story: From Incongruity to Truth in Qualitative Research, Qualitative Health Research 14: 430-440. On D2L
Fall 2016

Topics

  • methodology in qualitative research
  • § Understand methods employed in qualitative research design
  • § Understand significance of ethics and self reflexivity in qualitative projects
  • § Propose a qualitative project
  • § Understand the relationship between qualitative research and the construction
  • of theory
  • § Develop university-level research, analytical and writing skills

Readings

  • Required: 1. Qualitative Research in Action: A Canadian Primer, 2nd Ed. (2015), by Deborah K. van den Hoonaard.
  • Chapter 1 “Introduction” in textbook (pgs. 1-11)
  • Creswell, J.W., (2013). Philosophical Assumptions and Interpretive Frameworks, Chapter 2 in Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches, pgs. 15-41.
  • Carter, S. M., & M. Little (2007). Justifying Method, Taking Action: Epistemologies, Methodologies and Methods in Qualitative Research. Qualitative Health Research 17(10): 1316-28.
  • Broom, A., K. Hand & P. Tovey, (2009). The Role of Gender, Environment and Individual Biography in Shaping Qualitative Interview Data, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 12(1): 51-65.
  • Finlay, L., (2002). Outing the Researcher: The Provenance, Process and Practice of Reflexivity. Qualitative Health Research, 12(4): 531-45.
  • Manderson, L., E. Bennett & S. Andajani-Sutjahjo, (2006). The Social Dynamics of the Interview: Age, Class and Gender. Qualitative Health Research p. 1317-1334.
  • Chapter 2 “Asking Questions and Identifying Goals” in textbook (pgs. 12-33) Chapter 3 “Strategies for Designing Research” in textbook (pgs. 34- 54)
  • Creswell, J. W. (2013). Designing a Qualitative Study, Ch 3 in Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches, pgs. 42-68.
  • Chapter 4 “Ethics on the Ground: A Moral Compass” in textbook (pgs. 55-74).
  • Doucet, A. & Mauthner, N. S., (2002). Knowing Responsibility: Linking Ethics, Research Practice and Epistemology. In Ethics in Qualitative Research, edited by M. Mauthner, M. Birch, J. Jesop & T. Miller, pgs. 123-145.
  • Ryen, A. (2011). Ethics and Qualitative Research, Ch 23 in Qualitative Research, edited by D. Silverman, pgs. 416-438.
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