Graduate School Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty Training Programme
FASS513 Approaches to Qualitative Analysis
Module description
This module addresses issues associated with the analysis of qualitative research materials. It is designed specifically for research students who:
- are in the mid to later stages of their projects,
- have some understanding of the principles of qualitative research (eg those who have already taken FASS510: Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences)
- have already collected some data of their own.
The aim is to combine a) examination of the theoretical underpinnings of qualitative research; b) exposure to a range of approaches to qualitative analysis; and c) advice on practical management of research materials (e.g. iterative refinement of research design and analysis, how to go about analysing observational and interview materials, how to integrate heterogeneous forms of data).
This module relies on students:
- being able to bring their own examples and work on them in class, and
- being able to attend most or all of the classes.
Please contact the convenor if you know that you will be missing one or more of the classes.
Because of the workshop based / interactive format, places are limited to 15. Places will be allocated in the following order of priority: FASS students; students who need to take the module this year; order of date of receipt of application. Those who are unsuccessful in getting on the course this year will, however, be given priority for 2013-14. Unsuccessful applicants will be placed on a waiting list. As places on the module are limited, please inform the RTP Administrator as soon as possible if you no longer wish to take it, so that your place can be offered to another student.
Aims and objectives
The syllabus will be organised around the following 'core' issues:
- What is involved in constructing an analysis? Ontological/epistemological issues in qualitative analysis, including questions of validity, evidence, and generalisability.
- Approaches to working with qualitative data, including ethnographic materials, interview transcripts, recorded conversation/interaction, web data, textual, visual and historical materials.
- Political, ethical, and reflexive issues in qualitative data analysis and presentation.
Reading list
Abell, J. & Myers, G. (2008), 'Analyzing Research Interviews', in Wodak, R. & Krzanowski, M (eds) (2008), Qualitative Discourse Analysis in the Social Sciences, Basingstoke, Palgrave
Clifford, J. (1986). 'Introduction: Partial Truths' in Clifford, J. & G. Marcus (eds) (1986), Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, Berkeley, University of California.
Dias, K. (2003) 'The Ana Sanctuary: Women's Pro-Anorexia Narratives in Cyberspace', Journal of International Women's Studies, 4:2, 31-45. Available at: http://www.bridgew.edu/soas/jiws/April03/Dias.pdf [Accessed 8 August 2011]
Goodwin, C. (1994) Professional Vision. American Anthropologist 96 (3): 606-633.
Law, J. (2004), 'After Method: An Introduction', in After Method: Mess in Social Science Research, London and New York, Routledge.
Ranciere, J. (2009) 'The Intolerable Image' in The Emancipated Spectator, London, Verso.
Suchman, L. (2000) 'Organizing Alignment: A case of bridge-building' in Organization, 7, 311-327.
Waterton, C. (2002) 'From Field to Fantasy: Classifying Nature, Constructing Europe' in Social Studies of Science 32: 1-28.
Timing and Location
Term: |
Summer |
Date(s): |
10/06/13 - 13/06/13 |
Number of sessions: |
4 days |
Timing and Location: |
Mon,Wed, Thu: 9.30-12.30 and 1.00-3.30 Bowland North Seminar Room 1; Tue: 9.30-11.00 Faraday A205 MultiMedia Lab; 11-00-12.30 and 1.00-3.30 Bowland North Seminar Room 1 |
Additional information
Minimum quota: 6
Maximum quota: 15
Charge to non-FASS departments: £425
Other staff involved: Debra Ferreday, Sociology; Karin Tusting, Linguistics; Claire Waterton, Sociology
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