Doing Ethnographic Research
Activities and Exercises
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This workbook is loaded with exercises, how-to sections and checklists, all designed to serve as a supplemental support for students to apply the principles and concepts learned from the textbook it accompanies. With instructions and explanations written in a conversational style, it will help the student understand why the assignments are being used, why the skills they are developing are relevant and how the exercises relate to the textbook content.
Contents
1. The Basics of Research Design
- Activity 1.1: Ways of Knowing (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 1.2: Identifying Researchers’ Approach
- Activity 1.3: Dependent and Independent Variables
- Activity 1.4: Variables, Indicators, and Values
- Activity 1.5: Operationalizing Definitions
- Activity 1.6: Research Interest Reflection
- Activity 1.7: Finding a Topic: Your Research Project
- Chapter 1 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 1
2. Ethics
- Activity 2.1: Personal Ethics Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 2.2: Operationalizing the AAA Code of Ethics
- Activity 2.3: Exploring Relationships of Responsibility
- Activity 2.4: Ethical Dilemmas
- Activity 2.5: Research Design Decisions: Recruitment
- Activity 2.6: Research Design Decisions: Positionality
- Activity 2.7: Research Design Decisions: Risk Assessment and Management
- Chapter 2 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 2
3. Sampling
- Activity 3.1: Personal Sampling Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 3.2: Cultural Data versus Individual Attribute Data
- Activity 3.3: NonProbability Sampling Plans
- Activity 3.4: Critiquing the Choice of Informants
- Activity 3.5: Probability Sampling Plans
- Activity 3.6: Sampling Frames
- Activity 3.7: Research Design Decisions: Sampling Plan
- Chapter 3 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 3
4. Participant Observation
- Activity 4.1: Participant Observation Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 4.2: Showing, Not Telling
- Activity 4.3: Reflexivity
- Activity 4.4: Introductory Participant Observation
- Activity 4.5: Research Design Decisions: Anticipating Field Challenges and Planning for Where/When/How/What
- Activity 4.6: Research Project: Participant Observation—Jottings
- Chapter 4 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 4
5. Writing Field Notes
- Activity 5.1: Writing Field Notes Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 5.2: Correcting Pitfalls
- Activity 5.3: Selection: Inscribing Reality
- Activity 5.4: Presentation: Inscribing Reality
- Activity 5.5: Analytical Commentaries
- Activity 5.6: Research Project: Writing Field Notes
- Activity 5.7: Autoethnography
- Chapter 5 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 5: Activity 5.6
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 5: Activity 5.7
6. Interviewing
- Activity 6.1: Interviewing Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 6.2: Correcting Interview Questions
- Activity 6.3: Constructing an Interview Guide for Peer Interviews
- Activity 6.4: Constructing an Informed Consent Form for Peer Interviews
- Activity 6.5: Peer Interviews
- Activity 6.6: Research Design Decisions: Preparing an Interview Guide and a Consent Form
- Activity 6.7: Research Project: Interviews
- Chapter 6 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 6
7. Coding and Analysis
- Activity 7.1: Coding and Analysis Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 7.2: Abbreviating, Coding, and Analysis
- Activity 7.3: Inductive versus Deductive Coding
- Activity 7.4: Manifest versus Latent Content
- Activity 7.5: Content Analysis of TV Shows
- Activity 7.6: Practicing Grounded Theory
- Activity 7.7: Research Project: Coding and Analysis Using Grounded Theory
- Activity 7.8: Writing Ethnographic Narrative
- Chapter 7 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 7: Activity 7.7
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 7: Activity 7.8
8. Surveys and Mixed Methods Design
- Activity 8.1: Reflections on User Experience Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 8.2: Mixed Methods Design
- Activity 8.3: Triangulation
- Activity 8.4: Practicing Constructing Survey Questions
- Activity 8.5: Practicing Survey Distribution Decisions
- Activity 8.6: Practicing Survey Data Analysis
- Activity 8.7: Research Design Decisions: Constructing Survey Questions
- Activity 8.8: Research Design Decisions: Preparing a Survey and Consent Page
- Activity 8.9: Research Project: Survey Data Collection, Analysis, and Write-Up
- Chapter 8 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 8
9. Cultural Domains: Modeling Cognition and Knowledge
- Activity 9.1: My Taxonomies and Cultural Models Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 9.2: Practicing Folk Taxonomy Study Design
- Activity 9.3: Practicing Folk Taxonomy Data Collection and Analysis
- Activity 9.4: Practicing Cultural Models Study Design
- Activity 9.5: Practicing Cultural Model Data Collection and Analysis
- Activity 9.6: Practicing Decision-Tree Model Study Design
- Activity 9.7: Practicing Decision-Tree Model Data Collection and Analysis
- Activity 9.8: Research Design Decisions: Cultural Domains Study
- Activity 9.9: Research Project: Cultural Domain Study
- Chapter 9 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 9
10. Indirect Observation: Material Culture and Using Archives or Media
- Activity 10.1: My Indirect Observation Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 10.2: Practicing Visual and Material Culture Study Design
- Activity 10.3: Practicing Visual and Material Culture Collection and Analysis
- Activity 10.4: Practicing Diary Study Design
- Activity 10.5: Practicing Diary Study Collection and Analysis
- Activity 10.6: Practicing Archival Study Design
- Activity 10.7: Practicing Archival Study Collection and Analysis
- Activity 10.8: Research Design Decisions: Selecting an Indirect Observation Study
- Activity 10.9: Research Project: Indirect Observation Study
- Chapter 10 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 10
11. Behavior and Context: Mapping and Passive Direct Observation
- Activity 11.1: Behavior and Context Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 11.2: Practicing Participatory Mapping Study Design
- Activity 11.3: Practicing Participatory Mapping
- Activity 11.4: Practicing Mobility Mapping
- Activity 11.5: Continuous Monitoring: Creating an Ethogram
- Activity 11.6: Continuous Monitoring: Using an Ethogram and Writing
- Activity 11.7: Research Design Decisions: Selecting a Behavior and Context Study
- Activity 11.8: Research Project: Behavior and Context Study
- Chapter 11 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 11
12. Putting It All Together: Culminating Experiences
- Activity 12.1: Integrating Skills Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 12.2: Human Subjects Protocol for Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Activity 12.3: Grant Proposal
- Activity 12.4: Technical Report
- Activity 12.5: Paper Presentation
- Activity 12.6: Poster Presentation
- Chapter 12 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.2
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.3
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.4
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.5
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.6
Additional materials
Description
This workbook is loaded with exercises, how-to sections and checklists, all designed to serve as a supplemental support for students to apply the principles and concepts learned from the textbook it accompanies. With instructions and explanations written in a conversational style, it will help the student understand why the assignments are being used, why the skills they are developing are relevant and how the exercises relate to the textbook content.
Contents
1. The Basics of Research Design
- Activity 1.1: Ways of Knowing (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 1.2: Identifying Researchers’ Approach
- Activity 1.3: Dependent and Independent Variables
- Activity 1.4: Variables, Indicators, and Values
- Activity 1.5: Operationalizing Definitions
- Activity 1.6: Research Interest Reflection
- Activity 1.7: Finding a Topic: Your Research Project
- Chapter 1 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 1
2. Ethics
- Activity 2.1: Personal Ethics Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 2.2: Operationalizing the AAA Code of Ethics
- Activity 2.3: Exploring Relationships of Responsibility
- Activity 2.4: Ethical Dilemmas
- Activity 2.5: Research Design Decisions: Recruitment
- Activity 2.6: Research Design Decisions: Positionality
- Activity 2.7: Research Design Decisions: Risk Assessment and Management
- Chapter 2 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 2
3. Sampling
- Activity 3.1: Personal Sampling Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 3.2: Cultural Data versus Individual Attribute Data
- Activity 3.3: NonProbability Sampling Plans
- Activity 3.4: Critiquing the Choice of Informants
- Activity 3.5: Probability Sampling Plans
- Activity 3.6: Sampling Frames
- Activity 3.7: Research Design Decisions: Sampling Plan
- Chapter 3 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 3
4. Participant Observation
- Activity 4.1: Participant Observation Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 4.2: Showing, Not Telling
- Activity 4.3: Reflexivity
- Activity 4.4: Introductory Participant Observation
- Activity 4.5: Research Design Decisions: Anticipating Field Challenges and Planning for Where/When/How/What
- Activity 4.6: Research Project: Participant Observation—Jottings
- Chapter 4 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 4
5. Writing Field Notes
- Activity 5.1: Writing Field Notes Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 5.2: Correcting Pitfalls
- Activity 5.3: Selection: Inscribing Reality
- Activity 5.4: Presentation: Inscribing Reality
- Activity 5.5: Analytical Commentaries
- Activity 5.6: Research Project: Writing Field Notes
- Activity 5.7: Autoethnography
- Chapter 5 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 5: Activity 5.6
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 5: Activity 5.7
6. Interviewing
- Activity 6.1: Interviewing Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 6.2: Correcting Interview Questions
- Activity 6.3: Constructing an Interview Guide for Peer Interviews
- Activity 6.4: Constructing an Informed Consent Form for Peer Interviews
- Activity 6.5: Peer Interviews
- Activity 6.6: Research Design Decisions: Preparing an Interview Guide and a Consent Form
- Activity 6.7: Research Project: Interviews
- Chapter 6 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 6
7. Coding and Analysis
- Activity 7.1: Coding and Analysis Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 7.2: Abbreviating, Coding, and Analysis
- Activity 7.3: Inductive versus Deductive Coding
- Activity 7.4: Manifest versus Latent Content
- Activity 7.5: Content Analysis of TV Shows
- Activity 7.6: Practicing Grounded Theory
- Activity 7.7: Research Project: Coding and Analysis Using Grounded Theory
- Activity 7.8: Writing Ethnographic Narrative
- Chapter 7 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 7: Activity 7.7
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 7: Activity 7.8
8. Surveys and Mixed Methods Design
- Activity 8.1: Reflections on User Experience Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 8.2: Mixed Methods Design
- Activity 8.3: Triangulation
- Activity 8.4: Practicing Constructing Survey Questions
- Activity 8.5: Practicing Survey Distribution Decisions
- Activity 8.6: Practicing Survey Data Analysis
- Activity 8.7: Research Design Decisions: Constructing Survey Questions
- Activity 8.8: Research Design Decisions: Preparing a Survey and Consent Page
- Activity 8.9: Research Project: Survey Data Collection, Analysis, and Write-Up
- Chapter 8 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 8
9. Cultural Domains: Modeling Cognition and Knowledge
- Activity 9.1: My Taxonomies and Cultural Models Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 9.2: Practicing Folk Taxonomy Study Design
- Activity 9.3: Practicing Folk Taxonomy Data Collection and Analysis
- Activity 9.4: Practicing Cultural Models Study Design
- Activity 9.5: Practicing Cultural Model Data Collection and Analysis
- Activity 9.6: Practicing Decision-Tree Model Study Design
- Activity 9.7: Practicing Decision-Tree Model Data Collection and Analysis
- Activity 9.8: Research Design Decisions: Cultural Domains Study
- Activity 9.9: Research Project: Cultural Domain Study
- Chapter 9 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 9
10. Indirect Observation: Material Culture and Using Archives or Media
- Activity 10.1: My Indirect Observation Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 10.2: Practicing Visual and Material Culture Study Design
- Activity 10.3: Practicing Visual and Material Culture Collection and Analysis
- Activity 10.4: Practicing Diary Study Design
- Activity 10.5: Practicing Diary Study Collection and Analysis
- Activity 10.6: Practicing Archival Study Design
- Activity 10.7: Practicing Archival Study Collection and Analysis
- Activity 10.8: Research Design Decisions: Selecting an Indirect Observation Study
- Activity 10.9: Research Project: Indirect Observation Study
- Chapter 10 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 10
11. Behavior and Context: Mapping and Passive Direct Observation
- Activity 11.1: Behavior and Context Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 11.2: Practicing Participatory Mapping Study Design
- Activity 11.3: Practicing Participatory Mapping
- Activity 11.4: Practicing Mobility Mapping
- Activity 11.5: Continuous Monitoring: Creating an Ethogram
- Activity 11.6: Continuous Monitoring: Using an Ethogram and Writing
- Activity 11.7: Research Design Decisions: Selecting a Behavior and Context Study
- Activity 11.8: Research Project: Behavior and Context Study
- Chapter 11 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 11
12. Putting It All Together: Culminating Experiences
- Activity 12.1: Integrating Skills Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 12.2: Human Subjects Protocol for Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Activity 12.3: Grant Proposal
- Activity 12.4: Technical Report
- Activity 12.5: Paper Presentation
- Activity 12.6: Poster Presentation
- Chapter 12 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.2
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.3
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.4
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.5
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.6
Additional materials
September 2019 | 472 pages | Sage US
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This workbook is loaded with exercises, how-to sections and checklists, all designed to serve as a supplemental support for students to apply the principles and concepts learned from the textbook it accompanies. With instructions and explanations written in a conversational style, it will help the student understand why the assignments are being used, why the skills they are developing are relevant and how the exercises relate to the textbook content.
Table Of Contents:
- 1. The Basics of Research Design
- Activity 1.1: Ways of Knowing (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 1.2: Identifying Researchers’ Approach
- Activity 1.3: Dependent and Independent Variables
- Activity 1.4: Variables, Indicators, and Values
- Activity 1.5: Operationalizing Definitions
- Activity 1.6: Research Interest Reflection
- Activity 1.7: Finding a Topic: Your Research Project
- Chapter 1 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 1
- 2. Ethics
- Activity 2.1: Personal Ethics Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 2.2: Operationalizing the AAA Code of Ethics
- Activity 2.3: Exploring Relationships of Responsibility
- Activity 2.4: Ethical Dilemmas
- Activity 2.5: Research Design Decisions: Recruitment
- Activity 2.6: Research Design Decisions: Positionality
- Activity 2.7: Research Design Decisions: Risk Assessment and Management
- Chapter 2 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 2
- 3. Sampling
- Activity 3.1: Personal Sampling Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 3.2: Cultural Data versus Individual Attribute Data
- Activity 3.3: NonProbability Sampling Plans
- Activity 3.4: Critiquing the Choice of Informants
- Activity 3.5: Probability Sampling Plans
- Activity 3.6: Sampling Frames
- Activity 3.7: Research Design Decisions: Sampling Plan
- Chapter 3 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 3
- 4. Participant Observation
- Activity 4.1: Participant Observation Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 4.2: Showing, Not Telling
- Activity 4.3: Reflexivity
- Activity 4.4: Introductory Participant Observation
- Activity 4.5: Research Design Decisions: Anticipating Field Challenges and Planning for Where/When/How/What
- Activity 4.6: Research Project: Participant Observation—Jottings
- Chapter 4 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 4
- 5. Writing Field Notes
- Activity 5.1: Writing Field Notes Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 5.2: Correcting Pitfalls
- Activity 5.3: Selection: Inscribing Reality
- Activity 5.4: Presentation: Inscribing Reality
- Activity 5.5: Analytical Commentaries
- Activity 5.6: Research Project: Writing Field Notes
- Activity 5.7: Autoethnography
- Chapter 5 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 5: Activity 5.6
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 5: Activity 5.7
- 6. Interviewing
- Activity 6.1: Interviewing Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 6.2: Correcting Interview Questions
- Activity 6.3: Constructing an Interview Guide for Peer Interviews
- Activity 6.4: Constructing an Informed Consent Form for Peer Interviews
- Activity 6.5: Peer Interviews
- Activity 6.6: Research Design Decisions: Preparing an Interview Guide and a Consent Form
- Activity 6.7: Research Project: Interviews
- Chapter 6 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 6
- 7. Coding and Analysis
- Activity 7.1: Coding and Analysis Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 7.2: Abbreviating, Coding, and Analysis
- Activity 7.3: Inductive versus Deductive Coding
- Activity 7.4: Manifest versus Latent Content
- Activity 7.5: Content Analysis of TV Shows
- Activity 7.6: Practicing Grounded Theory
- Activity 7.7: Research Project: Coding and Analysis Using Grounded Theory
- Activity 7.8: Writing Ethnographic Narrative
- Chapter 7 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 7: Activity 7.7
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 7: Activity 7.8
- 8. Surveys and Mixed Methods Design
- Activity 8.1: Reflections on User Experience Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 8.2: Mixed Methods Design
- Activity 8.3: Triangulation
- Activity 8.4: Practicing Constructing Survey Questions
- Activity 8.5: Practicing Survey Distribution Decisions
- Activity 8.6: Practicing Survey Data Analysis
- Activity 8.7: Research Design Decisions: Constructing Survey Questions
- Activity 8.8: Research Design Decisions: Preparing a Survey and Consent Page
- Activity 8.9: Research Project: Survey Data Collection, Analysis, and Write-Up
- Chapter 8 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 8
- 9. Cultural Domains: Modeling Cognition and Knowledge
- Activity 9.1: My Taxonomies and Cultural Models Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 9.2: Practicing Folk Taxonomy Study Design
- Activity 9.3: Practicing Folk Taxonomy Data Collection and Analysis
- Activity 9.4: Practicing Cultural Models Study Design
- Activity 9.5: Practicing Cultural Model Data Collection and Analysis
- Activity 9.6: Practicing Decision-Tree Model Study Design
- Activity 9.7: Practicing Decision-Tree Model Data Collection and Analysis
- Activity 9.8: Research Design Decisions: Cultural Domains Study
- Activity 9.9: Research Project: Cultural Domain Study
- Chapter 9 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 9
- 10. Indirect Observation: Material Culture and Using Archives or Media
- Activity 10.1: My Indirect Observation Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 10.2: Practicing Visual and Material Culture Study Design
- Activity 10.3: Practicing Visual and Material Culture Collection and Analysis
- Activity 10.4: Practicing Diary Study Design
- Activity 10.5: Practicing Diary Study Collection and Analysis
- Activity 10.6: Practicing Archival Study Design
- Activity 10.7: Practicing Archival Study Collection and Analysis
- Activity 10.8: Research Design Decisions: Selecting an Indirect Observation Study
- Activity 10.9: Research Project: Indirect Observation Study
- Chapter 10 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 10
- 11. Behavior and Context: Mapping and Passive Direct Observation
- Activity 11.1: Behavior and Context Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 11.2: Practicing Participatory Mapping Study Design
- Activity 11.3: Practicing Participatory Mapping
- Activity 11.4: Practicing Mobility Mapping
- Activity 11.5: Continuous Monitoring: Creating an Ethogram
- Activity 11.6: Continuous Monitoring: Using an Ethogram and Writing
- Activity 11.7: Research Design Decisions: Selecting a Behavior and Context Study
- Activity 11.8: Research Project: Behavior and Context Study
- Chapter 11 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 11
- 12. Putting It All Together: Culminating Experiences
- Activity 12.1: Integrating Skills Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection)
- Activity 12.2: Human Subjects Protocol for Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Activity 12.3: Grant Proposal
- Activity 12.4: Technical Report
- Activity 12.5: Paper Presentation
- Activity 12.6: Poster Presentation
- Chapter 12 Reflection
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.2
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.3
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.4
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.5
- Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.6