Advanced Research Methods

Mondays 10-12:50, Sage 5711, Instructor: Ron Eglash

Special thanks to David Hess, Kim Fortun, and Michael Mascarenhas from whom I have shamelessly stolen most of this curriculum

Course Syllabus New Discussion Agenda

discussion 1	discussion 7
discussion 2	discussion 8
discussion 3	discussion 9
discussion 4	discussion 10
discussion 5	discussion 11
discussion 6	discussion 12

Lectures and in-class exercises

0) The aims of A.R.M.	9) Cognitive Anthropology	18) Questions on Indigenous research readings
1) Exercise: how much of a constructivist are you?	10) Structure/Agency Debate	19) Questions on ethics readings
2) Brief philosophy overview part I	11) Questions on Multi-sited & Extended Case readings	20) IRB proposal examples
3) Brief philosophy overview part II	12) From Research Questions to Data Acquisition	21) Questions on Authority readings
4) Review of STS concepts	13) Interview question examples from Shailaja Valdiya's proposal	22) Dissertation proposal example1
5) Materialist analysis (Marx)	14) Interview question examples from Richard Arias' proposal	23) Dissertation proposal example2
6) Symbolic Interactionism	15) Questions on Research Experiments readings	24) STS comparisons to Clifford
7) Grounded Theory	16) Don't Panic! Tricks of the Trade from Chris Kelty's "Two Bits"	25) Questions on non-human agency
8) Questions on interpretive anthropology	17) Working with Indigenous Communities	26) Micro-behaviors
		27) The Collaborationist Stance in STS

Assignments

1) Scoping exercise

2) Symbolic interactionism exercise

3) Mapping a Research Domain

4) Developing the Main Research Questions

5) From Research Questions to Data Acquisition

Links

How to Organize and Conduct Oral History Interviews (Barbara Truesdell)

Glossary for some terms often used in STS

Short descriptions of anthropological theories (MNSU)

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